The COVID-19 ECE Administration Series

• Earn 12 clock hours towards your ECE Credential
• Training cost: $125 covers all sessions, including bonus session

• This training is available state-wide throughout Colorado; if you are a Denver Preschool Program provider, you are eligible to take this course free of charge. See details in ecConnect.

• Register in ecConnect ecconnectcolorado.org/training
• Contact dora@denverearlychildhood.org with questions

COVID-19 ECE Administration: How Is COVID-19 Impacting Your Finances? (Part 1 of 4)

Trainers: Leslie Zirker and Dora Esparza

10/22/2020 @ 5-7 pm

Finances and budgeting should not be a dread! When you have a basic understanding of your organization’s financial health you are better able to strategize, retain your staff, and be proactive to potential challenges.

• Learn about the main components of a budget
• Acquire strategies to track revenues and expenses
• Determine the budget health of your site
• Learn how COVID is changing how to budget
• Brainstorm how to limit expenses
• Participate in peer conversations to learn what other directors are doing
• Discuss what to look for in accounting support outside of your organization
• Create a timeline for when your budget should be reviewed

COVID-19 ECE Administration: Maintaining a Budget and Effective Organization During COVID-19 (Part 2 of 4) Trainers: Lucy Mullen Davis and Dora Esparza

11/5/2020 @ 5-8 pm

Now that you have a handle on the aspects of budgeting, how to you ensure strong ongoing financial practices and internal controls? In addition, how can you manage and organize your work and tasks in a way that you feel more in control overall?

• Learn more about internal financial controls for budget management
• Discover strategies for creating sound business practices to maintain your budget
• Organize your tasks, workload, and email lists and newsletters
• Learn ways to stay informed in the constantly changing environment
• Design effective professional development plans with your staff
• Engage in strategic planning to be proactive rather than reactive
• Get tips for managing staff and children’s files, making a system so you are always ready for a file audit a
• Know with confidence what documents you need and when you need them for hiring and after you have lost an employee

COVID-19 ECE Administration: Building your Business in Times of COVID-19 (Part 3 of 4)

Trainers: Lucy Mullen Davis and Dora Esparza  

11/19/2020 @ 5-7 pm

Everything is upside down during this time. It is vital to ensure that you are keeping your marketing up and keep the community relationships you have strong as enrollment ebbs and flows.

• Learn about how to do grassroots marketing, make connections in your community, and market your school’s culture.
• Discover alternative ways to market during COVID and in virtual settings
• Get information on how to join in the ECE community in your local area as well as across the state
• Create a strong social media presence and website that gives parents an idea of your center
• Brainstorm on how to make the strengths of your organization stand out

COVID-19 ECE Administration: Ensuring Strong People Management During COVID-19 (Part 4 of 4)

Trainers: Lucy Mullen Davis and Dora Esparza

12/10/2020 @ 5-8 pm

This training will cover basic human resource management and protocols, with special attention to COVID-related issues.

• Learn how to utilize recruitment and retention strategies to retain teachers during this time and recruit teachers that will maintain quality during COVID
• Gather policies can you put in place for your staff to ensure they are doing self-care and avoiding burn out during this time
• Create a COVID-specific addendum for your handbooks

   BONUS SESSION!!

COVID-19 ECE Administration: Self-Care, Avoiding Burnout during COVID-19

Trainers: Trish Stanton and Dora Esparza

11/20/2020 @ 12-2 pm

Self-care, especially during this pandemic, is more important than ever. Encouraging self-care for your staff and knowing that you support their emotional health is a strong retention strategy. This training will outline how to encourage employees to do self-care with concrete examples of how to encourage a culture that values staff and works to decrease burn out. Also covers administrative care techniques, individual self-care techniques, and techniques to encourage self-care in children.