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CELP Wants Your Feedback! There’s Still Time to Take the PD Needs Survey.

We want to hear from you! We have extended our survey period through Wednesday, March 8th, so we can capture as many responses as possible.

If you already completed a survey, thank you!

Take our Professional Development Needs survey and enter our drawing for a chance to win money for classroom materials! With your survey completion, you can choose to enter a raffle to win money that will be used to purchase materials for your classroom or program. Please note survey responses will be kept anonymous. Raffle prizes will include: $100 for one center-based administrator; $100 for one family child care provider; and $50 for two teachers/teacher assistants.

CELP is looking for your input about our professional development services and your workforce needs. We would love to hear about how you’ve accessed professional development this year, what topics interest you the most, and how to better meet the PD needs of the early childhood education community.

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and provide us with your valuable feedback.  We would appreciate your survey response by Wednesday, March 8th.

Click here to take the survey!

Dani MiskellyCELP Wants Your Feedback! There’s Still Time to Take the PD Needs Survey.

¡CELP quiere saber sus opiniones! Aún hay tiempo para completar la encuesta sobre DP

¡Queremos sus opiniones! Hemos extendido nuestro período de encuestas hasta el miércoles 8 de marzo para poder capturar todas las respuestas posibles.

Si ya completó una encuesta, ¡gracias!

¡Tome nuestra encuesta de Necesidades de Desarrollo Profesional y participe en nuestro sorteo para tener la oportunidad de ganar dinero para materiales de clase!  Una vez completada la encuesta, puede optar por participar en una rifa para ganar dinero que se utilizará para comprar materiales para su salón de clases o programa. Tenga en cuenta que las respuestas de la encuesta se mantendrán anónimas. Los premios de las rifas incluirán: $100 para un administrador de centro; $100 por un proveedor de cuidado infantil familiar; y $50 para dos maestros/asistentes de maestros.

CELP está buscando su opinión sobre nuestros servicios de desarrollo profesional y las necesidades de su fuerza laboral. Nos encantaría saber cómo ha accedido al desarrollo profesional este año, qué temas le interesan más y cómo satisfacer mejor las necesidades de desarrollo profesional de la comunidad educativa de la primera infancia.

Tómese unos minutos para completar esta encuesta y envíenos sus valiosos comentarios. Agradeceríamos su respuesta a la encuesta antes del miércoles 8 de marzo.

¡Haga clic aquí para tomar la encuesta!

Dani Miskelly¡CELP quiere saber sus opiniones! Aún hay tiempo para completar la encuesta sobre DP

Updated Online PD Trainings

The Center is excited to offer a newly expanded selection of revised online trainings that now provide both Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Professional Development hours.

The Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) has been accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to provide CEUs for certain online professional development offerings. This accreditation demonstrates that our trainings have met all ten IACET standards for high-quality professional development.

Check out these updated Center PD trainings that offer CEUs:

  • Executive Function Skills in Early Childhood: The Basics
  • Help Me Explore! Using Quality Materials for Play and Learning with Infants and Toddlers
  • Learning Environment Training: ECERS-3 Overview
  • Learning Environment Training: ITERS-3 Overview
  • Learning Environment Training: FCCERS-3 Overview
  • Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity in Early Care Settings
  • Rhode Island Essentials: Ages and Stages Updated
  • Rhode Island Essentials: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Early Childhood

Click here to read more about the IACET CEU standards for continuing education trainings. Click here to view the Center’s Online PD.

Dani MiskellyUpdated Online PD Trainings

CELP Wants Your Feedback!

Take our Professional Development Needs survey and enter our drawing for a chance to win money for classroom materials! With your survey completion, you can choose to enter a raffle to win money that will be used to purchase materials for your classroom or program. Please note survey responses will be kept anonymous. Raffle prizes will include: $100 for one center-based administrator; $100 for one family child care provider; and $50 for two teachers/teacher assistants.

