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The Center for Early Learning Professionals is offering a new session of an introduction to Conscious Discipline for teachers, teacher assistants and family child care educators. Conscious Discipline is a brain-based trauma-informed approach to social-emotional learning. This introductory session will provide participants with an overview of the central tenants of the Conscious Discipline curriculum and strategies for beginning […]

All Rhode Island educators are invited to join us for this virtual learning event! Find out how you and your partners can improve school readiness and outcomes for children in your community. Over the past two years, RIDE and EDC’s Center for Early Learning Professionals have supported 6 communities in developing and implementing Transition to […]

The Center has released a new line-up of online PD opportunities for all early learning professionals — administrators, teachers, teacher assistants, and family child care providers. Click on the links below to see our complete list of Fall PD. Classes begin on September 22nd! PD Offerings for Administrators Promoting Teachers’ Professional Growth: The Role of the […]

You can now access the session, Completing Your COVID-19 Plan for Re-opening Child Care, anytime. No need to register. Providers can access a 1-hour recorded help session whenever they need guidance in filling out the required DHS documentation. Sessions are available in both English and Spanish. Click Here! Ahora puede acceder a la sesión de asistencia […]

The Center has released a new line-up of online PD opportunities for all early learning professionals — administrators, teachers, teacher assistants, and family child care providers. Classes begin on June 23rd! For Administrators 3-D PD: Data, Design, and Delivery Do you want to improve your program’s system for supporting staff professional development? Using program self-assessment strategies […]

The Governor announced that child care can re-open in Rhode Island beginning on June 1st. View the new required guidance from DHS on Re-opening Child Care in Rhode Island and the related Health and Safety Guidance from the Center for Early Learning Professionals. Learn about the steps centers and family child care providers will need […]

The Center has released a new line-up of online PD opportunities for all early learning professionals — administrators, teachers, teacher assistants, and family child care providers. Classes begin on May 6th! New PD Offerings For Administrators Creating an Employee Handbook Writing an employee handbook is quite an undertaking. What should you include? How can you ensure […]

The Center will provide the same great, high-quality PD, just online. Stay tuned for more PD listings in May. PD for Administrators Using the ECERS-3 to Improve Program Quality and Using the ITERS-3 to Improve Program Quality Continue to plan for quality improvement! These two online offerings will guide administrators through the program self-assessment process […]

Due to high demand, we have added an additional session of our ITERS-3 series for infant and toddler teachers and our ECERS-3 overview for administrators and experienced center-based preschool teachers. What Infant and Toddler Teachers Need to Know about the ITERS-3 educates teaching staff on the new ITERS-3 tool and on how to assess quality […]