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Roundtable Updates: Establishing an ECE Profession in Vermont Training June 10, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET Our request to the State of Vermont includes our recommended timeline for phasing in an ECE profession. To support today’s workforce during future transitions, we need resources that credit experience and honor early childhood educators working in all settings.

The Family Childcare Home: Multi-Age Math Training June 12, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET This session assists family child care providers in supporting the children in their care. Participants will gain tools, strategies, and ideas for exploring math in the multi-age classroom.

The Bill to Create the ECE Profession - 2025 Legislative Wrap-up and Looking Ahead Training June 23, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET ECE Profession leader Susan Titterton host this special Roundtable Update as we close out the 2025 legislative session. Join guest presenters Sarah Kenney and Beth Wallace for a timely conversation about the bill to create the Early Childhood Education Profession—what happened this session, what it means for Vermont’s early childhood educators, and what’s next. These live, 45-minute Zoom calls offer a personal, conversational way to stay informed and engaged

Mud Play as Meaningful Learning Training June 25, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET Ready to embrace mud play in your early childhood program? This engaging workshop explores its powerful developmental benefits through the lens of the Vermont Early Learning Standards. Discover how messy, sensory-rich play supports cognitive growth, coordination, emotional regulation, and social development. Gain practical tools to advocate for mud play, address concerns, and build buy-in with staff and families. Learn how to create inclusive policies, plan intentionally across the curriculum, select natural materials and plants for your mud kitchen, and design environments that nurture curiosity. Leave energized with resources and a clear plan to bring the joy of mud into your program.

VT Department of Health Q&A for ECE's Training July 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET Please join us for an hour of conversation with the VT Department of Health. As we continue the partnership between the VDH and leaders of ECE programs, we will be hosting on-going check-ins offering up-to-date health information and the opportunity to ask questions. Please submit questions ahead of time when you sign up!

Understand, Recognize, and Respond to Grooming Behaviors Training July 21, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET As caring adults, we want to create supportive and safe spaces for youth to thrive and grow. This training will focus on recognizing the signs that an adult’s relationships with a child are becoming increasingly unhealthy and may escalate toward being sexually abusive. Learning to understand, recognize and respond to these grooming behaviors is a proactive step in creating sexual abuse-free environments. In this training, participants will: a) distinguish healthy behaviors from boundary violations and pre-offending behaviors; b) develop skills to address concerning behaviors at home, in the community, or within their organization; c) develop proactive policies for addressing concerning

Pre-K-3rd CLASS Observation Training Training July 28, 2025 8:00 AM - August 1, 2025 12:00 PM ET Build your CLASS expertise to unlock the potential of great teaching in your organization. Our virtual trainings equip observers, coaches, administrators, teachers and everyone in between to see through the CLASS lens, help others see through the CLASS lens and directly impact teaching with CLASS. The Pre-K–3rd CLASS 2nd Edition Observation Training is 5 half days of training that is facilitated online by a CLASS specialist. Over the course of the training, participants will engage with their trainer and peers through interactive learning opportunities designed to support understanding of how to effectively observe and score teacher-student interactions. To extend learning, participants will complete embedded, independent online coursework that offers automated feedback. After completion of the 5-day training, participants will have 8 weeks to complete and pass the Pre-K–3rd reliability test to become a certified CLASS observer.

Playmaker University Training August 16, 2025 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM ET Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, 100 State St, Montpelier, VT 05602 This full day, in-person workshop is designed to spark joy, deepen connection, boost morale, and reignite their passion in the field. Following an inspiring keynote to kick off the day, staff will participant in two interactive breakout sessions – one that focuses on games & activities to play with kids and another that focuses on helping staff tap into their own playfulness. Why? Because play is the language of children. And as Playmakers, we need to speak it fluently. Staff will walk away with practical tools and a deeper understanding of the Playmaker approach for creating corrective play experiences that help children heal, learn, and thrive. They then get to continue their journey and deepen their learning through our world-class, online certificate program that can be done anytime, anywhere. Agenda: 8:00am-8:45am Arrival and Breakfast 8:45am-9:00am Welcoming Remarks 9:00am-11:30am First Session 11:30am-12:30pm Lunch 12:30pm-3:00pm Second Session

Vermont Early Childhood Networks Leadership Academy Training August 21, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM ET Join Bella Mattina, LLC for a dynamic 7-session Leadership Academy designed to support early childhood professionals stepping into a Vermont Early Childhood Network Leadership role. Each session will offer practical strategies, tools, and frameworks to strengthen your leadership skills and build a thriving, collaborative culture within a network group.

In The Moment: Skills and Strategies for Observing and Assessing Young Children, Part 1 Training September 23, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET Hartland Cooperative Nursery School, 19 Route 12, Hartland, VT 05048 In this two part training, participants will explore the art of intentional observation, learning how to pay attention to both the subtle and overt behaviors that reveal a child’s strengths, challenges, and emerging skills. Through practical strategies and real-life examples, educators will be empowered to use everyday moments in the classroom to assess children's progress across developmental domains, including cognitive, social-emotional, physical, and language development. Participants will have an assignment to complete independently between sessions.