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Valuing the Educator: Supporting our Human Resources

The Leaders Day of Learning is a one-day professional learning event designed for Early Learning and Child Care leaders. This event brings leaders together to reflect, learn, and strengthen their leadership practice in a supportive and collaborative environment. 

Join the ELCC team for You and me: exploring empathy and social awareness, a hands-on workshop designed to help young children (and ourselves) build the foundations of empathy and caring relationships. We’ll unpack what empathy looks like in early childhood, and explore simple, meaningful ways to nurture it through everyday interactions.

Postponed.

Join the Early Learning and Child Care team for Create, reflect and connect: an ELCC makerspace, an inspiring 4-hour workshop designed to spark the imagination and nurture our well being.

This makerspace session has been developed to complement both ELCC’s It Starts with a Book: nourishing SEL one story at a time series and Self-Regulation for the Educator workshop by celebrating creativity as a pathway to self care and literacy.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada identified 13 factors that can impact the mental health of employees. This workshop series will explore some of the factors that contribute to a positive workplace culture.

This session will take place on November 12, 2025 from 9:30 am until 11:30 am. 

Join the ELCC team as we continue the It starts with a book: nourishing SEL one story at a time workshop series with a new session all about finding our inner calm!

In this workshop, we will focus on the Self-Management pillar of the CASEL framework. Together, we’ll explore how to help young children recognize when their brains are “flipped,” identify strategies that help them find their calm, and create supportive environments that promote co-regulation and sensory balance.

In this 4-hour interactive workshop, educators will explore the Shanker Self-Reg® approach to stress and self-regulation. Discover how to recognize stress in your own life, reframe behaviours, and restore your energy so you can bring calm, balance, and resilience into your classroom.

Join the ELCC team as we continue the "It starts with a book: nourishing SEL one story at a time workshop series with a brand new session!

In this workshop, we will focus on the first pillar of the CASEL framework: Self-Awareness. Together, we will explore how to help young children recognize, name, and express their feelings, while building a strong foundation of emotional vocabulary and awareness of internal cues.