Fire Safety and Extinguisher Training
Date: CHOOSE 1: Tuesday, January 10th, Wednesday, February 29th, or Tuesday, March 13th 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (1.5 credit hours)
Instructor: Meg Langston, New Hanover County Fire Rescue & Wilmington Fire Department
Cost: FREE (Registration is required)
Location: Fire Station at 801 Market Street/upstairs training room
To Register: Call Smart Start of New Hanover County at 815-3731 or email LaKeasha Glaspie at Contact newhanoverkids.org
This session will discuss the different classes of fire extinguishers and proper use. It will also allow participants the opportunity to see a fire being extinguished. By the end of the class, participants will be able to select the proper fire extinguisher and use it to put out a real fire. This session also focus on when to use a fire extinguisher in a child care setting, procedures for doing so, and evacuation plan steps when planning to use an extinguisher.
Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care Settings
Date: Tuesday, January 17th AND Tuesday, January 24th 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (3.5 credit hours)
Instructor: Betsy Beer and Caroline Neal, Registered Nurses
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
With this curriculum, participants will learn how to prevent, recognize and manage infectious diseases in early education and child care settings.
NAP SACC SATURDAY SERIES
Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care
Attend just one or all of the following one-hour workshops below.
Dates/Locations: Saturday, January 28th 9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. (1 credit hour each)
Instructor: Smart Start staff
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
Please register separately for each session.
SESSION 1: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Supersizing Our Children: Childhood Obesity
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
SESSION 2: 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Eat Right, Grow Strong: Nutrition for Young Children
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
SESSION 3: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Stepping Toward a Healthy Lifestyle: Personal Health and Wellness
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
SESSION 4: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Moving Children to Good Health: Physical Activity for Young Children
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
SESSION 5: 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Growing Healthy Kids Together: Working With Families to Promote Healthy Weight Behaviors
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
Be Active Kids
(For three to five year old teachers only)
Date: Tuesday, February 7th 6:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. (3 credit hours)
Instructor: Stephanie Harris & Cherie Styles, Smart Start
Cost: FREE (Registration is required. Call Smart Start to register 815-3731)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
Be Active Kids is a curriculum for four and five year olds designed to get children physically active and interested in good nutrition. Each participant will receive a Be Active Kids kit to use in their child care environment.
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
B-K Information Session
Date: Tuesday, February 7th 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (1.5 credit hours)
Instructor: Dr. Hengameh Kermani, UNCW
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
ITS SIDS
Date: Thursday, February 9th 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (2 credit hours)
Instructor: Smart Start staff
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
Participation in this workshop meets ITS-SID S training requirements. An overview of SIDS, identification of SIDS risk factors and descriptions of ways to reduce the risk of SIDS in child care will be provided.
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
Start Stafe
Date: CHOOSE 1: Monday, February 13th or Thursday, March 22nd 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (1.5 credit hours)
Instructor: Meg Langston, New Hanover County Fire Rescue & Wilmington Fire Department
Cost: FREE (Registration is required. Call Smart Start to register 815-3731)
Location: Fire Station at 801 Market Street/upstairs training room
To Register: Call Smart Start of New Hanover County at 815-3731 or email LaKeasha Glaspie at Contact newhanoverkids.org
Are you planning for Fire Prevention Month? Want a free easy curriculum to use with children 3-6 years old? This program will help children to identify what is hot and stay away, to call an adult for help when they see something unsafe, to help their families make a home escape map and practice family fire drills, to know the sound of a smoke alarm and to go outside. We will provide you with all the materials including lesson plans, DVD, poster book, activity sheets and handouts for parents.
This workshop is currently full.
ITERS-R Review
Date: Thursday, February 23rd 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2 credit hours)
Instructor: Natalie Pond, Smart Start
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
This workshop is designed for early infant-toddler teachers and directors who are already familiar with the environment rating scales. Preparing for an official Infant-Toddler Environment Rating Scale assessment will be discussed.
What About Me?
Date: Thursdays, March 1st, 8th AND 15th 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (3 credit hours)
Instructor: Mebane Boyd, Smart Start
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
Feel unappreciated? Overwhelmed? Want to come together with other early childhood professionals to find out how to cope with some of these feelings? This group experience will allow discussion about frustrations and what might be done to overcome some of these negative experiences when doing one of the most important jobs in the world- loving and nurturing children. This support group will meet for 3 one-hour sessions (for a total of 3 credit hours) to identify, develop and enhance our individual strengths and solutions to the problems we face in the classroom or child care environment.
FCCERS-R Review
Date: Monday, March 5th 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (2 credit hours)
Instructor: Shereen Pickett, Smart Start
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
This workshop is designed for family child care providers who are already familiar with the environment rating scales. Preparing for an official Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale assessment will be discussed.
ECERS-R Review
Date: Thursday, March 22nd 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2 credit hours)
Instructor: Randall Hardgrove, Smart Start
Cost: $5 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
This workshop is designed for preschool teachers and directors who are already familiar with the environment rating scales. Preparing for an official Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale assessment will be discussed.
Medication Administration in Child Care
Date: Saturday, March 31st 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (6 credit hours)
Instructor: Betsy Beer and Caroline Neal, Registered Nurses
Cost: $15 (plus a $1 online convenience fee)
Location: Smart Start of NHC
This training involves the introduction of a medical vocabulary as well as training and practice in communication and administering medication skills. This training will focus on child care provider roles for giving medicine in child care, cover federal and state laws related to giving medicine in child care, help providers recognize where to store and dispose of medicine, define the "six rights" of medication administration, and provide information that will assist trainees with developing or revising a site-specific medication administration policy.
This workshop is currently full. Call Smart Start 815-3731 to be placed on the waiting list.
Other Training Opportunities
The Benefits of Inclusion
Date: Monday, January 30th 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (2 credit hours)
Instructor: Bret Tharp & Kerry Novotny, Smart Start Intervention and Inclusion Services
Cost: $5
Location: Easter Seals UCP ECOS 3333-M Wrightsville Ave. Wilmington
Register: Call Easter Seals at 910-392-7003
Participants learn how our attitudes toward people with disabilities have been shaped through history, current recommended practices and how inclusion promotes positive outcomes for all children as well as families and providers.
Regional Training Opportunities
For more information visit www.region4ccrr.nc.gov.