Training Catalog

This workshop explores the developmental milestones and theoretical principles that support preschool age children in their developmental journey. Participants will identify opportunities and classroom strategies to further a child’s development.

This workshop explores the developmental milestones and theoretical principles that support school age children in their developmental journey. Participants will identify opportunities and classroom strategies to further a child’s development.

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Through discussion and experiential and reflective exercises, participants explore Dr. Jeree Pawl’s guidelines to supporting self-esteem and social-emotional development in infants and toddlers.

This workshop will examine what it means to be an early care and education professional. Participants will discuss key skills, national standards, and codes of ethics that support the work they do with children and families.

Leadership Styles-Director’s Network True leaders come in all shapes and sizes. Some are outgoing and charismatic; others are quietly influential. This workshop explores the concept of leadership in the context of early childhood education. It looks at the multifaceted role of the director and the skills and competencies needed to nurture leadership at all levels of an early childhood program to strengthen continuous quality improvement.

Learn how to create a climate that encourages positive behavior in your family child care home. Discipline does not have to be demeaning, degrading or harsh.

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During this workshop,participants will learn how they can plan and faciliate classroom routines or play activities, extend social interactions, or structure the environment to promote interactive language experiences for young children. Participants will also be taught how to build upon naturally occuring activities by incorporating reading and writing in meaningful ways, creating the opportunity for children to feel successful in liking their early language skills to literacy.

This workshop will provide an overview of the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect. Staff will learn how to communicate with children and families about sensitive topics and promote "safety" for children. Participants will also learn about the sexual development of children, how to respond to issues related to sexuality and when to be alerted to symptoms of suspected sexual abuse.

This workshop will focus on the aggressive behaviors children exhibit in the classroom, the possible reasons behind these behaviors, and safe ways children can express their feelings. Participants will explore their own histories concerning anger in order to understand how to better support children.

Recent statistics indicate that three out of 10 children require medical help as a result of an accident. What makes these statistics so startling is that most of these injuries could have been prevented. By applying and maintaining health, safety and child-proofing measures, child care provides can make their sites secure and safe for th children in their care.

This workshop will examine the purpose of child assessment, ways to conduct child assessment and the use of assessment in planning program activities. The discussion will include the role of parents in the assessment process.

Through this interactive workshop,early care and education staff will learn how to promote young children’s awareness, exploration, and experimentation with scientific concepts through fun and interactive activities.

Often, the first word written by young children is their name. This module will help caregivers to understand the task of learning to write names as a developmental process that is both appropriate and fun for young children.

This workshop focuses on the transitions, often a challenging part of the daily program. In this workshop, participants will explore transitions activities and identify new strategies to support a workable daily program.

Through participation in this training, participants will increase their understanding about the behavior through observation. Participants will also develop a deeper appreciation of the adult’s role in a child’s behavior.

This workshop was developed to address a need for more workshops tailored to child care providers who work with school age children. This workshop is second in a four part series. By participating in this work shop the participant will deepen their understanding of Positive Discipline, guidelines for effective discipline, the use of "I" messages, the one minute reprimand, the one minute praise, and the use of logical consequences.

Thoughtful designs and well utilized physical environments can set the stage for nurturing to blossom. Participants will be introduced to developmentally appropriate room arrangement.

This workshop will examine program policies and supporting documentation for safety procedures, health related issues, and training plans.

This workshop will teach providers how to create a climate that encourages positive behavior in your family child care home. Discipline does not have to be demeaning, degrading or harsh. This workshop will give you ideas for putting the positive into "positive discipline."

In today's world, child care programs cannot simply rely on tuition based fees to cover center costs and maintain a high level of quality services. Many sites have started to seek out fundraising opportunities that can be done on-site to assist in acquiring needed resources. In this workshop, participants will explore fundraising activities and ideas that can easily be implemented, including the use of donations, fundraising, marketing, unrealated business income, and governmental grants. Participants will learn helpful strategies and toold for grant writing activities. In addition, the will be provided with a list of resources to support fundraising and grant writing efforts.