Choose one or all of these entertaining and rewarding workshops that are sure to enthuse and motivate your staff as well as any parents you wish to invite. All Attollo’s workshop, seminars and classes meet NY State OCFS regulations for Child Care, School Age and Family/Group Day Care.
1. The Road to Professionalism. ~ the Challenges and the Achievement (2 ½ hours)
2. “Knock-Your-Socks-Off” Child Care. ~ (2 hours)
3. Team Builder – Time for some fun!!! ~ ( 3 hours)
4. “But I don’t want things to change!” ~ Handling change in an ever-changing world (2 hours)
5. Conflict Resolution and Communication styles. ~ (2 hours)
6. Cultural Influences on Development. ~ (2 hours)
7. Child Development – Ages 6 wks to 12 years. The burning question: “Why do they do that?!?”
Understanding a Child’s Thought process and behavior management. ~ (2 hours)
8. Observing and Recording – What do we do with all this INFORMATION? ~ (2 hours)
9. Regulations and Record Keeping – JEOPARDY!! ~ (2 hours)
10. Programming and Activities – One man’s garbage is another ‘child’s’ treasure!! ~ (2 hours)
11. Displaying ART and ACTIVITIES for children and parents in your center –
Promoting your children’s development, self-esteem and parent relations. ~ (2 hours)
12. Confidentiality: “I am always confidential! But are we REALLY? ~ (2 hours)
13. Fun in the Sun – Programming NEW EXCITING activities for the Summer!! ~ (2 hours)
14. Healthy and Nutritious? Is there such a thing?? ~ (2 hours)
15. Education & prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome & other health issues ~ (2 hours)
16. Energize YOURSELF!!! ~ (1 ½ to 2 hours)
17. Dramatic play – “To be or not to be... That is the question!!” ~ (2 hours)
1. The Road to Professionalism. ~ the Challenges and the Achievements
It is a word that is sometimes over used and misinterpreted. Professionalism encompasses so many aspects of our daily walk….we are ‘living it out’ each time we walk into our workplace and classroom.
Webster defines professionalism as the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.
This workshop looks at the conduct, aims and qualities that characterize us an early childhood professional and what that means to our everyday work ethic. Professionalism is a measurable and visual testimony to those around us and to those we TEACH every day.
The Achievements of professionalism are life lasting and will influence all areas of our lives….so let’s take a look at the ‘Road to Professionalism’.
2. Knock Your Socks off Child Care. ~ (2 hours)
What can we do to give our clients a KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF SERVICE. Who is our client? How can we influence our image, atmosphere and quality of our center? This workshop is going to reveal that the smallest changes will affect the whole center. We will ask the question…”What can we do to help please our clients and improve the ‘feel’ of the center? “
Through a workable plan we will investigate how to make YOUR team the best there is!!! As a team we will discuss ways to serve our customers with integrity and honor… and as a result help the team to achieve a higher quality and standard of child care. This workshop will be based on tips to promote….EXCELLENCE IN CHILD CARE!!
3. Team Builder – Time for some fun!!! ~ ( 3 hours)
Through the use of games, we will look at different personality types and how we communicate. The team will discover areas of strength and areas of development both in themselves as well as on a team.
We will discuss clear and useful tools to use to build a solid and workable team that communicates and has mutual respect for each other. Very fun activities and hands on.
4. “But I don’t want things to change!!” ~ Handling change in an ever-changing world”
Change is always hard on individuals and especially hard as a team. But we are live in a world that is always changing. We are role models for the children in my care so it important that we handle change in a positive way. This workshop will assist in identifying challenges and resistance to change and the give strategies to overcome them.
5. Conflict resolution and Communication styles.
Discover what personality type you are and how you communicate. Each person is unique and our personalities and experiences influence how we communicate with others and how we resolve conflicts. Conflicts are hard for everyone to deal with, but we will show you ways to communicate and resolve conflicts in a “win-win” resolve for all parties. Knowing who we are…. as well as the best ways to communicate with other personality types leads to harmonious, positive work environment.
6. Cultural Influences on Development. ~ (1 ½ hours)
Discover how culture influence and effect development. What is culture? Can you see it? It is always the same? How does it influence how I teach and my classroom? We explore all the aspects of culture in the classroom.
