Playing Our Way to Health and Wellness!
2020-05-20 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | KY
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Play is an important component of human development. Research has shown that play is essential to our health and well-being. Discover the value of play and the significant benefits that play adds to our health and wellness. By the end of session, you will have gained greater knowledge about the value of play and will have ideas, strategies, and approaches to enhance play experiences during these shelter-at-home days.
Level 3 CDA 2 Audience-Infant/Toddler, Preschool
This workshop is free thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Jefferson County Community Early Childhood Council through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood.

The Courage to Come Back: The Impact of Coronavirus Anxiety on Young Children & Support Strategies for When Centers Re-open
2020-05-27 10:00 - 11:00 | KY
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
How does fear and anxiety manifest in young children’s behavior? How will children adapt to the return to child care? Will the coronavirus isolation have a lasting impact as a traumatic experience? Join us through Zoom to discuss these questions and prepare for our “new normal” when centers are allowed to re-open. Learn strategies to support children who may exhibit signs of anxiety and regression. And learn some self-care strategies for care-givers, understanding that it will take a little courage for all of us to “come back” from this tragedy.
Level 1 CDA 3 CC 1 Audience-All
This workshop is free thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Jefferson County Community Early Childhood Council through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood.

Mindfulness Session 1: Slowing Down
2020-06-01 10:00 - 11:00 | KY
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Mindfulness allows focus to be in the present. Participants will gain new insights about how to be more in the moment and understand how it can benefit our relationships with children. Slowing down allows you to be more intentional with children and their feelings.
Level 1 CDA 2,3 CC 1,2 Audience-All

Have Questions about Children with Special Rights?
2020-06-01 11:00 - 12:00, 2020-06-15 11:00 - 12:00 | KY
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Join Tiana White, the Early Learning Inclusion Specialist for Head Start at 4-C, who will be the guest speaker for an interactive Question and Answer Zoom session about children with special rights, social and emotional development and developmental concerns. Please feel free to submit questions before the session at: Jessica-carlson@4cforkids.com.
Level 3 CDA 6 CC 6 Audience-All

Powering Family Engagement with Technology
2020-06-03 10:00 - 11:00 | KY
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Family engagement has never been so important! Discover how to design experiences that allow families and children to connect, play and learn while being healthy at home. Are you curious about what other providers are trying? Are you looking for fresh and meaningful family engagement ideas? In this session you will learn how to leverage technology to create meaningful family engagement experiences. By the end of the session, you will have new ideas, strategies, and approaches to support families during these shelter-at-home days.
Level 3 CDA 4 Audience-All

Building Resilience With Families
2020-06-04 16:30 - 19:30 | Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C), 908 S. 8th Street, Suite 201, Louisville, KY, 40203, United States
Notice: We are suspending our face to face classes until the current social distancing restrictions have been lifted. In order to continue to provide training opportunities, we are offering an Independent Learning Opportunity for this session. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering. Your Independent Learning assignment will be sent via email on the day of the training, which you will complete on your own. You will have two weeks from the start of the class.
Discuss and learn how building resilience can be accomplished at any stage of life as well as strategies to help families develop and/or strengthen their resilience.
This workshop is free thanks to the sponsorship of the Kosair Charities Face It Movement (https://faceitabuse.org).
Level 1 CDA 4 CC 4, 6

Nature Community of Practice - Enjoying Caretaking
2020-06-10 10:30 - 11:30 | KY
Engage in a discussion about different scenarios in which children have had opportunities to explore caretaking through nature. Through reflection, the group will also explore the different languages children have to express themselves and how nature offers children different ways to deal with the stress that they may have experienced.
Communities of Practice are formed by early childhood educators and leaders who share a passion for teaching children and engage in the process of learning how to do it better as they interact regularly and support one another. Most Communities of Practice meet monthly, with the same group of teachers or leaders attending over an extended period of time.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Level 2 CDA 3 CC 1
1 credit hour

Building Resilience
2020-06-10 13:00 - 14:00 | KY
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Participants will learn and discuss how building resilience is the combination of several protective factors, and how the interaction between biology and environment can enhance our ability to cope with adversity and overcome threats to healthy development in children and adults.
Level 1 CDA 4 CC 4, 6
This workshop is free thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Jefferson County Community Early Childhood Council through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood.

