Please join the ECCDC Coaching and Mentoring team to explore a five-part book study on Illuminating Care – The Pedagogy and Practice of Care in Early Childhood Communities, by Carol Garboden Murray. We will dive deeply into the concept of defining care as an action, an attitude, and an ethic for the early learning and child care community. The book study is for all those who work within the early learning and child care field as we will be exploring how we look to elevate care for the children in our programs and acknowledge the essential role that early childhood educators have in building a strong profession. We will be looking to dispel the myth and discover the truth of care for young children, consider how we move beyond a basic standard of care, name care as a core value in the work that we do, and explore care ethics and a responsive care philosophy.

• Session 1: Wednesday January 29, 2025 Launch with Book Author Carol Garboden Murray 6:30 to 7:30 pm
• Session 2: Wednesday February 26, 2025
• Session 3: Wednesday March 26, 2025
• Session 4: Wednesday April 30, 2025
• Session 5: Wednesday May 28, 2025

6:30 to 8:00 pm - all sessions except Session 1

Particpants may choose to purchase a copy of the book through ECCDC for $55. Orders must be placed by December 19th, 2024