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Inclusion Matters80x3 Podcast Series: Focusing on Equity to Create Inclusive and Welcoming Early Childhood Environments - Part 2
Angela Clair, Director of Early Childhood Services at Wilder Child Development Center, joins Priscilla Weigel and Beth Menninga to share her center's story of rethinking their approach to expulsion with the goal of truly being inclusive. How can we include parents and staff to shift our organizational thinking and practices in our responses to big behaviors so that our doors welcome and support all children to thrive in our early childhood programs?
2024-07-2229 min
Inclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml 80x3 Podcast Series: Focusing on Equity to Create Inclusive and Welcoming Early Childhood Environments - Part 2Angela Clair, Director of Early Childhood Services at Wilder Child Development Center, joins Priscilla Weigel and Beth Menninga to share her center's story of rethinking their approach to expulsion with the goal of truly being inclusive. How can we include parents and staff to shift our organizational thinking and practices in our responses to big behaviors so that our doors welcome and support all children to thrive in our early childhood programs? 2024-07-2229 minInclusion Matters80x3 Podcast Series: Focusing on Equity to Create Inclusive and Welcoming Early Childhood Environments - Part 1Join Dr. Nicole Evans from Embracing Equity and Beth Menninga and Priscilla Weigel of CICC as they discuss the central role of equity in creating inclusive early childhood environments. Dr. Evans presents a useful framework for taking action at three levels to promote equity in organizations. Examples are shared of how and where learning organizations identified needs and made changes aimed at creating more equity at the individual, cultural and systems levels. As we think about where to begin a focus on equity in early childhood environments, the group talks about ways to create strong family partnerships as a powe...2024-06-1034 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml 80x3 Podcast Series: Focusing on Equity to Create Inclusive and Welcoming Early Childhood Environments - Part 1Join Dr. Nicole Evans from Embracing Equity and Beth Menninga and Priscilla Weigel of CICC as they discuss the central role of equity in creating inclusive early childhood environments. Dr. Evans presents a useful framework for taking action at three levels to promote equity in organizations. Examples are shared of how and where learning organizations identified needs and made changes aimed at creating more equity at the individual, cultural and systems levels. As we think about where to begin a focus on equity in early childhood environments, the group talks about ways to create strong family partnerships as a powe...2024-06-1034 minInclusion MattersPart 2: Supporting Infants and Toddlers through Extended Separations and ReunionsIn this second part of our discussion, we are joined again by CICC Coaching Manager, Beth Menninga. This segment focuses on extended separations and reunions with infants and toddlers. We discuss military deployment, divorce/break up or split households, work travel, incarceration, foster care, hospitalization, immigration related separations, teacher leaves, and change of classroom or care setting.
2024-05-0621 minInclusion MattersPart 1: Supporting Infants and Toddlers through Routine Separations and Reunions
Listen as Beth Menninga, our CICC Coaching Manager, joins Inclusion Matters and shares key practices to support our youngest learners through common daily separations and reunions.
