253 Parents Special Education Connection

Virtual

Put the kids to bed and come join us for a virtual beverage of your choice with other parents who get it. This group is about sharing resources and just having a safe place to talk whatever is on your mind.  HOW WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER • Parents supporting each other • Connecting to other […]

Friday Forums: Funding Relief Part I

Virtual

Graduate Tacoma presents Friday Forums. Join us for this weekly webinar series offering everything from professional development to real-time information during Washington State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order. Our goal? To be a source of partnership when it matters the most. This week, we'll consider both how local philanthropy and learnings from 2008 will help […]

Friday Forums: Addressing Mental Health this Summer

Virtual

Graduate Tacoma presents Friday Forums. Join us for this weekly webinar series offering everything from professional development to real-time information during Washington State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order. Our goal? To be a source of partnership when it matters the most. Not only has the landscape for expanded learning abruptly changed for providers and educators […]

Early Learning & Reading Network Meeting

Foundation for Tacoma Students 919 S 9th St, Tacoma, WA, United States

Join ELRN community partners on the third Tuesday of every month from 12:30 – 2PM at the Foundation for Tacoma Students office.  ELRN meetings are currently being conducted via ZOOM during Washington state's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order in response to COVID-19. Contact ELRN Network Manager for more information ELRN@graduatetacoma.org

Friday Forums: Funding Relief Part II

Virtual

Graduate Tacoma presents Friday Forums. Join us for this weekly webinar series offering everything from professional development to real-time information during Washington State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order. Our goal? To be a source of partnership when it matters the most. This week we discuss the state of public funding, and how providing emergency relief […]

Mentoring During COVID-19

Virtual

The current global pandemic and resulting social distancing and closing of schools and nonprofit programs has thrown the mentoring field into a dizzying time of program adaptations, on-the-fly technology solutions, and radically changed mentor-mentee relationships. Please join leading scholar Dr. Michelle Kaufman of Johns Hopkins University and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership for a webinar […]

Voices from the African-American Community

What works for African-American students works for all students. In the wake of lives lost in the African-American community, League of Education Voters has committed to listen, learn from, and amplify voices of the African-American community because they are at the center of the movement for racial justice. In this webinar, we have assembled a […]

Neighborhood Improvement Projects

Learn about the work of Harvest Pierce County, how to build a greener, healthier, and more connected city from the Tacoma Tree Foundation and a local Little Libraries program. To register, visit safest.org/conference. If you have any questions, please contact Erik at ehasstedt@safest.org.

Dealing with Resistance

Conflict Can Connect us with the Center for Dialog & Resolution. Learn helpful methods in listening to learn, listening to de-escalate, and finding your voice to say what you need to say. To register, visit safest.org/conference. If you have any questions, please contact Erik at ehasstedt@safest.org.

Building Connections

A FREE virtual workshop for educators, care providers, parents, and families of children ages 3-8.  Learn engaging strategies for how early math promotes racial equity through Zeno's 5 Practices.  PLUS an opportunity to receive 3 free math games! 2 STARS hours available with STARS ID number. 

Craft Saturday: Create a Log Cabin

Job Carr Cabin Museum 2350 N. 30th St., Tacoma, WA, United States

Pick up a free craft kit from the Job Carr Cabin Museum porch! First-come, first-served 11 AM to 3 PM. Children can use the materials provided in this take-home craft kit to create a miniature log cabin box. Take-home kits include all the materials and instructions needed for a fun at-home activity. Instructional videos will […]

Craft Saturday: Shadow Puppets

Job Carr Cabin Museum 2350 N. 30th St., Tacoma, WA, United States

Pick up a free craft kit from the museum porch! First-come, first-served. Children can use the materials provided in this take-home craft kit to create a set of shadow puppets for storytelling. Take-home kits include all the materials and instructions needed for a fun at-home activity. Instructional videos will also be posted online. Please use […]