ECEBC Workshops
ECEBC provides professional development opportunities for early childhood educators across the province. We respond to feedback from our members when sourcing and designing new training opportunities. We are dedicated to building respect for early childhood education and educators.
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Upcoming Workshops
Learning With The Environment - Free Web Series
6:30pm to 8:30pm | Wednesdays, February 26th, March 5th, 12th & 19th
Register for one or all presentations!
Finding Joy Outdoors with Children
February 26, 2025 | 6:30 to 8:30pm
Children and Educators benefit from being outdoors in the fresh air. Listening to birds, feeling the sun, and watching the clouds can provide moments of joy for educators and children. Outdoors children can connect with natural materials, run in the open air, and move more freely. If educators are comfortable and relaxed outdoors, they can engage with children and share the pleasure of watching the first snow or taste the rain. We must plan and organize our spaces, ourselves and our mindsets to pay attention to moments of joy. This takes knowledge, planning and reflecting with co-workers. Finding moments of joy and pleasure can sustain us in our work.
Presented by Enid Elliott Phd.
Relationship to Land
March 5, 2025 | 6:30 to 8:30pm
Connecting to the life found in green spaces helps all of us feel part of the larger world. Acknowledging the place, you live and the people who have cared for it from time immemorial begins our own thinking about our relationship to land and how we can continue to care for it. We want to have a relationship of care with the place in which we live. We can help children learn to feel connected to the birds flying overhead, the wind that whispers to us and the water that we must all learn to honour. Can we include the living breathing world in our outdoor space and our thinking? How might we work with children to honour the land, the air and the water?
Presented by Enid Elliott Phd.
Emergency Preparedness
March 12, 2025 | 6:30 to 8:30pm
Following the discussion on hazards in BC , Prepared BC and North Shore Emergency Management will share tips and resources so you, as an early childcare educator, can better prepare for these hazards. Knowing what to do, where to go and who to contact will help you, your staff and the children in your care move through an emergency.
Presenters:
- Eric Swanson- Third Space Planning
- Lisa Dalla Vecchia- North Shore Emergency Management
- Rachel Schoeler -Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Advancing Environmental Health
March 19, 2025 | 6:30 to 8:30pm
In this workshop, you'll be introduced to some of the biggest factors impacting environmental health in child care settings.
Presented by Eric Swanson- Third Space Planning
Environment Series 2025 Questions or Comments? Contact Us
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