Regions 1&2 ECSE Snippets
November 2020
Virtual Preschool in Cass Lake
ECSE Teachers, Kodi Brooks and Kristi Sorenson, in Cass Lake have been providing virtual ECSE class for students this year. Activities have included reading books, movement, walks, activities and much more. Check them out on their Kodi and Kristi ECSE Class on Facebook!
Homevisiting for Trying Times B-3
NEW Professional Development opportunity for Early Interventionists across Minnesota starting November 9, 2020.
Home-visiting Strategies for Trying Times is a five week professional development opportunity offered through Google Classroom that is focused on evidence-based strategies that can be used by Early Intervention providers to expand and build caregiver-child interactions that are enjoyable, supportive of child development and recognize and enhance the caregiver’s competence and confidence, while engaging in virtual visits, child care visits, and meeting with families at home or other places in the community.
Smore link: https://www.smore.com/3j9xh
Link to flyer as a PDF:HV for Trying Times flyer.pdf
Please complete this form by Friday Nov. 6th, 2020
Books will likely be mailed out the 3rd week of November.
ECSE Q&A Open House
Cost: FREE
Register at: Greater MN Online
Zoom link will be sent registered participants prior to Dec. 4th.
ASQ & ASQ-SE WebEx Trainings (MDE)
Registration is open for the December 2020 and February 2021 ASQ 3 and ASQ:SE 2 WebEx Trainings. To register, click on the date below or go to our Training and Professional Development webpage and click on E-Learning Courses.
December 15, 2020 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (ASQ 3)
December 22, 2020 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (ASQ:SE 2)
February 18, 2021 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (ASQ 3)
February 25, 2021 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (ASQ:SE 2)
In 2007 it became mandated for reporting newborn hearing screening results and added hearing loss to the panel of more than 50 rare conditions for which every newborn in Minnesota is screened unless parents opt-out. What this means for you as an ECSE practitioner:
Hearing status MUST be addressed in all comprehensive evaluations.
All hospitals to screen every newborn for hearing loss and report results to the MDH.
Professionals who conduct diagnostic procedures to confirm hearing loss to report the results to parents, primary care providers, and the MDH.
Child Outcome Summary Resources
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center) provides many resources for ongoing professional development in the area of Child Outcome Summary (COS) reports. You can find resources at: ECTA Center: COS Process Professional Development
Promoting S/E Skills During Virtual Learning
Power of Play
Determining a Child's Eligibility for EI Services Remotely
This resource includes guidance, considerations, and resources for state staff and local practitioners who are determining Part C eligibility remotely.
The resource also includes three tables of assessment tools with potential for remote administration.
Read more: https://ectacenter.org/topics/earlyid/remote-eligibility-partc.asp
DEC Learning Decks: Understanding Implicit Bias and its Role in Early Learning
This webinar is currently being offered free of charge from the DEC Learning Decks. The session aims to support early childhood professionals in reducing implicit biases and using culturally responsive practices.
https://www.dec-sped.org/learning-decks12 Strategies for Reducing the Impact of Stressors
https://prekinfographics.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ECE+Stressors+Infographic.pdf