Early Childhood Leadership Institute

ECLI Knowledge and Skill-Building Orientation Series: Day 2
2025-01-28 09:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
For FES, ITS, LT, QIS, and TAS:
Day 2: 5 Hours | in-person at LRC-Central, Trenton, NJ

QM Small Group Coaching Group 3: Session 19
2025-01-28 10:00 - 11:30

QM Small Group Coaching Group 1: Session 19
2025-01-29 13:00 - 14:30

QM Small Group Coaching Group 2: Session 19
2025-01-30 13:00 - 14:30

ECLI Knowledge and Skill-Building Orientation Series: Module 1 Begins
2025-02-04
5.5 hours, completed through TalentLMS
Open until Feb. 25

ECLI Knowledge and Skill-Building Orientation Series: Reflective Session #1
2025-02-04 10:00 - 11:00
1 hour, virtual

ECLI Virtual Workshop: Creating a Culture of Appreciation
2025-02-06 13:00 - 15:00

FY25 ECLI Cross-Role Community of Practice (multi-topic)
2025-02-10 10:00 - 11:00

Core Concepts Sessions: Professional Resilience
2025-02-11 10:00 - 12:00
Susan Lewis, M.Ed.
2 Hour | February 11, 2025 10am-12pm | virtual
How to bolster your emotional intelligence (EI) for when times get tough. In this 2-hour workshop, we will explore the aspects of emotional intelligence that professionals can tap into to help strengthen awareness of both when our own resilience is reaching crucially low levels as well as others (colleagues, families). Strengthening our EI, it allows us to show up with more compassion, vulnerability, and authenticity. Creating a climate that fosters and invites both asking for help and asking others if they need help is one that can strengthen teams, communities, and systems. We will discuss how to strengthen your own EI muscles to be both an advocate for yourself as well as for others.

Cross-Role Community of Learners (Belonging)
2025-02-11 14:00 - 15:30
This Community will provide an opportunity to have discussions around ways to use your role for nurturing a sense of belonging within child care programs amongst staff in the workplace and within the classroom, and with the children and families they serve. In these Community of Learners (CoL) meetings, a bit of content may be shared by the facilitator, when appropriate, to ignite robust conversation, reflection, and leverage passion for inspiring action, both individually and collectively as a group. These sessions run a bit longer to allow for in-depth conversations among members.

ECLI Supervisor Orientation Series for QM & S TAS: Day 2 ends
2025-02-18

Supervision Core Concept Session: Deeper Topic: Leading and Engaging Your Multigenerational Team
2025-02-18 09:30 - 11:30
Kaitlin Bunoza, MS
2 Hour | virtual
How can we replace tension and misunderstanding with embracing this new kind of diversity of generational differences amongst our teams? Research shows that each generation in the workplace desires the same fundamentals (purpose, meaning, growth, role models) yet expresses their needs and expectations each in their own ways. In our leadership roles, we have the opportunity to bridge gaps and embody a positive approach towards an “individually unique, together complete” mindset that will leave room for trust, respect, innovation, and quality teamwork. In this two-hour virtual training, you will explore how current generational interactions are experienced, who are the generations alongside us (and even looking inwards), why it is important to understand in order to succeed personally and professionally, and how to begin making shifts in your leadership styles that embraces all generations. Participants are welcome to be intentionally curious to question and are invited to discuss perspectives in support of discovering key takeaways throughout the shared content, reflections, and activities.

Mentoring Session
2025-02-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-20 10:00 - 12:00
Christine Fulton, MS & Nicole Hylton, MS
2 hour | virtual

ECLI FY25 QM Community of Practice (CoP) | Session 2
2025-02-20 09:30 - 11:30

ECLI Supervisor Orientation Series for QM & STAS: Module 1 opens
2025-02-24

ECLI Supervisor Orientation Series for QM & STAS: Reflective Session #1
2025-02-24 10:00 - 11:00
1 hour, 10-11 am

Leadership in Action - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
2025-02-25 10:00 - 12:00
Nicole Hylton, MS | 2 Hour | virtual
This session will continue the focus on DEIB work and give you and your colleagues the opportunity to share what you have learned and created both inside and outside of ECLI, such as participation in coaching, attending Communities of Practice, conferences, or reading publications that enhance DEIB work; as well as tools and resources created to support your own and other’s growth and learning, including how you have supported programs. You will explore how you might use what is shared in your own practice, spark a new interest for delving deeper, and have an opportunity to ask questions of your peers for reflection and understanding.

QM 1:1 Coaching Session #10
2025-02-27 13:00 - 14:30

ECLI Knowledge and Skill-Building Orientation Series: Module 2 Begins
2025-03-04
Open until March 25, 2025
5.5 hours, completed thought TalentLMS

Supervisor Core Concepts Session: Current Topic: Psychological Safety in the Workplace
2025-03-04 09:30 - 11:30
Paula Hartley, BS
2 Hour |virtual
In this virtual session, participants will learn what psychological safety is, understand the positive impact of having a climate of psychological safety and the negative impact of a workplace lacking in psychological safety. Embedded within the session are opportunities for participants to reflect on their own impact on psychological safety for others and explore strategies for creating spaces where staff feel brave in sharing amongst the team and within the organizations within which they work.

Innovations ECLINJ - QIS Forum: Session 3
2025-03-11 09:30 - 11:30

QM Small Group Coaching Group 1: Session 20
2025-03-12 13:00 - 2025-04-16 14:30

ECLI Supervisor Orientation Series for QM & STAS: Module 1 ends
2025-03-17

Core Concepts Sessions: Current Topic: Shifting the Paradigm: Becoming a Trust & Inspire Leader
2025-03-18 10:00 - 12:00
Nicole Hylton, MS
2 Hour | March 18, 2025 10:00 am-12:00 pm | virtual
A Trust & Inspire style of leadership is needed to foster growth, passion, commitment, and innovation in the workplace. This session will explore the fundamental beliefs and responsibilities of this type of leader and will consider why the old style of “Command & Control” no longer works. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own leadership style and identify practices for adopting into their work.

QM Small Group Coaching Group 3:Session 20
2025-03-19 13:00 - 14:30

ECLI Supervisor Orientation Series for QM & STAS: Module 2 opens
2025-03-20

ECLI Supervisor Orientation Series for QM & STAS: Reflective Session #2
2025-03-20 10:00 - 11:00
1 hour | virtual

ECLI Knowledge and Skill-Building Orientation Series: Module 1 Ends
2025-03-25
Module opened Feb. 4
Completed through TalentLMS, 5.5 hours

Supervision Core Concept Session: Leadership in Action - Spring
2025-03-27 13:00 - 14:00
QM and STAS Colleagues
1 Hour | virtual |
This session provides an opportunity for colleagues to share what they are learning and creating as they engage in PD activities both inside and outside of ECLI, such as from participation in coaching, attending Communities of Practice, conferences, or reading publications that enhance the work; as well as tools and resources created to support their own and other’s growth and learning. You will explore how you might use what is shared in your own practice, spark a new interest for delving deeper, and have an opportunity to ask questions of your peers for reflection and understanding.
