SPARK Learning Lab
You support Hoosier children and families. Let SPARK support you!
What is My SPARK Learning Lab?
As an early childhood education and care professional you work hard every day for Indiana children and families. SPARK Learning Lab is here to support you by providing training, coaching, resources, and more!
Get Started Here!
Take SPARK’s program assessment the Indiana Self-Assessment Tool (I-SAT) to receive a customized quality improvement plan for your program including targeted resources and coaching.
Login
Login or create a free account at ilead.in.gov and click the green “My SPARK Learning Lab” button
Evaluate
Click the blue “Take the I-SAT” button and choose 1 or more quality items to evaluate for your program
Go!
Receive a customized plan including resources and coaching to help your program meet it’s quality improvement goals
#TownSquareThursday
Healthy social-emotional development for babies and toddlers occurs through positive relationships with caring and nurturing adults. Caregivers can help babies and toddlers learn about their own emotional experiences and those of others; from here, the development of empathy begins to emerge.
Learn more about how infants and toddlers develop empathy and your role as a caregiver in this resource created by Office of Child Care
Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
townsquarecentral.org/discover/supporting-the-development-of-empathy/
Attention Boone, Hendricks, and Montgomery County Providers!
Beginning August 23, 2022, SPARK Learning Lab will be continuing our partnership with K1ds Count Therapy to provide early childhood programs with infant early childhood mental health consultation. Members of K1ds Count Therapy's behavior analytic and mental health counseling teams will conduct a 12-week virtual learning cohort on Thursdays from 10-11am EST.
As a participant in these cohort(s), your program will receive one-on-one consultation sessions with the mental health professional or behavior analyst. Consultation sessions will be scheduled and conducted on-site and/or virtually.
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIf6MtRNHDC0cdZMMEZMKYflX2CPT3Ds7L1atyRQi419Dqrw/viewform
Join a Regional Advisory Council!
Your input is vital to ensuring success in our technical assistance approach.
Ongoing feedback from individuals like you will help guide the ongoing advancements in elevating the quality of early childhood programs.
Upcoming Events
We are excited to host several Listening Sessions all across the state. Check back soon to see a full list of event dates.