thread is now accepting applications for the Early Educator Health and Wellness: Building Resilience for the Early Education Workforce, Children, and Families Grant.
Donor Name: thread
State: Alaska
City: Anchorage
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant provides the following opportunities if one or all of the below trainings are completed:
- Building Resilience for Early Education Workforce, Children, and Families
- Eligible for $250
- What is it?
- A three-session training program focused on work-life balance, stress management, self-care, and introspective tools, aimed at improving engagement, teamwork, and decision-making for professionals.
- What Does it Offer?
- Practical tips and tools to strengthen team engagement, improve teamwork, build decision-making clarity, and enhance creativity. It also focuses on burnout prevention, mental health, and fostering connection in the workplace.
- Introduction to FAN (Facilitating Attuned Interactions)
- Eligible for $150
- What is it?
- A 3-hour condensed introduction to FAN training, which will support educators in developing reflective practices and improve child interactions. FAN is widely used in early childhood settings to build stronger, more supportive relationships that improve outcomes for both children and families.
- What Does it Offer?
- A condensed introduction that will support educators in developing reflective practices and improve child interactions.
- FAN (Facilitating Attuned Interactions) Level 1 Practitioner
- Eligible for $1,350
- What is it?
- A professional approach designed to enhance communication and relationship-building between early childhood professionals and families. Rooted in the principles of attunement, the FAN framework helps participants become more aware of their own feelings and the emotional states of others, improving their ability to respond empathetically and effectively in challenging situations.
- What Does it Offer?
- A comprehensive experience, covering all aspects of the FAN model in detail.
Eligibility Criteria
- Building Resilience for Early Education Workforce, Children, and Families
- Educators who are currently employed in the Municipality of Anchorage
- Educators who are a member of the Alaska SEED Registry
- Educators who work in a licensed child care program within the Municipality of Anchorage
- Introduction to FAN
- Educators who are currently employed in the Municipality of Anchorage
- Educators who are a member of the Alaska SEED Registry
- Educators who work in a licensed child care program within the Municipality of Anchorage
- FAN Level 1 Practitioner
- Educators who are currently employed in the Municipality of Anchorage
- Educators who are a member of the Alaska SEED Registry
- Educators who work in a licensed child care program within the Municipality of Anchorage
- Learn & Grow participants who have achieved or are working on Level 3.
Not Eligible
- Educators who work for a program outside the Municipality of Anchorage
- Educators who work for programs that are licensed by the Child Care Program Office and not the Municipality of Anchorage
- Educators who are not participants working on Level 3 in Learn & Grow (for FAN Level 1 Practitioner Training).
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