7. Child Development – Ages 6 wks to 12 years. The burning question: “Why do they do that?!?” Understanding a Child’s Thought process and behavior management” ~ (2 hours)
As child care providers we need to be well aware of how and why children develop as they do. But workshops such as this often turn into a clinic on how to sleep better!!! In other words this has a potential of being a real ‘snoozer’!
But not to worry; while we will be focusing on Erik Erikson, Howard Gardner, Abraham Maslow, Jean Piaget, and B.F. Skinner, we will make it fun and entertaining.
We will look at how these theories are right in your classroom every day and fun things to help the children develop to their peak performance. Through discussion we will look at “real” life situations and use the theories that we have learned to solve (most) ANY behavior.
8. Observing and Recording – What do we do with all this INFORMATION? ~ (2 hours)
This workshop is the follow up to Child Development. After we know what we are looking for….it is important to know how to observe and record that information. This workshop will help child care professionals to use different observing and recording techniques to assist in programming to the children’s needs, making programming fun, and documentation for parent conferences, meetings and any delays that might occur in a child’s development.
9. Regulations and Record Keeping – JEOPARDY!! ~ (1 ½ hours)
WHY OH WHY??? That is the Question….This workshop focuses on the NYS Regulations and how it affects our everyday work place. We will also look at different, more effective ways to do paperwork that will comply with the NYS regulations and your center.
Talk is cheap J, so we will follow up with a good competitive game of JEOPARDY to help us remember the complicated and sometimes confusing NYS regulations and Record keeping.
10. Programming and Activities – One man’s garbage is another ‘child’s’ treasure!! ~ (2 hours)
Very hands on workshop dedicated to look at different ways to use “garbage” J. We will be using different items to make toys, activities, and build a great knowledge of using every day items in your programming. You will also be making different types of paints out of household items reducing overhead costs in your center.
Every one for this workshop has to bring one item that they find and we will put it to good use. (Child safe items please)
11. Displaying ART and ACTIVITIES for children and parents in your center – Promoting your children’s development, self-esteem and parent relations. ~ (1 ½ hours)
This workshop focuses on taking everyday art and displaying it as masterpieces!! IMPRESS ALL your parents, children and visitors. This workshop will look at “alternative” ways of displaying art, craft and activities in your rooms.
12. Confidentiality - I always am confidential! But are we REALLY? ~ (1 ½ hours)
This workshop will be focused on the communication between staff and parents. What is confidentiality and how does it affect my day? We will look at different types of confidentiality, because it is not always just word of mouth.
How is your room and workstation set up? Does it lend to confidentiality? We will examine different rights of the child, parents and even staff.
13. Fun in the Sun – Programming NEW EXCITING activities for the Summer!! ~ (1 ½ hours)
How can you promote safe and healthy play during the summer months? What potential dangers does summer bring to the children and staff? How can we prevent them?
We also will look at different activities you can do with ALL age groups for the summer. Cheap and inexpensive ways to make the summer fun and safe for the children AND the staff!!
14. Healthy and Nutritious and Fun? Is there such a thing?? ~ (2 hours)
In this hands on workshop participants will learn to make and prepare healthy, nutritious snacks and meals and teach the child concepts in the meantime.
Helping the children cook is a wonderful way to reinforce math and science concepts while promoting letter and number recognition. This hands-on method will really help your classroom to be fun but also ‘smell’ good too.
15. Education and prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and other health issues in Child Care today. ~ (1 ½ hours)
A registered nurse will present the education and prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome as well as answering questions about health and safety issues for young children.
This is a great workshop to invite parents to as well.
16. Energize YOURSELF!!! ~ (1 ½ to 2 hours)
It has been a long summer and now ‘THEY’RE BACK’!! Discover lots of ways to energize yourself….this is a very hands on workshop full of new ideas. Come prepared to be energized.
This workshop will offer great ways to stay healthy, happy and stress free this September. (Wear comfortable clothes)
17. Dramatic play – “To be or not to be...That is the question!!” ~ (2 hours)
This is a very exciting workshop FILLED with ideas to open up your dramatic play in your center. The training covers ages from infants to 5’s (School-age can be included upon request) with great ideas on how to change your “idea” of what dramatic play is and how you can incorporate it in your classroom on an everyday basis. It is a wonderful avenue for children to learn and understand the world around them as well as helping them develop their social and emotion development.
Everyone who has taken this workshop has walked away with many useful ideas and a new zeal for dramatic play in their classroom.