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WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27101
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Getting Familiar With Foundations This course is designed for anyone who wants to increase or refresh their knowledge of the North Carolina Foundations for Learning and Development. Have you already taken the 5 hour Foundations course but perhaps it has been several years and you need to refresh your skills and memory? Or maybe you […]
Lesson Planning for Preschool With Foundations: Do you align you lesson plans with Foundations? Are you intentional in planning activities? Do you need help connecting the goals and indicators to the activities you've created? Attend this learning event to discover Foundations as a helpful tool for creating developmentally appropriate activity and lesson plans. Leave knowing […]
Do you struggle getting children to focus and pay attention? This learning event will provide insight how children with ADHD may struggle and feel. We will also discuss the history and prevalence of ADHD along with the frustrations that you feel and discover strategies to help both you and the children to alleviate everyday stressful […]
BSAC (Basic School Age Care) is a 5 hour introductory level training event for school age care professionals that are new to the field. The training includes the following modules: 1) Health, Safety & Nutrition, 2) Environmental Design, 3) Child/Youth Development, 4) Developmentally Appropriate Activities, 5) Guiding Child Behavior, and 6) Quality School Age Care. […]
Is your classroom ready for an extreme makeover?! The environment impacts behavior, and you control the environment – come learn how to make that environment work for you in taming challenging behaviors. Teachers will have the opportunity to assess their own classroom environment and create a guided action plan for design and implementation of a […]
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Prelicensing workshops are required as a prerequisite for opening a child care center or child care center located in a residence. During this two-day workshop, participants will receive a comprehensive review of the North Carolina Child Care Requirements and obtain critical information helpful to potential child care center operators. Workshops will begin at […]
This class is designed to cover some of the new required health and safety topics. The topics covered are Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases; Administration of Medication; Prevention of and Response to Emergencies Due to Food and Allergic reactions; Prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Use of Safe Sleep Practices; and Prevention of […]
This workshop will focus on the state requirements for childcare and after-school program compliance for fire safety including exit drills, evacuation procedures and use of fire extinguishers. Presenter: Stokes County Fire Marshalls Office Cost: $5.00 1.5 DCDEE Contact Hours Deadline to register: 3/9/19 Sessions offered in counties other than Forsyth County may have different registration […]
Offers positive solutions- from expectations, the environment, the instructional approaches and discipline methods – to policies regarding school readiness and special education. Come learn ideas, recommendations and best practices that work well with young boys. Presenter: Gina Collins Cost: $5.00 Credit: 2 DCDEE hrs. CLICK HERE- REGISTER FORM Instructions: Advance payment is required. Checks or Money orders […]
You are Cordially invited to Chat, Play and Learn!!!!! Forsyth Elite (Forsyth Co. Providers Only) This event will be Open to ALL ( Forsyth Co. Only) Center Directors, Family Child Care Home Providers and Pre-School Directors: Take advantage of this opportunity to network, brainstorm, win great prizes and met our New Smart Star Director, Louis A. Finney Jr. Our Guest Speaker: […]
This required training explains all the parts of North Carolina’s SIDS Law. Participants will review information about when and how to use the approved waivers, how to best place a baby in bed to sleep, and other “Best Practice” recommendations. During the workshop, participants will get the needed information to create a Safe Sleep Policy, […]
In this training, participants will learn how to enhance the home/classroom setting by creating “Sensory Bottles”. This make it, take it activity allows children to learn skills related to calm breathing, as well as the ability to regulate their emotions. At the end of this training, teachers, parents, guardians will have made bottles of their […]
During this workshop you will learn more about the development of language and communication for children birth to three; the research that links relationships to language learning in the first three years; and strategies to support development in this domain for all infants and toddlers, including dual language learners. This training provides information that supports […]
When a child uses challenging behaviors at school, parents and teachers need to work together to address the issue. However, when discussing behavior problems parents often feel blamed by the teachers and teachers often feel unsupported by the parents. This session focuses on developing strategies and skills to make these conversations more productive for everyone…especially […]
The Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) in Child Care Training provides early educators with information and tools to prepare for many types of emergencies. The EPR in Child Care Training addresses NC Child Care Rules on emergency preparedness, current best practice recommendations, and guidance on completing the online EPR Plan. The EPR Plan template can […]
Melissa Radcliff, program director at Our Children's Place of Coastal Horizons Center, will share what the program has learned about children of incarcerated and returning parents and work to create a community where they are acknowledged, supported, and encouraged to share their stories. Our Children's Place is a statewide program committed to the children of […]
It starts with crying, cooing, and babbling, and then you finally hear it, their first words! Sharing those language milestone moments can be some of our best experiences as infant and toddler teachers. During this workshop you will learn more about the development of language and communication for children birth to three; the research that […]
The Pyramid Model developed by the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) provides a framework for preschool teachers to support the social-emotional development of young children. In this module we’ll explore attitudes about challenging behaviors and the range of factors that influence a child’s behavior, define the relationship between social […]
