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Teacher Training to Fit Your Skills and Schedule

We offer comprehensive professional development to meet you right where you are and equip you with resources and experience to help you flourish. What makes our training unique?

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Our experts keep up with the latest research and best practices and pass them on to you. And our training is designed to bring you valuable, real-world experience and useful tips that you can easily implement in your classroom.

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4-C’s class schedule offerings include valuable topics ranging from administration to curriculum to family engagement and more to meet the diverse needs of our child care community.  Our experts will also work with your center to bring the exact resources you need right to you.

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Choose from online training workshops and let our experts come to you, or select one of our Independent Learning opportunities that you can complete in your own home or classroom, on your own schedule.

4-C Members receive a 40% discount on training classes and eCourses! Be sure to enter your membership number at checkout. Not a member yet? Visit our membership page to learn how you can become a member today: www.4cforkids.org/membership. For questions regarding membership, contact [email protected].

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  • Nature & Inquiry Community of Practice: How children’s natural selection of play supports social and emotional development

    Nature & Inquiry Community of Practice Session 3: How children's natural selection of play supports social and emotional development Learn how nature can support children’s social and emotional development and how children will naturally select materials that support their learning. Nature can lend itself to children who need to calm down and support self regulation.…

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  • School Readiness Series – Playing with Language and Communication!

    Language and communication skills start developing before a child enters into this world and consist of more than merely words spoken. Language and communication can be described as all the different ways a child understands and communicates with the world. This two hour session will provide educators with the developmental framework necessary to nurture communication…

    Free
  • Directors Roundtable – The Importance of Self-Care for Directors

    Being a child care center director can be challenging and can lead to stress. Unfortunately, too much stress can negatively impact the staff that you lead as well as the children and families in your care. Together we will explore the differences between healthy and unhealthy stress and learn some strategies to reduce stress &…

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  • Joys of Teaching Community of Practice: Observing, planning, and creating meaningful learning!

    Joys of Teaching Community of Practice Session 3: Observing, planning, and creating meaningful learning! Observation is a choice and requires interpretation! Join this community of practice to discover the skills of observing with joy! Observation involves being specific, noticing details, describing the details of the tone or mood within the observation. All observations have a…

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  • When Childhood Anxiety Leads to Challenging Behaviors

    Sold Out - Sometimes anxiety can be very confusing to notice in a classroom that is often filled with busy children and sometimes it is not. We all have witnessed children going through separation anxiety but, there more anxiety that you should know about? This training will go over specific details that will help educators…

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Independent Learning

Choose from dozens of options presented through a variety of different methods of learning: reading (books), or a combination of learning methods with our eCourses. These courses are designed for staff who enjoy working on their own at home or in their classrooms.

Director's Professional Development

Join our monthly Directors Essentials to engage with other directors in our area and discuss topics relevant to operating and leading a child care center. Explore a new topic each month by registering through our training calendar.

On-Site Training

Let our experts come to your site at a time that is convenient for you and your staff. We offer a variety of topics to suit your needs, including team building, learning through play, nature education,  observations/assessment, and positive behavioral supports.

Communities of Practice

Communities of practice are people who share a common purpose or passion for something they do, and engage in process of learning how to do it better, as they interact regularly. There are limited opportunities for these commitments throughout the year.  

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Professional Membership Benefits

Want to save on training? Join 4-C today and enjoy these membership benefits:

Training Discounts

4-C Members get 40% off the list price on training classes and eCourses! Be sure to enter your 4-C Membership Number at checkout to receive a 40% discount.

KY Shared Services

Enjoy access to over 1700 resources for childcare programs. This “one stop shop” includes ready-to-use forms, handbooks, policies and procedures, evaluation forms, and much more, allowing you to work smarter, not harder!

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Find and hire quality child care educators easier with Early Childhood Jobs KY, a service that provides hiring tools and a platform for creating and posting position openings.

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