2024-05-0631 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Part 2: Supporting Infants and Toddlers through Extended Separations and ReunionsIn this second part of our discussion, we are joined again by CICC Coaching Manager, Beth Menninga. This segment focuses on extended separations and reunions with infants and toddlers. We discuss military deployment, divorce/break up or split households, work travel, incarceration, foster care, hospitalization, immigration related separations, teacher leaves, and change of classroom or care setting. 2024-05-0600 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Part 1: Supporting Infants and Toddlers through Routine Separations and ReunionsListen as Beth Menninga, our CICC Coaching Manager, joins Inclusion Matters and shares key practices to support our youngest learners through common daily separations and reunions. 2024-05-0631 min
Cultivate MN's PodcastSupporting Early Childhood Educators through Relationship Based Professional Development with Beth MenningaCultivate MN is a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to promoting awareness within early childhood programs, family services organizations, and child welfare programs. We believe sharing stories promotes awareness and cultivates connection.Episode 10 Podcast Guest: Beth Menninga, Relationship Based Professional Development (RBPD) ManagerBeth Menninga is the Relationship Based Professional Development (RBPD) Manager at the Center for Inclusive Child Care (CICC). In that role, she supports the team of CICC RBPD Specialists, overseeing and coordinating coaching service delivery with other CICC team members. Her work over the past twenty years has focused...2021-07-1958 minInclusion MattersWelcoming Babies! Partnering with parents to ease the transition to child careHow do we welcome babies and their families into our childcare programs? Join Beth Menninga,RBPD Manager at CICC as she discusses with Sheryl Warner, Family Child Care Provider who describes her walk with parents and babies who are coming to her childcare program for the first time. Attending to parenting approaches; ongoing conversation and coordination; helping children adapt to new routines; self-awareness and tenderness are all discussed as a part of establishing the relationship with families as a key element to welcoming babies.2021-05-1321 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Welcoming Babies! Partnering with Parents to Ease the Transition to Child CareHow do we welcome babies and their families into our childcare programs? Join Beth Menninga, RBPD Manager at CICC, as she talks with Sheryl Warner, Family Child Care Provider, as Sheryl describes her walk with parents and babies who are coming to her childcare program for the first time. Attending to parenting approaches; ongoing conversation and coordination; helping children adapt to new routines; self-awareness and tenderness are all discussed as a part of establishing the relationship with families as a key element to welcoming babies.2021-05-1321 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Attachment and Child Care RelationshipsIn Part 2 of our series on attachment, Beth Menninga and Dr. Mary Harrison discuss how early childhood educators can promote strong relationships between caregivers and very young children through responsive, consistent caregiving. 2020-06-0210 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Attachment: What is it and when does it develop?This CICC podcast in the first in a series focusing on attachment during the first two years of life, and the role that early educators play in this important social emotional process. Beth Menninga welcomes Dr. Mary Harrison as a guest speaker and they kick off the series by defining attachment, describing when we begin to see attachment behaviors and what those look like with infants and toddlers.2020-06-0216 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Teamwork in the Child Care Setting- Planning AheadPriscilla Weigel is joined by colleagues Beth Menninga and Brenda Lowe to continue the conversation related to creating a supportive team. The discussion centers around ways to plan for coordination and building a teamwork approach to care for young children.2020-02-0409 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Teamwork in the Child Care Setting- Building Routines that Support SuccessDuring this podcast, Priscilla Weigel talks with CICC team members, Beth Menninga and Brenda Lowe about building routines of support for adults who provide care to children in child care settings. How do we plan for each day? What does a shared task schedule look like and what does it need to include?2020-02-0409 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Curriculum from the Perspective of Infants and Toddlers: Part ThreeIn part 3 of this three part series of podcasts on infant and toddler curriculum, Cindy Croft, Priscilla Weigel and Beth Menninga describe three important learning contexts and the use of a cycle of planning, observing and adapting to implement curriculum.2019-03-0712 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Curriculum from the Perspective of Infants and Toddlers: Part TwoIn Part 2 of this three part series of podcasts on infant and toddler curriculum, Cindy Croft, Priscilla Weigel and Beth Menninga describe how three key developmental tasks can inform curriculum planning.2019-03-0713 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Curriculum from the Perspective of Infants and Toddlers: Part OneIn Part 1 of this three part series of podcasts on infant and toddler curriculum, Cindy Croft, Priscilla Weigel and Beth Menninga discuss unique aspects of infant and toddler learning.2019-03-0711 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Introducing the Infant Toddler Specialist Network ManagerCindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel welcome the Center for Inclusive Child Care’s new team member Beth Menninga, Infant Toddler Specialist Network program manager and manager of our Relationship Based Professional Development supports. Beth shares about the way our coaches can enhance quality infant and toddler care in family child care settings as well as center based environments.2018-09-0630 minInclusion Mattershttps://www.inclusivechildcare.org/InclusionMattersItunes.xml Infants and Language DevelopmentCindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel continue their conversation with CICC’s Beth Menninga. The focus of this podcast is on language development in our youngest learners. Beth shares about essential ways we all can support a healthy foundation of communication by cueing in to the very simplest interactions and body language of infants. Joint Attention, parallel talk and self-talk are discussed.2018-09-0600 min