Mindfulness Session 2: Acknowledging Feelings
2020-06-15 13:00 - 14:00 | KY
By practicing mindfulness, you can become more in tune with your feelings and how to process them. Participants will learn new techniques and advantages on how to incorporate mindfulness in their daily life and in the classroom.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Level 1 CDA 2,3 CC 2,3 Audience-All
1 credit hour

Leadership Community of Practice - Reconsidering Relationships and Routines as We Return
2020-06-17 10:30 - 11:30 | KY
This training session will provide participants with information on the importance of relationships and routines with regards to reopening and providing care once again for children and families. Relationships are an essential ingredient to healthy child development and crucial as children return to care. Discover brain based research and practices that support healthy relationships and learn about the role routines play in creating stronger attachment.
Communities of Practice are formed by early childhood educators and leaders who share a passion for teaching children and engage in the process of learning how to do it better as they interact regularly and support one another. Most Communities of Practice meet monthly, with the same group of teachers or leaders attending over an extended period of time.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Level 3 CDA 3 CC 1
1 credit hour

What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Why do they Matter?
2020-06-24 13:00 - 14:00 | KY
Learn what Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are, and the impact they have on behavior, physical and mental health. Understanding the impact of ACEs will help us support children and families as they heal from trauma.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Level 3 CDA 3 CC 1
1 credit hour

The Language of Art
2020-06-30 16:30 - 18:30 | Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C), 908 S. 8th Street, Suite 201, Louisville, KY, 40203, United States
Explore the 3 steps of introducing various art materials to young children. Taking children’s art experiences from teacher directed art to full body, representational encounters with their world and each other.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom.
Level 2 CDA 2 CC 4
3 credit hours

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
2020-07-13 18:00 - 20:00 | KY
This training was designed for child care providers and staff on recognition and prevention Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma. Participants will learn the early signs of maltreatment and the various injuries and conditions that may result from vigorous shaking, slamming or impacting the head of an infant or young child. They will also be provided tools for dealing with a crying infant and ways to share information with parents to prevent abuse from occurring. Training objectives are to review the statistics of abusive head trauma; to define and describe abusive head trauma and its associated injuries; to discuss risk factors and prevention, and to understand the outcomes for victims.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Licensed and Certified Child Care providers are now required to obtain a minimum of 1.5 clock hours of training every 5 years in the area of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma.
Level 1 CDA 1 CC 2,4 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

Be a Rainbow in the Clouds
2020-07-23 13:00 - 14:00 | KY
Participants will watch “Be the Rainbow in the Clouds” video and answer reflective questions prior to the Zoom session. During the live session, participants will further explore and discuss how to be a supportive and nurturing
influence in children’s lives and how that has a positive impact on their overall self-image now and in the future.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 3 CDA 3 CC 1 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

Powerfully Present and Emotionally Responsive
2020-07-27 13:00 - 14:00 | KY
Participants will read NAEYC article “Culturally Responsive Strategies to Support Young Children with Challenging Behavior” and be prepared to discuss during the live session. Participants will further explore five culturally responsive core strategies to promote positive teacher relationships with young children and minimize challenging behavior: learn about children and families, develop and teach expectations, take the child’s perspective, teach and model empathy, and use group times to discuss conflict.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 3 CDA 3 CC 1 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

Orientation
2020-07-28 13:00 - 2020-07-29 15:00 | KY
This six hour professional development workshop provides overviews of child abuse/neglect, developmentally appropriate practices, and health & safety practices. It is required of all new child care staff within the first 90 days of hire. This class will be taught in two 2-hour zoom classes with homework in between for a total of 6 hours of content. You must be able to participate in both classes (Tuesday, July 28 1:00-3:00PM and Wednesday, July 29 1:00-3:00PM) and complete the required assignment to receive credit for this class.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 1 CDA 1,2,3,8 CC 1,2,4 Audience-All
6 Credit Hours

