The most important factor contributing to a student’s success in school is the quality of teaching. Our staff is committed to supporting our children through professional development opportunities for early childhood educators, students, and community members. Our comprehensive list of trainings is outlined below. Please note that trainings are offered on a rotating basis, and we are continuously offering new trainings.
If a training does not appear on our calendar, it is not currently scheduled. For more information, including trainings in Spanish, please contact our Professional Development Coordinator at 252.758.8885.
Basic School Age Care (BSAC) is a 5-hour introductory level training for school age care professionals that are new to the field. This training is required by the NC DCDEE for school age care professionals working in licensed programs, however it is also a beneficial training for new staff in any after school program setting.
This course presents strategies and practices for promoting fire safety in the early care and education environment. Course participants will learn about the dangers of fire in school along with recommendations for evacuation policies and procedures, maintaining a safe environment, and teaching young children about fire safety. Center Director and at least one other staff member within each facility are required to obtain this training.
The only nationally available program scientifically proven to increase knowledge, improve attitudes and change child-protective behaviors. Appropriate for any adult, this training will teach you how to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
The goal of the program is to give your children the tools they need to develop positive physical activity and nutrition habits for a lifetime of good health by using colorful characters, interactive hands on lessons and bright visuals to teach children that physical activity, healthy eating and food safety can be fun.
A documentary by KPJR films will be screened with facilitator-led discussion afterwards. Participants will learn the definition of toxic stress, ACEs (adverse childhood experiences), and the highlights of current research outlining the effects of toxic stress on children’s development, behavior and general health throughout their lives.
Despite progress over the last ten years, SIDS remains the leading cause of death among U.S. infants between one month and one year of age. As a result of participating in this course, participants should be able to define SIDS, identify SIDS as the leading cause of death of infants between one month and one year of age, identify sleep environment dangers, identify the connection between child care and SIDS, identify healthy infant motor development in back sleeping infants, identify SIDS risk reduction recommendations, and more.
This course is designed to teach and First Aid skills for adults, children, and infants in a two-night setting. Participants will learn CPR skills in the first setting to help assist a person who is experiencing cardiac arrest. Participants will also learn the proper technique to use on choking victims and how to properly operate an Automated External Defibrillator if an emergency would arise. The second session will cover how to properly administer first aid in an emergency and non-emergency. Participants will learn how to control bleeding, wrap bleeding injuries, treat for shock, sudden illnesses, and injuries. When completing this course, participants will gain the knowledge on how to identify and respond to an emergency. Participants will be given posttest to gain knowledge and skills for both sections of this course. It is recommended that participants wear comfortable clothing for hands-on training.
Each year, more than 200,000 children nationwide are treated in hospital emergency rooms for playground related injuries. Most of these playground injuries are caused by falls. The majority of these injuries could be prevented by providing proper supervision and safer playground equipment and design. This DCDEE required training for childcare administrators provides training on preventing common playground hazards and implementing safety practices. The lecture portion of the training will be held at the Martin-Pitt Partnership for Children, with playground portion will be held offsite. Transportation will NOT be provided between the two locations.
The EPR training has two separate trainings, each lasting approximately two hours, with a one-hour assignment between sessions. Session 1 covers planning and preparing for emergencies in early care and education settings. It includes an overview and an introduction to the online EPR Plan template. After Session 1, the participants will return to their facility with an assignment of preparation work for completing the online EPR Plan. Session 2 covers questions about the assignment, practicing, responding and recovery related to emergencies.
With asthma on the rise, every child care provider should know about the disease. After this workshop, you will be able to provide children and families with asthma management techniques. This learning event satisfies the Health and Safety Training Topic Area: 10A NCAC 09 .0706 (b)(2).
This training includes background information on required vaccines and the diseases they protect us from, immunization laws regarding child care facilities, and how to address common questions parents have about vaccines. This session will also include information about the new Annual reporting forms and process from the NC Immunization.
This Foundations course will provide participants with an introduction to the document North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development. Participants will use the book to learn about the standards, how they are structured, and how to implement them in early childhood settings. Participants will construct the knowledge base necessary to use the standards in supporting children in their learning and development by embedding the standards in daily classroom planning and practice.
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