Supervising for Safety for Family Child Care (05/08/19 - 05/29/19)
This series based course intended for new Family Child Care providers meets Licensing pre-service requirements as well as the health and safety requirements from the Child Care Development Fund. Participants will explore MN Rule 2 licensing standards and best practices around supervision challenges experienced by family child care programs. We’ll look at strategies a child…
Read MoreCICC TOT: Project EXCEPTIONAL (03/06/19 - 03/27/19)
This Train the Trainer course Project EXCEPTIONAL: A Guide to Training and Recruiting Child Care Providers to Serve Young Children with Disabilities is based on a two volume training curriculum from the California Dept. of Education. Volume 1 contains 9 narrative chapters which correspond to the training activities in Volume 2 on topics like disability…
Read MoreSupervising for Safety for Family Child Care (08/22/19 - 09/12/19)
This series based course intended for new Family Child Care providers meets Licensing pre-service requirements as well as the health and safety requirements from the Child Care Development Fund. Participants will explore MN Rule 2 licensing standards and best practices around supervision challenges experienced by family child care programs. We’ll look at strategies a child…
Read MoreSupervising for Safety for Family Child Care (05/21/19 - 06/11/19)
This series based course intended for new Family Child Care providers meets Licensing pre-service requirements as well as the health and safety requirements from the Child Care Development Fund. Participants will explore MN Rule 2 licensing standards and best practices around supervision challenges experienced by family child care programs. We’ll look at strategies a child…
Read MoreSupervising for Safety for Family Child Care (07/09/19 - 07/30/19)
This series based course intended for new Family Child Care providers meets Licensing pre-service requirements as well as the health and safety requirements from the Child Care Development Fund. Participants will explore MN Rule 2 licensing standards and best practices around supervision challenges experienced by family child care programs. We’ll look at strategies a child…
Read MoreSupervising for Safety for Family Child Care (05/02/19 - 05/23/19)
This series based course intended for new Family Child Care providers meets Licensing pre-service requirements as well as the health and safety requirements from the Child Care Development Fund. Participants will explore MN Rule 2 licensing standards and best practices around supervision challenges experienced by family child care programs. We’ll look at strategies a child…
Read MoreSupervising for Safety for Family Child Care (08/07/19 - 08/28/19)
This series based course intended for new Family Child Care providers meets Licensing pre-service requirements as well as the health and safety requirements from the Child Care Development Fund. Participants will explore MN Rule 2 licensing standards and best practices around supervision challenges experienced by family child care programs. We’ll look at strategies a child…
Read MoreSupervising for Safety for Family Child Care (06/03/19 - 06/24/19)
This series based course intended for new Family Child Care providers meets Licensing pre-service requirements as well as the health and safety requirements from the Child Care Development Fund. Participants will explore MN Rule 2 licensing standards and best practices around supervision challenges experienced by family child care programs. We’ll look at strategies a child…
Read MoreNorth Dakota: Developing Young Children’s Language and Literacy Skills (04/02/19 - 04/30/19)
North Dakota: Understanding Preschoolers (03/18/19 - 04/08/19)
North Dakota: From the Inside Out (02/05/19 - 03/05/19)
The quest for excellence begins with an inner quest to discover who we are – our passions, values, talents, personal resources, and even those annoying habits we might prefer not to acknowledge. Having a better understanding of ourselves is the first step toward achieving a better relationship with others. Throughout this course you will have…
Read MoreMNCDA ETL Module 5 (10/24/19 - 01/30/20)
This course includes MNCDA classes 17-21:[crlf]MNCDA Class 17 Safe Supervision[crlf]MNCDA Class 18 Curriculum[crlf]MNCDA Class 19 Assessment[crlf]MNCDA Class 20 Program Quality[crlf]MNCDA Class 21 Growing as a Professional
Read MoreMNCDA ETL Module 4 (08/29/19 - 10/10/19)
This module includes MNCDA classes 13-16:[crlf]MNCDA Class 13 Language Development[crlf]MNCDA Class 14 Early Literacy[crlf]MNCDA Class 15 Early Math[crlf]MNCDA Class 16 Scientific Thinking
Read MoreMNCDA ETL Module 3 (06/20/19 - 08/15/19)
This module includes MNCDA classes 9-12:[crlf]MNCDA Class 9 Professional Development Planning[crlf]MNCDA Class 10 Social-Emotional Development[crlf]MNCDA Class 11 Child Guidance[crlf]MNCDA Class 12 The Importance of Play
Read MoreMNCDA ETL Module 2 (04/11/19 - 06/06/19)
This module includes MNCDA Classes 6-8:[crlf]MNCDA Class 6 Introduction to Child Development[crlf]MNCDA Class 7 Introduction to Cognitive Development[crlf]MNCDA Class 8 ECIPs
Read MoreMNCDA ETL Module 1 (02/07/19 - 03/28/19)
This module includes MNCDA Class 1-5:[crlf]MNCDA Class 1 Welcome to the Profession[crlf]MNCDA Class 2 Creating a Welcoming Environment[crlf]MNCDA Class 3 Safe and Sanitary Environments[crlf]MNCDA Class 4 Welcoming Families: Creating Cultural Connections[crlf]MNCDA Class 5 Welcoming Children with Special Needs and their Families
Read MoreEthics in the Early Childhood Profession – An Introduction (02/01/19 - 04/23/19)
Learn what the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct is and understand the value of this document and pledge to professionalism. “Ethics – in the form of knowledge and skill in making responsible professional decisions – is one of the most fundamental qualities of a competent early childhood educator” (Feeney & Freeman, 2012) This is an…
Read MoreIntroduction to the Early Childhood Indicators of Progress for Directors or Program Administrators (02/01/19 - 04/23/19)
Directors and program administrators; discover how to read and use the updated ECIPs with your staff. You will also identify the organizational structure and terms of the standards as well as identifies resources for using the ECIPs within your program including involving and engaging families in children’s learning.
Read MoreRBPD Credential – Module 6: Assessing and Evaluating (ETL) (05/13/19 - 05/20/19)
In this module, participants identify the purpose of assessment and evaluation in RBPD; analyze examples of assessments used in RBPD; practice using assessments to plan RBPD interactions; review the terms and actions covered during the credential; and practice conducting an RBPD session using video and provide feedback. This is module 6 of 6 in the…
Read MoreRBPD Credential – Module 5: Facilitating Growth and Learning (ETL) (04/22/19 - 05/06/19)
Module 5 explores the cycle of RBPD practice with a focus on creating awareness, planning and setting goals. Participants link the cycle of RBPD practice to their work, examining the phases of planning, observing and feedback with reflection through video analysis and practice planning & setting goals. Participants will examine how feedback and reflection fits…
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