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Dr. Gundling has the know-how you need with 50 years of experience. Utilize our 75+ years of collective experience to drive results and create sustainability in the early childhood education industry. próximos Eventos Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision CONSULTANTE Nuestro enfoque Our Vision Consulting Services Partners Nuestro enfoque Solicitar orador Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque CAPACITACIÓN Our Vision Our Vision WAVE Bootcamp Tomar una clase Bienvenido a CRAFT Events WAVE Bootcamp WAVE Bootcamp Testimonials CLASES Bienvenido a CRAFT Clases y Programas Clases y Programas Our Vision Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Our Vision Bienvenido a CRAFT Bienvenido a CRAFT Bienvenido a CRAFT WAVE Bootcamp WAVE Bootcamp WAVE Bootcamp Bienvenido a CRAFT NEWS HOME HOME HOME APOYO Soporte con suscripciones Petición para reembolso No se puede comprar / Portal del cliente Cambiar o cancelar una suscripción Compra accidental New Page Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Blog Search Results My Subscriptions 65 años de EXPERIENCIA COMBINADA Dr. Robert Gundling life-long learner and dedicated early childhood education , speaker, leader, advoc ate and author, Dr. Robert Gundling's life as a former teacher led to his purpose in life, helping leaders discover who you really are. A ON A MISSION TO CHANGE LIVES Dr. Robert Gundling’s talks on children's brain development have helped thousands of current educators and those aspiring to make a difference in the lives of children. FEATURED IN THEATRICAL FILM MAGAZINE Dr. Robert Gundling has spent over 50 years creating breakthroughs and transforming lives. REQUEST DR. GUNDLING REQUEST BETTER FUTURES BECOME A BETTER EDUCATOR Join our Critical Core Competencies Program with Dr. Gundling to receive exclusive professional development and coaching to increase your engagement with children. LEARN MORE FOLLOW

LiveWAVE 2024 Virtual Event Announced New Date 2/17/24 The LiveWAVE Accounting Bootcamp officially launches in a few short weeks, completely online and demand for this event will be high. We encourage you to book quickly to avoid missing this special event. Registration for this event is limited and tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis; please register today. Capacity is limited to 50 attendees. All sales are final and non-transferable. This event will be live streamed and video after the event will NOT be available to ticket holders and/or CRAFT Members. LiveWAVE tickets do not include access to CRAFT Membership which can be purchased separately. PLAY VIDEO BUY TICKETS This interactive webinar serves as an in-depth, experiential learning course for local, state and national family childcare business owners and staff to learn and understand electronic accounting systems, how tax Accountants and CPAs potentially partner with ECE leaders to play a very important role in your childcare business to make it successful, and how to find, categorize and organize daily transactions to increase your financial performance, run more smoothly and save you precious time. According to the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), there are one million paid providers caring for children in a home of the provider, caring for three million children from birth to age five in these settings. This webinar is a part of CRAFT Family’s focus area of Financial, Technological and Operational courses that support and empower family childcare businesses across the U.S. Facilitated dialogue and polls will occur throughout the session, to encourage open conversation regarding embedding social media marketing strategies into family based focused ECE program s and to drive the implementation and development of programs with a strong foundation of business practices, the program will cover best practices related to budget management and quarterly tax reporting. Topics of discussion will include: PRESENTERS: Jahi B. Davis , Chief Financial Officer, Better Futures LLC Robert Gundling , Chief Executive Officer, Better Futures LLC Linda Stroman , V.P. of HR, Talent and Culture, Better Futures LLC MODERATOR: LaToya Riggins , V.P. of Professional Development, CRAFT By Better Futures Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM ET Length: 6 hours BUY TICKETS On the Day of Your Event, Remember: 1. You can login to the event no earlier than 30 minutes before the start of your event. 2. Live audio will be broadcast through your computer speakers. 3. Once you have joined the event, if you need additional support, please ask the event moderator for assistance via the chat. 4. Attendees are registered on a first come, first served basis; there is no wait list. 5. Virtual events are not recorded and will not be available to ticket holders and/or CRAFT Members. 6. Virtual events are supported by all major browsers. Please make sure yours is up to date. N eed Assistance Please contact the CRAFT By Better Futures at lriggins@bettefuturesdc.com or give us a call 1-443-561-5796 Join The CRAFT Movement JOIN THE MOVEMENT Not ready to join the movement but want to stay in touch? Sign up for our newsletter with success stories and more opportunities to join the CRAFT movement. JOIN MAILING LIST