Mistaken Goals and Motivation
2020-07-30 13:00 - 14:00 | KY
During this session, participants will explore how children’s internal force comes in conflict with the external force. Teachers will gain knowledge about why a child will persistently display challenging behavior even after the caregiver has been working on the behavior with the child.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 2 CDA 3 CC 1 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

Routines, Rituals and Research with Preschool Children
2020-08-11 17:30 - 19:30 | KY
As we move into the “new normal” and progress towards fall; routines, rituals and research have become an important part of our lives and the lives of our children and families. How can we reflect and reconsider our classroom routines based upon the needs of the children? Routines are a collection of daily practices that create encounters with children, the adults, and the environment. What daily practices would you like to reconsider or reinvent within your classrooms? Rituals are often special practices that are repeated to create habitual behaviors, for example greeting a child or saying goodbye can be rituals that promote social interaction and care between classmates. Rituals differ from routines because they create a shared sense of everyday life. What parts of life within the context of your classroom would you like to share among the children? Join us for a discussion on how to add rituals into your classroom which promote the sharing of experiences between children and adults.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 3 CDA 8 CC 1 Audience-Preschool
2 Credit Hours

Orientation
2020-08-15 10:00 - 2020-08-22 12:00 | KY
This six hour professional development workshop provides overviews of child abuse/neglect, developmentally appropriate practices, and health & safety practices. It is required of all new child care staff within the first 90 days of hire. This class will be taught in two 2-hour zoom classes with homework in between for a total of 6 hours of content. You must be able to participate in both classes (Saturday, August 15 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM and Saturday, August 22 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) and complete the required assignment to receive credit for this class.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 1 CDA 1,2,3,8 CC 1,2,4 Audience-All
6 Credit Hours

Orientation
2020-09-12 10:00 - 2020-09-19 12:00 | KY
This six hour professional development workshop provides overviews of child abuse/neglect, developmentally appropriate practices, and health & safety practices. It is required of all new child care staff within the first 90 days of hire. This class will be taught in two 2-hour zoom classes with homework in between for a total of 6 hours of content. You must be able to participate in both classes (Saturday, September 12 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM and Saturday, September 19 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) and complete the required assignment to receive credit for this class.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 1 CDA 1,2,3,8 CC 1,2,4 Audience-All
6 Credit Hours

Achieving 21st Century Skills with Preschool Children! Creating Classrooms of Collaboration Using a Project-Based Approach!
2020-09-15 17:30 - 19:30 | KY
Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication and emotional literacy are the skills children need to succeed in our classrooms and in the future! Please join us for a discussion on how project-based learning can support children in gaining 21 st century skills. During the session we will explore how open-ended materials and loose parts can foster a culture of creativity and wonder within your classroom. In addition we will explore the value of communication and learning, specifically using documentation as a tool to advance the teacher’s thinking and the
thinking of the children involved in the project. Lastly, we will learn how open-ended and child-centered projects build social-emotional competency.
This workshop is free thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Jefferson County Community Early Childhood Council through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 3 CDA 2 CC 4 Audience-Preschool
2 Credit Hours

How to Support Families
2020-09-21 18:30 - 19:30 | KY
Explore and practice strength-based strategies to build supportive relationships with families. Maintaining those relationships during a pandemic when teachers and families may not have face to face contact, poses unique challenges but is not impossible.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 2 CDA 4 CC 6 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

No Internet Connection Needed
2020-09-29 18:30 - 19:30 | KY
Gain a better understanding of why disconnecting children from screen time is valuable. Participants will be required before the class begins to read an article with reflective questions and then discuss it during our time together.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 2 CDA 2 CC 1 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

