The New Year is a great time to assess your programs strengths and areas where there are opportunities for improvement. While it is a new calendar year, your Teaching staff, Policy Council, Governing …
Top Ten Requested Training Topics
There are measurable benefits of in-service training and consistent professional development opportunities throughout the year. People take in new information a little at a time. While pre-service …
The Data That Comes From CLASS Observations
Are you looking for someone to come to your program and conduct CLASS observations for the 2019-2020 school year? Are you preparing for a federal CLASS review? At Essential Elements, we conduct …
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Addressing Second-Hand Trauma in the Workplace
It takes courage and commitment to work with the most vulnerable children and families in our communities. With more and more Head Start and Early Head Start programs serving higher-risk families, …
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Training on “Creating High Quality Classrooms”
This highly interactive training will address how to provide high quality, school readiness-focused services for Head Start children. Designing and implementing a high quality classroom requires …
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Keynote or Training: “Reflect, Renew and Re-energize … Why We Work with Head Start Children and Families
Are you looking for a keynote or training to motivate and inspire your staff regarding the important work that they do for children and families? This highly inspiring training will focus on …
Creating Realistic, Specific and Measurable Goals with Families
Family Service Workers and Home Visitors are the first point of contact for our families. Establishing a good working relationship with each family is the foundation for effective work with families. …
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CLASS Training to Increase Your Instructional Support Scores
As we all know, it’s essential to have high CLASS scores. High scoring classrooms are a great indicator of positive teacher/child interactions that effectively support children’s learning and …
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Highly Interactive and Custom Designed Pre-service Training
Are you looking for highly interactive and practice-based training for Pre-service? Are you looking for training that provides your staff with the knowledge and skills that they need to provide high …
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Developing a Successful Mentor Coaching Plan
What is your program’s plan for Mentor Coaching? The Head Start Program Performance Standards state that programs must implement a research-based, coordinated coaching strategy for education …
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Interpreting Data to Drive Instruction: Data-Driven Decision Making for Teachers & Management Staff
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times…… data is the driving force of decision-making. Effective Head Start programs have a culture of data-driven decision making. This is the …
Becoming Trauma Informed: Successfully Managing Children’s Challenging Behaviors
Many of our children come from hard places and have experienced trauma. We know that early experiences adversely impacts brain development. Developmental trauma impacts children’s attachment system …