Denver's Early Childhood Council

ENGLISH - Performance Coaching and Corrective Action: Session 4 of Performance Management Series
2026-09-02 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | Virtual
This new addition to the series focuses on helping child care leaders address employee performance concerns with clarity, consistency, and confidence. Participants will learn how to balance supportive coaching with appropriate corrective action, communicate expectations effectively, document concerns professionally, and reduce risk while maintaining positive staff relationships. By using a structured and development-focused approach, child care programs can strengthen accountability, improve staff morale, support employee growth, and create a more consistent, high-quality environment for children and families.
This training is FREE for participants that work in a Denver Preschool Program participating Center/Program, and $20 for all others.

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Equity and Advocacy Professional Learning Community
2026-09-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-11-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-12-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-01-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-02-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-03-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-04-01 12:00 - 13:00 and 1 more date
Meet with other directors, teachers, and staff from our team in a monthly informal setting to discuss the current needs in the field. Be an advocate for your program while helping others by simply speaking up about what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s needed.
This is a Director’s PLC and can be used as credit toward the Director DPP Achievement Award.
Questions? Contact Dora Esparza at dora@denverearlychildhood.org.
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ENGLISH (With Spanish Interpretation)- A Holistic Approach to Physical Well-Being and Motor Development
2026-09-16 18:00 - 19:00
In this interactive workshop, participants will explore strategies for promoting physical well-being and motor development by emphasizing bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Through movement, creative expression, and sensory-rich experiences, participants will discover how children use their bodies to communicate, solve problems, and interact with their environment. The workshop also explores how purposeful movement fosters body awareness, spatial awareness, coordination, balance, and overall physical development. Participants will leave with practical, hands-on activities and strategies they can immediately implement to support young children’s physical growth, healthy development, and lifelong love of movement.
This training will be conducted in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation available.
Participants who attend and actively participate in this training will receive a certificate of completion for 1 credit hour aligned with the Child Growth, Development, and Learning competency in Colorado Shines.

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Denver CCAP/UPK Townhall
2026-09-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-10-22 13:00 - 14:00
Formerly called the Denver Child Care Task Force, the Denver CCAP Collaborative was founded to give Denver child care providers a voice in the community and an opportunity to meet and connect with Denver Human Services Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) staff.
The Collaborative discusses policy and funding issues that affect large and small child care programs in the Denver metro area. The group meets regularly and includes participants from child care centers, community funders, and representatives from Denver Human Services.
Topics at CCAP Collaborative meetings can include, but are not limited to:
CCAP Program and Policy Changes
Community Funding Updates
Discussion of Welfare Reform Board Agenda
TANF updates
NO SOLICITING, PLEASE
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