Virtual support groups want to help early childcare providers
The Educare training network is opening free virtual support groups for all early childcare providers in the Kansas City region. The Idea Exchange features a series of Zoom events this fall.
There are groups for teachers, program directors, home-based providers, and programs that are trying to help parents who need daytime childcare while grade schools are virtual and their children can’t be home alone.
It is important to preregister by clicking here: TFC Idea Exchange Group
Session dates and times:
Teachers: All sessions are from 6:30 pm-8:00 pm: 9/15/20, 10/13/20, 11/17/20, 12/8/20
Teachers Zoom link: 9/15 link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85360656632
Family Child Care: All sessions are from 6:30 pm-8:00 pm: 9/17/20, 10/15/20, 11/19/20, 12/10/20
Family Child Care Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83279508021
Directors/Owners: All sessions are from 1:00 pm-2:30 pm: 9/10/20, 10/15/20, 12/10/20
Directors/Owners Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82499943710
School-age Care - during COVID and virtual school days: *this session was requested by programs who are trying to figure out what to do when parents want/need to bring their children because school is virtual and the children should not be home alone. All sessions are from 9:00 am-11:00 am: 9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20, 10/2/20, 10/9/20, 10/16/20
School-age Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86954564267
Educare is also providing a free workshop to introduce Educare and Sesame Street in Communities programs and resources:
Little Neighbors: Building a Better World Together
Educare & Sesame Street in Communities
Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Preregistration required at events.kansascitypbs.org
Click here to download a PDF of session titles and descriptions. All of the sessions are approved for clock hours in Missouri and pending for Kansas.
Educare is administered by the Mid-America Regional Council in partnership with LINC, The Family Conservancy, MCC-Penn Valley and Start at Zero. Educare funding is provided by the Missouri Department of Social Services’s Children’s Division, Early Childhood Section.