Early childhood teachers and administrators have multiple opportunities for professional learning and collaboration in the next several months. 

• Sept. 10: Greenbush will host “Early Childhood Programming in Kansas: Implementing High Quality Services in the Least Restrictive Environment” in Salina. Districts that are not currently meeting state targets for Indicator 6: Preschool Environments may especially want to attend. (Note that a district must be meeting state targets for Indicator 6 in order to be eligible to apply for Kansans Can Star Recognition in the area of Kindergarten Readiness.) Click here to learn more and to register for the Sept. 10 workshop. 
• Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc. (KCCTO) regularly offers an online course “Introduction to the Kansas Early Learning Standards.” This course reflects the updates to the Kansas Early Learning Standards adopted in 2024. Visit the KCCTO course catalog and search “KELS” to learn more and to register.  
• ESSDACK’s OnDemand virtual courses include professional learning geared toward early childhood educators. Visit ESSDACK OnDemand to browse the course catalog.  
• Sept. 30: Greenbush will begin hosting free virtual early childhood forums. These one-hour monthly sessions will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. This is a space for early childhood providers and educators to collaborate in group. Click here to learn more and to register for the Sept. 30 session. Contact Andrea Scott, andrea.scott@greenbush.org, with questions.  
• Oct. 11: Southwest Plains Regional Service Center will host an early childhood cadre session in Sublette. This will be an opportunity to collaborate and network with early childhood educators. Visit the Southwest Plains Events page to learn more and to register. 
• The Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund hosts monthly Early Childhood System-Building webinars on topics related to strengthening our state early childhood system. Visit the Kansas Children’s Cabinet website to register.  

If you have feedback about other ways the Kansas State Department of Education can support your early childhood work, please contact Amanda Petersen, KSDE director of early childhood, apetersen@ksde.org.