Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Inspiring & Promoting Excellence in Child Care & Early Learning
Workshops & Training
Professional Development for Certified Early Childhood Educators
Westcoast courses and workshops support the implementation of the BC Early Learning Framework, Schedule G of the BC Child Care Licensing Regulation and the Early Childhood Educators of BC Code of Ethics.
Registration for courses and workshops will be available here. For Child Care First Aid courses, register through The Vital Link.
Westcoast is a member of The Hub for BC Early Years Professionals. 
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Featured Workshop
If you are an ECE, program administrator, or early care and learning professionals who thrives in a self-led environment, consider taking our Administration and Management for Child Care Self-Guided course. It’s ideal for experienced leaders who are looking to improve or expand on their program’s operations, as well as educators looking to become child care leaders in BC.
This 12-hour course provides an overview of various aspects of leadership, management, and administration in child care. The course contains eight learning modules on The Hub for BC Early Years Professionals, including video modules, reflection questions, and quizzes, all of which are designed to help you tailor the learning to your own program.
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Upcoming Workshops
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Sign Language: Introduction to My Smart Hands® Level 1 (4810-8100)
Rosie Paulyk
Online Thursday, September 24, 2026, from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Online
In the Introduction My Smart Hands® Level 1 sign language workshop, you will learn over 20 signs to use with the children in your care. Further, in our language-rich and playful environment (yes, brew the coffee, because we’ll have a good time together!), you’ll build your American Sign Language (ASL) pedagogy and communication through guided and self-directed instruction, interactive games, and songs. We will also explore techniques for successfully integrating signs into everyday life.
Administration and Management for Child Care: Self-Guided Course (4825-8011)
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Access to the course material will be given to registrants on the business day after the 1st and 15th of each month.
Location: Online
This self-guided Administration & Management for Child Care course provides an overview of various aspects of leadership, management, and administration in child care. It’s ideal for experienced leaders who are looking to improve or expand on their program’s operations, as well as educators looking to become child care leaders in BC.
View Workshop DetailsSupporting Children’s Home Languages: Belonging, Identity, and Everyday Practice (4810-8100)
Julia Magacho Borsari
Online Thursday, October 8, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Online
Children’s home languages often appear in childcare settings in small but powerful ways: a word during play, a song remembered from home, a quiet exchange with a peer, a gesture, a pause, or a phrase an educator may not understand right away. This workshop invites educators to slow down and pay closer attention to these moments. Grounded in graduate research with multilingual families and educators in British Columbia, the session explores how home, and heritage languages are connected to identity, belonging, family relationships, memory, and emotional safety.
In-Person – Supporting Social-Emotional Learning Through The ‘Memory Tree’ Felt Board Story (4810-8100)
Vesna Krcmar
In-Person Saturday, October 24, 2026 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Written for children ages 3-7, ‘The Memory Tree’ is a beautifully illustrated story that gently explores themes of grief, love, friendship, remembrance, resilience, and connection. Participants will engage with the story through felt storytelling and discover how visual, interactive storytelling can deepen children's engagement, support emotional understanding, and encourage meaningful conversations about relationships, memories, and change.
View Workshop DetailsExploring Three Common ‘Alarm-Based’ Troubles (4810-8100)
Michele Maurer
Online Tuesday, October 27, 2026, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Online
*Although participants are not required to register for all four sessions, the series is designed for and most beneficial when taken as a whole.
During this event we will explore the three main alarm spectrum patterns—anxiety-based, agitation-based, and adrenaline-based—showing how they differ depending on how much alarm is felt versus defended against. It highlights the “flight” in each pattern (from perceived threats, from feeling, or from vulnerability) and why quick-fix relief strategies don’t resolve root alarm.
Administration & Management for Child Care Course
The online Administration & Management for Child Care (AMCC) course provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of leadership development.
Our 40-hour Instructor-Guided online course is delivered and guided by expert instructors with years of experience in child care and has been specially designed to support and strengthen innovative practices in leadership.
We also offer a 12-hour Self-Guided version with unlimited spaces available. You can study any time and at your own pace. Learn more about both courses and how to register on our AMCC page.
To support the course, we have also created the AMCC Knowledge Base, a comprehensive online information database for ECE leaders with detailed guidance on all areas of child care leadership.
Questions about the courses? Email us at AMCC@westcoastfamily.org.
Customized Professional Development Services
Workshops & Training Created Specifically For Your Organisation
In addition to our regular workshops and courses, Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre offers professional development training and workshops customized to your particular requirements on a wide range of topics for:
- Parents
- Early Learning and Child Care Professionals
- Others working with young children and their families
Fill out the Customized Pro-D Inquiry Form and we will get back to you about whether we can meet your specific requirements at this time and give you a quote. After, you can decide if you like to move forward with planning your training event.
Fees for online customized professional development are inclusive of facilitator fee, hosting, registration, certificates, technical support, secure Zoom access for online training, and additional learning resources, if applicable.
Are you a facilitator offering training in Early Learning and Child Care?
We welcome proposals to deliver professional development training on a wide range of topics related to early childhood education and care, for people working with children from 0-12 years of age, including:
- Early Learning and Child Care Professionals
- School Age Child Care Workers
- Others working with young children and their families
To submit your proposal, fill out the facilitator workshop proposal form below, or contact Natasa Guzina at natasa.guzina@westcoastfamily.org if you have any questions.
In a Typical Year WCCRC
provides 1450 ECD Educators
professional development through exemplery & creative workshops
offers 24 workshops
on Choosing Child Care for new parents in the community
carries nearly 12000 items
in the Westcoast Library to lend to those caring for young children