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Parenting Professional Development Series

Dream Team
2025-08-23 10:30:00 2025-08-23 11:30:00 America/New_York Parenting Professional Development Series Parenting can be hard enough! Learn to work a bit smarter, not harder, in our monthly Parenting Professional Development Sessions hosted by Carin Andrews, founder of Engaged Training & Consulting Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Saturday, August 23
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2025-08-23 10:30:00 2025-08-23 11:30:00 America/New_York Parenting Professional Development Series Parenting can be hard enough! Learn to work a bit smarter, not harder, in our monthly Parenting Professional Development Sessions hosted by Carin Andrews, founder of Engaged Training & Consulting Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Parenting can be hard enough! Learn to work a bit smarter, not harder, in our monthly Parenting Professional Development Sessions hosted by Carin Andrews, founder of Engaged Training & Consulting

Little ones are welcome to sit on your lap or the floor with you during the session and/or play with some of the sanitized toys that will be provided. We hope you can join us and invest some time in your professional & personal development, because parents are people too.

Dream Team – How Corporate Team Building Best Practices Can Help Your Family Unit

In this session, Carin will share practical team-building best practices that can be applied to strengthen your overall family dynamic. Just as successful teams in professional settings require trust, communication, and collaboration, so too does a harmonious and thriving family unit. Carin will cover a variety of techniques that you can apply at home to help your family "gel and excel."

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Health & Nutrition | Financial Literacy | Family |

TAGS: | Self Care | parenting | kids | family | caregivers |

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library
ahargreaves@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1704
Fax: 703.746.1775
Branch manager
Abby Hargreaves
Hours
Mon, Aug 04 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 05 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 06 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 07 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 08 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 09 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 10 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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Parking:
There is a library parking lot available.

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: King Street Station
  • Metrobus: F20
  • DASH Bus: 36A, 36B, 102

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