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Enriching Indoor Environments
This 5-hour course offers 0.5 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 1.
An early childhood environment is many things: it’s a safe place where children are protected from the elements and are easily supervised, and it is where important activities of the day take place, such as playing, eating, sleeping, and learning. Beyond the basics, the physical environment is an image of the teacher’s planning and the student’s learning. It should be well organized, comfortable, and personable and offer a variety of materials for cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. In this course, participants will learn best practices in designing an inclusive indoor environment that fosters children’s developmental growth. Learn to create an indoor environment where all children feel secure, comfortable, welcome, and ready to explore.
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Liderazgo Administrativo
Este curso de 3 horas otorga 0.3 CEU y está alineado con el Área Temática 5 del CDA.
El propósito del curso de Liderazgo Administrativo es que los profesionales de infancia temprana adquieran los conocimientos y destrezas necesarios para ser un líder administrativo eficiente. El Liderazgo Administrativo está dividido en dos categorías: el liderazgo operativo y el liderazgo estratégico. El liderazgo operativo incluye las tareas de contratar y capacitar al personal, y crear y gestionar presupuestos. El liderazgo estratégico consiste en liderar el programa pensando en el futuro y asegurar que todo el personal trabaje para alcanzar una visión compartida. Este curso explorará tanto el liderazgo operativo como el estratégico.
Equivalente a: Administrative Leadership
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Pyramid: Interactive Storytelling
This 3-hour course offers 0.3 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 2.
The Pyramid Approach to Early Learning is a scientifically-based early learning method that amplifies young children’s learning when applied to any early childhood curriculum. Participants will explore Pyramid’s Four-Step Distancing Process with children’s literature to intentionally broaden and deepen children’s understanding of story concepts and ideas. This course helps teachers intentionally apply Pyramid using children’s literature to create developmentally appropriate strategies and facilitate children’s learning.
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Prácticas informadas sobre el trauma
Este curso de 3 horas otorga 0.3 CEU y está alineado con el Área Temática 3 del CDA.
Aproximadamente el 66% de los niños afirman haber vivido acontecimientos traumáticos antes de los 16 años. Los efectos de estas experiencias pueden ser devastadores, pero con apoyo, muchos niños pueden superar sus experiencias traumáticas. Este curso, Prácticas Informadas sobre el Trauma, concientiza sobre el impacto del trauma infantil en el aprendizaje y el desarrollo de los niños y provee estrategias para apoyar la sanación, la resiliencia y el bienestar de los niños traumatizados y de quienes los cuidan.
Equivalente a: Trauma Informed Practices
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The Nuts and Bolts of Developmental Screening
This 3-hour course offers 0.3 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 7.
Developmental delays, learning disorders, and behavioral and social-emotional problems are estimated to affect 1 in every 6 children. Only 20-30% of these children are identified as needing help before kindergarten, meaning the vast majority miss out on the benefits of early intervention. Because early educators spend so much time with children, they are in a great position to change this. The Nuts and Bolts of Developmental Screening covers the importance of developmental monitoring and developmental screening, as well as how to monitor, choose a screening tool, talk with parents, use screening results in the classroom, and more. Participants will practice monitoring and will do a thorough review of multiple screening tools.
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Teacher Leadership
This 3-hour course offers 0.3 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 6.
In every preschool, there are teachers whose vision extends beyond their own classrooms – even beyond their own teams or programs. They recognize that a child’s experiences depend not only on interaction with individual teachers, but also on curriculum choices, program culture, and community engagement. This awareness drives these teachers to want to influence programmatic decisions. They experience professional restlessness. Sometimes through their own initiative and sometimes because of a formal process, these teachers find ways to become teacher leaders. Participants will learn to identify the skills, dispositions, and knowledge necessary to become effective teacher leaders.
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Amazing Development: Preschoolers
This 4-hour course offers 0.4 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 7.
To be a preschool teacher is to witness an incredible burst of thinking and imagination. A preschooler has the language and control to express their thoughts and feelings – and they make them known to those around them. To be a preschool teacher is to guide and support children as they navigate social relationships and figure out what it means to be a friend. This course takes a deep dive into preschool development; building knowledge about the milestones that typically emerge during this period as well as understanding and identifying possible delays.
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Dual Language Learners
The number of dual language learners in early care and education programs and public schools in the United States has risen over the past 20 years, with some states experiencing over a 200% rate of growth. Currently nearly one out of three children enrolled in preschool programs come from homes in which a language other than English is spoken. Regardless of whether a child began learning multiple languages at birth or was first exposed to English upon entry to an early care and education program, the same strategies can be used to help her become proficient in her home languages and in English. This course covers separating myths from facts, creating a supportive environment, supporting English language and literacy acquisition, supporting the home language, and assessment.
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Phonological Awareness: The Connection of Sounds to Reading
This 4-hour course offers 0.4 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 2.
Phonological awareness is one of the early language skills critical to reading success. It is the ability to hear and manipulate sounds in language. In order for teachers to effectively support the development of phonological awareness, they must be able to describe and demonstrate phonological awareness skills in the proper sequence of development. In this course participants will learn and practice phonological awareness tasks in order to engage children in learning activities that are targeted and fun.
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Enseñanza con intención
Este curso de 4 horas otorga 0.4 CEU y está alineado con el Área Temática 6 del CDA.
Las participantes explorarán lo que significa enseñar con propósito. Enseñar no es solo conocer el contenido, sino también la manera en la que las maestras piensan sobre la misma acción de enseñar y cómo la abordan. Esta sesión provee varias maneras de experimentar y aprender sobre un enfoque reflexivo de la enseñanza. La práctica reflexiva es una herramienta que sustenta la enseñanza intencional; las participantes tendrán la oportunidad de aprender más sobre la práctica reflexiva y de probarla.
Equivalente a: Teaching with Intention
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Make the greatest impact on the children in your program with professional development that empowers your teams to enhance and share their skills and knowledge and build their professional network.
