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Our experts have been enhancing quality child care by bringing early childhood educators affordable, accessible and meaningful professional development for 50 years.

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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?

Innovative Information

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.

Customized for You

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.

Convenient Locations

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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  • Creating Harmony: How Music Can Support Social-Emotional Development

    Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) 908 S. 8th Street, Suite 201, Louisville, KY, United States

    Facilitator : Darice Hancock In this session, participants will explore the powerful connection between music and social-emotional development in the early years. Through hands-on activities, discussions, and practical examples, participants will gain valuable insights and strategies to integrate music into their classrooms, creating joyful and enriching experiences for children while fostering their social and emotional…

    Free
  • Creating a Safe Place Using a Conscious Discipline Lens

    Virtual Virtual

    Facilitator  : Trish Kite-Hannon This training will dive into creating a Safe Place in the classroom, to provide an opportunity for children to remove themselves from the group in order to become calm, regain composure and maintain control when upset, angry or frustrated. The training will do so by looking at the brain state models…

    $15.00 – $25.00
  • Extending Math Skills Through Play

    Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) 908 S. 8th Street, Suite 201, Louisville, KY, United States

    Facilitator Courtney Pearce: In this session, participants will gain the knowledge and skills for creating an environment that is rich in loose parts and open-ended materials that will build early math skills. Participants will learn how to promote and encourage children to think mathematically as they explore loose parts in all areas of the classroom.…

    Free
  • Director Essentials: Recruiting, Selecting, and Orienting Staff

    Virtual Virtual

    Facilitator  Angie Kinser: Finding well-trained and experienced staff is a major challenge yet vital to early childhood program quality and healthy child development. An orientation plan is also key because it helps to make expectations clear, covers the essential aspects of the job and center operations as well as orients the new employee to the…

    Free
  • Tools to Promote and Support Your Child Care Program

    Virtual Virtual

    Facilitator Robin Schotter: Discover new tools to help your child care program thrive. Learn how to access and use the Kentucky Shared Services platform, which is specifically designed for child care providers, including tools for marketing, free job postings, family resources, and templates for policies, handbooks, communications…and more! This free workshop is sponsored by The…

    Free
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More Training Opportunities

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!

Job Posting

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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