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
A time to be grateful!
This holiday season is a great opportunity to celebrate togetherness and gratitude. Gratitude is being thankful for our experiences and how we appreciate and return kindness to others.
We invite you to share and practice these strategies with your families to embrace gratitude and sense of togetherness (Hussong, A. 2017):
- What we NOTICE in our lives for which we can be grateful
- How we THINK about why we have been given those things
- How we FEEL about the things we have been given
- What we DO to express appreciation in turn
To learn more about the gratitude model, please visit The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_parents_neglect_to_teach_about_gratitude
We invite you to comment below, what are you grateful for?
Our SPARK Help Desk will be closed Thursday (11/24) and Friday (11/25) for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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.