New Classes
Connect the Dots: Transform Challenging Behavior
This course is designed to introduce you to four easy-to-remember steps to transform the behaviors in your classroom. Connect the Dots focuses on supporting the social-emotional development of young children by ensuring a supportive environment, encouraging positive behaviors, emphasizing positive discipline, and embracing children's unique strengths. You'll learn practical strategies to address each area to support the children in your classroom better.
Understanding and Using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires
This course is designed to help you understand and use the Ages and Stages Questionnaires to monitor children’s progress and to make sure that all children have the supports needed to succeed. Participants will learn the purpose of these screeners, when and how to use them, how to score and interpret, and best practice for communicating results with families.
Using the Brigance® Early Childhood III Screening Tool
Welcome to Using the BRIGANCE® Early Childhood III Screening Tool! This course is designed to help you understand and apply the screening tool to assist in the development of child-focused plans of action.
Classes for Preschool
Equity, Equality, & Diversity
Social Justice in ECE
Learn about the concepts of social justice, privilege, what a single story is, how to avoid it, and how to avoid a tourist-y approach to diversity. Only by understanding all of these concepts can we truly provide an equitable experience for all children.
Creating Your Science Curriculum
This workshop will explore the types of science experiences that are appropriate for preschoolers. You will learn about the 3 areas of science curriculum that should be part of every early childhood classroom and walk away with lots of ideas on science activities.
Creating Your Math Curriculum
This workshop will help you understand the types of math experiences that preschoolers should have access to in a preschool classroom. You will learn about number sense, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis.
Classes for Infants/Toddlers
The Uniqueness of
Infants and Toddlers
Is your infant or toddler classroom structured specifically for that age group, or is it more like a watered-down version of the preschool classrooms in your program? Programming specifically for children from birth to 36 months of age is vital.
Creating Culturally Inclusive Infant Toddler Classrooms
Every family has a unique culture. But what exactly is culture? This course explores the definitions of culture, values, beliefs, and assumptions. Having a strong understanding of these concepts helps to establish a strong foundation for partnerships with families.