Early Education Training Calendar

Early Education Training Calendar for child care teachers, family child care providers, and administrators.

To pre-register, bring in or mail in your completed registration form with a check or money order (if applicable). We do not accept cash.

All workshop listed are offered by the Early Childhood Connections Program or the Safe Choices Program at Smart Start of New Hanover County. Click here for directions. For additional trainings and professional development opportunities, please see below.

Workshops

Title of Workshop	Workshop Description	Contact Hour Credits	Day of Week	Date	Time	Instructor	Fee	Notes
Windows to Your Future	Participants will build an organized "Professional portfolio". Notebooks will be provided.	1.5	Tues.	5/13	7:00 pm-8:30 pm	Randall Hardgrove and Nikki Morris Smart Start Staff	$5	Bring your training certificates, education and employment documents.
Two Trainings Topics in One Night!!! Financial Aid Info Session What to Expect on the Placement Test	Learn how, when and where to apply for financial aid. There will be time for questions. Learn what to expect on the English and Math sections of the placement test.	1 1	Thurs.	5/15	6:30 pm-7:30 pm and 7:30 pm-8:30 pm	Cape Fear Community College Staff Cape Fear Community College Staff	$5 covers both work shops	Open to any educator who is interested in taking the test in 2008
Child Care Orientation	Training is intended for new employees working in licensed child care.	None	Wed.	5/21	Full Day	Child Care Connections	Free	Will provide 8-16 of the required orientation hours.
Family Child Care Business Basics: Organization and Professionalism	This workshop will tackle the issues of the constant upkeep of necessary documentation required by DCD while encouraging professionalism in the early childhood field.	2	Thurs.	5/29	7:00 pm-9:00 pm	Shereen Helou, Smart Start Staff	$5	For Family Child Care Providers ONLY!
Field Trip and Transportation Safety Training	Participants will learn how to plan and prepare for field trips and transportation of children. They will also learn steps for safety and success of field trips and routine transportation.	2	Mon.	6/2	6:30 pm-8:30 pm	Jessica Worriax, Smart Start Staff	$5
ECERS -R Review	This workshop is for early childhood educators familiar with the environmental rating scale. Preparing for an official ECERS-R assessment will be discussed.	2	Wed.	6/11	6:30 pm-8:30 pm	Krista Turner. Smart Start Staff	$5
Implementing the Project Approach into Your Curriculum	Preschool children learn best through active and meaningful experience. Such experiences engage curiosity, motivate them to apply their developing skills, and challenge children to think reflectively. Come learn new ideas to enhance your curriculum through Project Approach.	2	Tues.	6/17	6:30 pm-8:30 pm	Shereen Helou, Smart Start Staff	$5
Child Care Business Basics for Homes: Curriculum Planning for Family Child Care	This workshop will provide family child care providers ideas for implementing an age-appropriate curriculum, including activities and materials. Tips for multi-age planning will be discussed.	2	Thurs.	6/19	7:00 pm-9:00 pm	Natalie Pond, Smart Start Staff	$5	For Family Child Care Providers only.

Additional Training and Professional Development Opportunities

Day	Date	Title/Description	Location	Comments
Tues.-Fri.	5/6-5/9	Smart Start Conference	Sheraton Greensboro	For more information visit www.ncsmartstart.org

There are many other trainings, conferences, and meetings in our community. Some of these include:

Region 4 Child Care Resource and Referral Training Calendar: Call 1-800-653-5212
Child Advocacy and Parenting Place Training Calendar: Call 794-1057
New Hanover County Cooperative Extension Services Trainings: Call 452-6393

In July 2007 and with

funding from the Cape

Fear Memorial Foundation,

Smart Start of New

Hanover County was able

to bring Brazelton

Touchpoints Center®

trainers to Wilmington for a

Touchpoints Individual

Level Training.

A multi-disciplinary group

of five local service

providers have recently completed the

Touchpoints Community Level Training.

This team will be responsible for training and supporting

other New Hanover County service providers in implementation of the Touchpoints™ Approach.

More information about the Touchpoints™ Approach

and the work of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton can be found at www.touchpoints.org.

To view Smart Start of

New Hanover County's

Annual Report-

FY 06-07, click here.

The North Carolina

Partnership for Children

named Stephanie Fanjul

as their new president

starting February 1, 2007.

To read more on the

Science of Early Childhood

Development, click here.

The Economic Impact

of the Child Care

Industry in North Carolina

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