Virtual or in person training opportunities are offered to educators working within Niagara's licenced programs and students studying Early Childhood Education at Niagara College.
QCCN Conversation Cafes
The QCCN Community Conversation Cafe is an ongoing opportunity to come together as a community of practice as a way to exchange dialogue between educators within the Niagara community and discuss knowledge, engage in reflections, and share practical how-to information around the QCCN Components.
Click here to register online for Winter/Spring 2025 Conversation Cafes.
QCCN Virtual Reflective Practice Institute
The two-day QCCN Reflective Practice Institute has been transformed into five (5) webinar modules that will be offered through pre-recorded zoom webinar for your safety and convenience. This training is available for educators supporting infant, toddler and preschool programs who did not previously participate in the two-day QCCN Reflective Practice Institutes or the QCCN Reflective Practice Institute Webinars.
Click here to register for the Spring 2025 Reflective Practice Institute.
QCCN Speech and Language Module Training for All Educators - Training Availability Extended!
This one-hour pre-recorded webinar module is available to the community moving forward to ensure access for educators that were unable to complete it during the mandatory completion timeline (i.e. educators returning from a leave). This webinar module includes training on the new Niagara Children’s Centre Online Referral Portal and updated Checklists, Referral Process, and documents.
This training is mandatory for staff who meet both the following criteria:
- Currently supporting infant, toddler, and/or preschool programs in Niagara; and
- Previously completed the QCCN Reflective Practice Institute (between November 2015 and August 2023).
If you meet both criteria from above, then this QCCN Speech and Language Webinar Training Module is mandatory for you.
Click here to register online for the Mandatory Speech and Language Module.