Simplify your childcare management with automation

 

2022 vol. 15

Promise Statement:
As an ELCA ministry, the ELEA provides exceptional services and support to faith-based schools and centers.

UPCOMING WEBINARS:

August 10, 2022: Thriving Plants, Thriving Programs, Thriving Children, by Jill Primak, ASLA, CLARB

August 11, 2022:  Removing Barriers in Play to Include All Children, by Mike Huber, MAEd

August 17, 2022: 12:00 Noon CST, Simplify Your Childcare Management with Automation, hosted by our friends at Vanco.

REGISTER NOW: 

September 14, 2022: ELEA Book Study, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.  6 sessions total. Led by Pastor Paul Waterman, Elim Lutheran Church and Children's Center, Marshalltown, IA.  Father of 3 elementary aged children and nature advocate, Pastor Paul will take teachers, administrators, parents, and pastors on a 6-week journey around caring for creation, most notably, for our children to experience and appreciate the natural world. Members can register multiple people for this event at the member price - email [email protected] for assistance. 

 

October 6-8, 2022: Lutheran Schools Convocation, Milwaukee 

189 sectionals, Keynote Speakers Jennie Williamson, Skit Guys and Scott Hamilton, 100+ exhibitors.  Remember to register as a "MEMBER".  Former Boot Camp graduates, Innovative Leadership Summit graduates and former Ambassadors and Connectors are invited to gather Oct. 6, 8:30-10:30 for networking and more!  Also, select the Pre-Convocation Thursday Event: CUEM Event. Brunch is included and you will hear from Dr. Chrishella Warthen-Sutton.

 

SAVE THE DATE:

February 10-11, 2023: Region 3 (MN, ND, SD) Early Childhood Educators Conference, Minneapolis, MN

March 8-10, 2023: Make It Count! - ELEA National Conference in collaboration with Region 1, Doubletree Southcenter, Seattle WA.

Our friends over at Smartcare by Vanco are hosting an exciting webinar on simplifying your childcare management and engaging families better with automation. We invite you to join the webinar, August 17th at Noon central, and walk away with an action plan on using automation to save you time, increase enrollments, and maximize efficiency for your childcare program. Save you seat! 

Would you like to lead a workshop at the 2023 Youth Extravaganza, February 3-6, 2023, Anaheim, CA?  Do you have something that you would like to share with youth leaders and pastors from across the country? 

 

The four tracks this year are:

• How to Build a New Kind of Church Without Getting Fired
• Making Your Church a Safe Place for Children and Youth
• Your Story Is Enough: You Can't Fill From an Empty Cup
• Reclaiming the "E" Word: A New Form of Outreach

For more information on how to submit, check out this website.

"A baby picks up on the sounds of human voices while in the mother?s womb and begins to process these voices through their developing auditory system. Upon birth, infants can perceive the

familiar voices and turn their heads toward the recognized
sounds." Read more in, "Young Bilingual Children Navigating Languages," by Samina Hadi-Tabassum, a free resource from Exchange. Receive these resources by signing up online. 

ELEA MID-YEAR REPORT & OPEN POSITION

 

The ELEA Board in continually working to improve our practices, programs, resources and advocacy.  The mid-year report will give you a glimpse into the areas of emphasis.  The ELEA Board is currently seeking applications for a member at large.  Members of ELEA interested in applying can do so using this form.