News and Notes
1.
NID Congregations are striving to call directors
for their Early Childhood centers at:
a.
Immanuel, Downers Grove
b.
Zion, Hinsdale
Contact Mike Zimmer at the NID office for more information on these
positions.
2.
The next NID Teachers Conference will be held at
Concordia University, Chicago on Friday, October 19, 2018. Phil Vischer, the originator of Veggie Tales,
will be the keynote speaker. 30+ sectionals.
$90 per person (lunch and snacks included). Both Gateways and ISBE credits will be
available.
3.
The Concordia Early Childhood Conference will be
held at Concordia on Friday, August 3, 2018.
4. Our
next NID ECE Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, February 15th
from 4:30-6:30 pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran, 195 Nesler Road, Elgin, IL 60124
on the topic of Staff Relationships and Recognition. Please RSVP to Jan
Eigenfeld at jeigenfeld@gselgin.org
or 847-697-4745.
Meeting Topic: Challenging Behaviors
Anne
Konen, who works as an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant at Illinois
Action for Children, spoke to our group on challenging behaviors. She outlined
why children might be acting out in the way they do and challenged our group to
focus on reflection and how to build capacity and support those challenging
behaviors. She also provided practical tips on how to work with parents when
their children present these challenging behaviors.
Participants were able to ask specific questions during the presentation
and Anne would talk specifically to the issue.
Anne provided the following resources:
·
Novak,
Rachel J. (2001). Quick Tips for Managing Classroom Behaviors
·
Classrooms as the Root of Challenging Behaviors
by Michelle Salcedo
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