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Join Critical Core Competencies powered by Better Futures. Utilize our 75+ years of collective experience to drive results and create sustainability in the early childhood education industry. Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision CONSULTANTE Nuestro enfoque Our Vision Consulting Services Partners Nuestro enfoque Solicitar orador Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque CAPACITACIÓN Our Vision Our Vision WAVE Bootcamp Tomar una clase Bienvenido a CRAFT Events WAVE Bootcamp WAVE Bootcamp Testimonials CLASES Bienvenido a CRAFT Clases y Programas Clases y Programas Our Vision Nuestro enfoque Nuestro enfoque Our Vision Bienvenido a CRAFT Bienvenido a CRAFT Bienvenido a CRAFT WAVE Bootcamp WAVE Bootcamp WAVE Bootcamp Bienvenido a CRAFT NEWS HOME HOME HOME APOYO Soporte con suscripciones Petición para reembolso No se puede comprar / Portal del cliente Cambiar o cancelar una suscripción Compra accidental New Page Our Vision Our Vision Our Vision Blog Search Results My Subscriptions ¿Quieres unirte al próximo ¿Campo de entrenamiento? Better Futures is extremely proud to offer the ZERO TO THREE Critical Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators™. The aim of our 45 hour course is to preserve a unique perspective and spirit, in a way that fulfills the significant future potential of young children. As the latest addition to Better Futures's professional development portfolio, available to the ECE industry, this exclusive course has already proven that it respects and supports teachers in their values, traditions and desire to offer children an incomparable level of quality, provide opportunities for infant-toddler educators to observe, understand, and reflect on critical interactions with infants and toddlers that support and nurture their social-emotional, cognitive, language and literacy development and learning. The 45 hour Certificate, only available after an intense certification process, is facilitated by two of the foremost experts in the field, Dr. Carlena Vaden and Dr. Robert Gundling, Co-Founder of Better Futures. The course takes a scenario-based approach, and uses observation, modeling of best practice, critical thinking, and reflection on one’s own practice to facilitate and support knowledge and skill building. Each live webinar is designed for those who work in home and/or center-based group settings with infants and/or toddlers. We are excited to announce that Critical Core Competencies will be supplemented with personalized virtual mentoring upon launch. Ready to change the narrative? Join our expanding network of trained Infant-Toddler Educators that are capitalizing on the global reputation of Zero to Three. Virtual Mentorship plans are available for purchase upon enrollment. Learn More. FEES & FUNDING At Better Futures we are committed to making all courses affordable and accessible via payment plans. Deposit is required to reserve your seat. The class reminded me again of the importance of communication. It’s an essential part in the Early Childhood Education field. Learning about "serve and return" as a starting point for a great conversation was one of many things that stood out to me in this class. Informative were the reflections, team activities and visuals presented by the instructor, Dr. Robert Gundling. The word wall activity will be incorporated into our classroom routine as well. September 5 - December 19 Why Join this Course? Critical Core Competencies training is available only to participants located in the following states: Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C . ENROLL NOW READ ABOUT OUR CEO Contacto JOIN MAILING LIST Los precios están sujetos a cambios en cualquier momento. (443) 561-5796 lriggins@betterfuturesdc.com CRAFT Café en vivo en Facebook Únete a CRAFT Cafe en vivo Sigue a CRAFT en Instagram Manténgase actualizado a medida que se lanzan nuevas clases y pase por CRAFT Cafe Live. © 2017-2023 por Better Futures LLC.

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