Strengthening Families
2020-10-06 16:30 - 18:30 | KY
Want to help families and not sure of where to start? Start here by learning about protective factors through the Strengthening Families framework that can help alleviate stress for families. Participants will join a 2-hour discussion through Zoom to discuss how assisting and supporting families can strengthen family relationships. The discussion will also lend itself to what deciding what changes can happen in our everyday practices to support families.
Pre-work will be required to earn the full credit hours that consists of a self-assessment to be discussed during the class.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 2 CDA 3, 4 CC 1, 6 Audience-All
3 Credit Hours
This professional development opportunity is brought to you free of charge thanks to the generous support of the Kosair Charities Face It Movement

Orientation
2020-10-10 10:00 - 2020-10-17 12:00 | KY
This six hour professional development workshop provides overviews of child abuse/neglect, developmentally appropriate practices, and health & safety practices. It is required of all new child care staff within the first 90 days of hire. This class will be taught in two 2-hour zoom classes with homework in between for a total of 6 hours of content. You must be able to participate in both classes (Saturday, October 10 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM and Saturday, October 17 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) and complete the required assignment to receive credit for this class.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 1 CDA 1,2,3,8 CC 1,2,4 Audience-All
6 Credit Hours

Teaching with Respect
2020-10-13 16:30 - 18:00 | KY
Using group discussion, role play and reflective questions, participants will learn what teaching with respect means, looks like and why it is important. Teaching with respect, in part, requires knowing child growth and development and understanding how that is connected to having realistic expectations for children. Additionally, participants will practice strategies such as using encouragement instead of praise, to implement teaching with respect.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 2 CDA 3 CC 1 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

That’s a Different Point of View!
2020-10-14 13:00 - 15:00 | KY
During this session participants will discover the benefits of looking at different points of view to gain multiple perspectives. Understanding where different perspectives comes from is a huge gain when considering lesson planning. How we see children also affects in what experiences we offer to children.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 2 CDA 7 CC 4 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours

Beyond Measure: Film Screening and Discussion
2020-10-14 18:30 - 19:30 | KY
In Beyond Measure, we set out to challenge the assumptions of our current education story. Rather than ask why our students fail to measure up, this film asks us to reconsider the greater purpose of education. What if our education system valued personal growth over test scores? Put inquiry over mimicry? Encouraged passion over rankings? What if we decided that the higher aim of school was not the transmission of facts or formulas, but the transformation of every student? And what if this paradigm-shift was driven from the ground up? By students, parents, and educators? By all of us? In Beyond Measure, we find a revolution brewing in public schools across the country. From rural Kentucky to New York City, schools that are breaking away from an outmoded, test-driven education are shaping a new vision for our classrooms. These are schools that see critical thinking, communication, exploration, experimentation, collaboration, and creativity as the key to good education. And they are dramatically improving outcomes for children of all backgrounds. They are schools where practically every
student graduates and goes on to finish college.
Participants will register through Eventbrite. You will be sent a link to screen the film, Beyond Measure. You must view the film between October 7 and 14 and participate in the follow-up session on October 14, 2020 to receive 2.5 hours of credit. This is a 2-part class. Everyone who registers for the film screening will also be sent a Zoom link to the follow up discussion on October 14 from 6:30-7:30PM. The cost is free.
Click here to register for the film screening and discussion.
Level 2 CDA 6 CC 6 Audience-All
2.5 Credit Hours

Early Childhood Outdoor Science Explorations
2020-10-24 09:00 - 11:00 | Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C), 908 S. 8th Street, Suite 201, Louisville, KY, 40203, United States
Discover cool science props that can be used outdoors! Create a resource list and brainstorm about your own ideas of what you can take back to your center.
Notice: This is an online class. Please make sure you include a valid email address when registering and that you have internet and email access at the time of the training. This training will be conducted via Zoom, and you will be required to participate via video and audio through a computer, phone, or tablet.
Level 2 CDA 2 CC 4 Audience-All
2 Credit Hours
