Welcome to Kindergarten (4810-8100)
Online Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Transitioning from preschool or childcare into school can be particularly challenging for parents and their children when extra supports are required. Additional care is needed to ensure a smooth process and understand how to navigate the school system. This workshop is designed for parents of preschoolers and kindergarteners to learn what to expect during those first months of kindergarten, and for educators working with parents whose children are transitioning to kindergarten. Participants will talk about a child's rights and a parent's rights, getting prepared for kindergarten, approaching inclusive education, exploring FSI's online Toolkits and resources, honoring cultural considerations, growing parent-professional relationships, and building support networks.
Living Inquiries:
- Well-being and belonging.
- Identities, social responsibility and diversity.
Pathways:
- Pathways for engaging with Well-Being and Belonging.
- Diversity and difference - Each child and each family is included, welcomed, and celebrated. All children's and families' cultures are welcome, valued, and woven into programs in ways that are transformative.
- Indigenous voices and perspectives. Educators consider Indigenous resources and begin conversations with colleagues, families, and children about weaving culture and cultural practices into accessing support and resources.
- Identities, Social Responsibility and Diversity. Family origins, cultural background, place of origin, allegiance and affiliation, citizenship, and other identities Children become confident in their identities, including cultural, racial, physical, spiritual, linguistic, gender, social, and economic. Individual differences Children and adults accept and value difference in others and in themselves.
- Social responsibility and justice. Children and educators discuss social justice issues such as segregation, diversity, poverty, race, war, gender, discrimination, and inequity.
Suitable for students, parents, adult instructors/administrators, intermediate and experienced early care and learning professionals working with children of all ages, from infants/toddlers to school age children, including children with extra support needs.
Facilitator(s): Heather Beach
Heather Beach is the Regional Network Coordinator for the Family Support Institute, a non-profit supporting families with disabilities. Heather's additional roles at FSI include Toolkit Project Manager and Cultural Competency, Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) Project Coordinator. A parent to a child with Prader Willi Syndrome, she has been both giving and receiving peer support with FSI and as former President of the BC Prader Willi Syndrome Association.
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- If a class is missed, registrants forfeit their fee and there will be no refund or credit.
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- Camera's must be on during the workshop to receive a certificate.
- Only Vancouver CCRR Registered LNRs or Vancouver Licensed Family Child Care Providers qualify to pay the FCC Fee and will need to state this when they create their account on our website and be approved for this access. When you are an approved CCRR Registered LNR or Vancouver Licensed Family Child Care Provider, these reduced fees will automatically be applied to your registration for all applicable workshops.
- Participants must be 19 years of age to work with children.
- Minimum Grade 8 high-school English understanding, written and oral skills or equivalent are necessary to actively participate in class.
- Participants must stay for the full workshop/course to receive a certificate.
- Doors close 15 minutes after start time in respect to the presenter and participants.
- We are unable to accommodate children during workshop/course time. Please make childcare arrangements.
- Payment must be made at the time of registration to confirm a seat.
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- Handouts (if any) are sent by email.
- Certificates can be reprinted or downloaded from your account at any time after you complete the full workshop or course.
- Everyone in the class must abide by the Classroom Code of Conduct.
- These are non-credit workshops/courses, meaning they cannot be applied towards the completion of a university or college certificate, diploma or degree.
- If you have questions about a certificate being accepted by the ECE Registry, please contact them at 1-888-338-6622 or look on their website here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/early-learning/teach/training-and-professional-development/become-an-early-childhood-educator/renew-maintain-ece-certification
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We are all guests in the training room. In an effort to maintain a safe and welcoming environment, we ask that we follow these guidelines:
- Respect people’s choices, experiences and feelings.
- One person speaks at a time.
- Participate actively by including your voice and make space for other voices to be heard.
- Respect confidentiality, what is said in the group, stays in the group. Speak in private with the instructor if necessary.
- Assume the best intent. This is a space to learn and sometimes that means making mistakes.
- Take care of yourself, whatever that may look like.
- Mute your microphone to reduce background noise and unmute it for group discussions, to comment or ask questions.
By registering for a workshop / course participants declare they have read, understood and agree with these policies.
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In keeping with our eco-conscious goal of reducing paper use, handouts, resources and certificates will be sent by email. In this way, participants will have a resource that can be saved and viewed across various devices, shared and printed anytime.
We may take some photographs (including a Zoom group picture) during workshops/courses with the purpose of promoting our training. By registering you consent to allow us or others attending to take your photograph. If it’s okay with the facilitator, you may photograph materials, slides, books, etc., but not film the workshop.
Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) require a minimum of 40 hours of professional development to renew a certificate to practice. Select topics you would like to expand on or that you’re passionate about.
Registered Family Child Care Providers (RLNR) are required to complete at least 4 hours of professional development before their annual renewal date.
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Workshop Registration
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Registration closes: May 27th
Credit Hours: 2
Fee: $25.00
Contact Info
Professional Development Team
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
pro-d@westcoastfamily.org
604-709-5661 EXT 1221