This training will review age appropriate strategies to use for planning and facilitating circle time with toddlers ages 2 to 3 years of age. This session has been approved by the SEED Training Approval System. For more information about SEED Training Approval System please go... (Register)
Tuesday Jan 07 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Steps to Advance Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
This training is offered as an individualized look into how you might create an accessible and experientially diverse area for art in an Early Childhood Classroom. It is based on foundations from the Environmental Rating Scale, so if you’ve taken an ERS class in person or online this is a... (Register)
Wednesday Jan 08 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
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A collective group convened by the Alaska Resilience Initiative created a curriculum for teaching about ACEs, resilience, and trauma-informed care. The "History & Hope" training introduces the audience to the adverse childhood experiences study, and addresses the question "Why... (Register)
Saturday Jan 11 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Positive Ways to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development
The Pyramid Model Foundations training is an evidence based prevention/intervention framework that prevents challenging behaviors and promotes healthy social and emotional development by supporting positive relationships, creating engaging environments, providing concrete teaching strategies, and... (Register)
Saturday Jan 11 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
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Strategies to Manage an Effective Program Operation
This is a three part training. All parts must be completed in order to receive full credit. No partial credit will be given. Part 1 (2hrs): Provides an overview of the Environment Rating Scale (ERS) tool. The focus of the ERS is on interactions with young children, health & safety, the... (Register)
Monday Jan 13 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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This class will create several theme-based art projects using different forms of media. Discussions will include ways to engage young children with the use of music to assist with transition and learning art processes. ... (Register)
Tuesday Jan 14 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Turn taking would not be a problem if there were enough materials and attention for all children in a group. Learning to share requires a great deal of adult guidance and practice. Come to this session to learn the steps to help your children learn to give up materials and work with others. ... (Register)
Wednesday Jan 15 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Steps to Advance Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
This class will focus on how to use finger plays effectively when planning multi-sensory lessons that engage preschoolers with literacy and numeracy skills. Come join the fun and leave prepared with nursery rhymes, movement songs, transitional songs, and more! Discuss, practice, and play with... (Register)
Wednesday Jan 15 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
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Strategies to Manage an Effective Program Operation
The daily challenge people face in managing their money can be seen as boring, depriving, or too complicated. Let's talk about 4 basic rules for everyday budgeting, learn the “why” for building up your savings and the low-down on choosing and managing checking and savings accounts.... (Register)
Thursday Jan 16 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Are you ready? Are the children in your program ready? Are the parents in your program ready for when a natural disaster strikes? This training is full of helpful resources to help ensure you have prepared your program for: An earthquake, Lighting Storm, Flood, Fire, and more. ... (Register)
Thursday Jan 16 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
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The Alaska’s Early Care and Learning Core Knowledge and Competencies (AK ECCKC) are designed to assist ECL educators develop the many skills needed to provide quality programs for children. This session will provide an introduction to AK ECCKC, how they are organized, and how they connect to... (Register)
Friday Jan 17 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Planning curriculum to achieve important learning goals is one of the aspects for effective teaching of young children. In this training participants will reference the Alaska Early Learning Guidelines (ELG) as a tool to develop intentional planning activities and strategies for supporting... (Register)
Saturday Jan 18 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
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Strategies to Establish Productive Relationships with Families
Strengthening Families Protective Factors are new framework for child abuse and neglect prevention and promoting optimal child development. The protective factors shift the focus of child abuse and neglect prevention efforts from family risks and deficits to family strengths and resiliency. By... (Register)
Saturday Jan 18 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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Strategies to Establish Productive Relationships with Families
Strengthening Families Protective Factors are new framework for child abuse and neglect prevention and promoting optimal child development. The protective factors shift the focus of child abuse and neglect prevention efforts from family risks and deficits to family strengths and resiliency. By... (Register)
Saturday Jan 18 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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The first half of this training will cover the Introduction to the Alaska Early Childhood Core Knowledge and Competencies. The second half of the training will cover the use of the Alaska Early Learning Guidelines. Part 1: The Alaska’s Early Childhood Core Knowledge and Competencies (AK... (Register)
Sunday Jan 19 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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This training is presented in Spanish. Planning curriculum to achieve important learning goals is one of the aspects for effective teaching of young children. In this training participants will reference the Alaska Early Learning Guidelines (ELG) as a tool to develop intentional planning... (Register)
Tuesday Jan 21 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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January 21, 2020, 06:30 pm - 08:30 pm January. 28, 2020, 06:30 pm - 08:30 pm Both sessions must be completed to receive certificate, no partial credit will be given. The first half of this training will cover the Introduction to the Alaska Early Childhood Core Knowledge and Competencies... (Register)
Tuesday Jan 21 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
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Strategies to Manage an Effective Program Operation
January 21, 2020 from 6:45-8:45 PM Introduction to ERS January 22, 2020 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM for Preschooler center based early educator January 23, 2020 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM for Family Child Care (FCC) providers and infant/toddler center based early educators This is a three part... (Register)
Wednesday Jan 22 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Many early childhood educators are likely to encounter young children who have experienced trauma. Behavioral symptoms from a child who has experienced trauma are often misunderstood and can be incorrectly diagnosed as oppositional defiant disorder or attention deficit/hyper activity disorder... (Register)
Thursday Jan 23 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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The Heartsaver: First Aid, CPR & AED Certification is a research-proven course from the American Heart Association. Facilitated by Mat-Su Med Training, the Heartsaver course teaches the critical skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrives. Skills... (Register)
Monday Jan 27 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Strategies to Manage an Effective Program Operation
Date: January 27, 2020, 6:30 - 8:30 pm As a teacher of young children, we deal with wiggles, short attention spans, and boredom on a regular basis. Creating engaging and developmentally appropriate lesson plans allows you to prepare ahead of time and plan for the needs of each individual child. In... (Register)
Monday Jan 27 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
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Steps to Advance Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
Yes! Infants and toddlers are natural scientists. Just like scientists they use the same skills to understand the world around them. This workshop offers both knowledge and application about how infant and toddler teachers can help infants and toddlers develop these important higher-order... (Register)
Wednesday Jan 29 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
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Steps to Advance Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
Participants will create hands-on projects to learn basic paper mache techniques which can be used to teach young children. We will also trouble shoot issues and any concerns you might have while creating paper mache. ... (Register)
Wednesday Jan 29 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Positive Ways to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development
This workshop will support participants in recognizing that challenging behaviors in young children can have multiple causes. Participants will be able to recognize toxic stress patterns in children, families and themselves. Developmentally appropriate expectations for emotion control... (Register)
Thursday Jan 30 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
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Steps to Advance Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
Participants will learn how to integrate paper mache projects into a variety of curriculum for preschool and school age children. We will also cover the benefits of engaging students in creating long term projects. ... (Register)