CELP is looking for your input about our professional development services and your workforce needs. We would love to hear about how you’ve accessed professional development this year, what topics interest you the most, and how to better meet the PD needs of the early childhood education community.

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and provide us with your valuable feedback.  We would appreciate your survey response by Friday, March 3rd.

Click here to take the survey!

Dani MiskellyCELP Wants Your Feedback!

¡CELP quiere saber sus opiniones!

¡Tome nuestra encuesta de Necesidades de Desarrollo Profesional y participe en nuestro sorteo para tener la oportunidad de ganar dinero para materiales de clase!  Una vez completada la encuesta, puede optar por participar en una rifa para ganar dinero que se utilizará para comprar materiales para su salón de clases o programa. Tenga en cuenta que las respuestas de la encuesta se mantendrán anónimas. Los premios de las rifas incluirán: $100 para un administrador de centro; $100 por un proveedor de cuidado infantil familiar; y $50 para dos maestros/asistentes de maestros.

CELP está buscando su opinión sobre nuestros servicios de desarrollo profesional y las necesidades de su fuerza laboral. Nos encantaría saber cómo ha accedido al desarrollo profesional este año, qué temas le interesan más y cómo satisfacer mejor las necesidades de desarrollo profesional de la comunidad educativa de la primera infancia.

Tómese unos minutos para completar esta encuesta y envíenos sus valiosos comentarios. Agradeceríamos su respuesta a la encuesta antes del viernes 3 de marzo.

¡Haga clic aquí para tomar la encuesta!

Dani Miskelly¡CELP quiere saber sus opiniones!

New Winter PD Series

We have added a new series for the winter semester: Using the ITERS-3 to Improve Classroom and Program Quality. For program directors, education coordinators, and infant/toddler teachers, this series will help participants examine their classrooms’ physical space, schedule, and materials. Participants will also learn about teachers’ interactions and use of language in learning activities, routines and transitions.

Join us for Young Mathematicians: Using Math Games to Build Minds and Motivations. This series is designed to improve preschool teachers’ capacity to facilitate and build children’s mathematical knowledge and thinking. Each session will focus on the use of fun and engaging math games that highlight key math concepts of number sense and quantity such as counting, identifying numerals, and understanding quantity. Course participants will receive a package of math materials to use for each session assignment.

Dani MiskellyNew Winter PD Series

¡Llego el Desarrollo Professional del Invierno 2023!

Creando un Manual Familiar para Proveedores de Cuidado Infantil Familiar
Las Regulaciones de Licencias de Cuidado Infantil Familiar actualizadas requieren que los proveedores de cuidado infantil familiar proporcionen a las familias un manual familiar. Este desarrollo profesional explicará los componentes de un manual familiar y revisará los formularios y la documentación que las familias deben completar para inscribir a su hijo en el cuidado infantil familiar.

Pequeños Matemáticos: Usando Juegos Matemáticos para Desarrollar la Mentalidad y la Motivación
Esta serie de DP mejorará la capacidad de los proveedores con niños de edad preescolar para facilitar y desarrollar el conocimiento matemático y el pensamiento de los niños utilizando juegos matemáticos y la participación familiar.

Nuevo Entrenamiento Grabado:
Capacitación del Ambiente de Aprendizaje: FCCERS-3 Módulo de Descripción General
Este módulo grabado en línea brinda a los participantes una descripción general de la escala de calificación del entorno de cuidado infantil familiar (tercera edición) (FCCERS-3). Este módulo está diseñado para los proveedores que trabajan en un hogar de cuidado infantil familiar.

¡Vea todo el desarrollo profesional del invierno!
Dani Miskelly¡Llego el Desarrollo Professional del Invierno 2023!

Winter 2023 Professional Development is Here!

Start off the new year by meeting your professional development goals! Our winter calendar offers PD on a wide variety of topics for educators in all roles. Click on the link below to see our complete list. Classes begin on January 9th and will run through March.

Care for Yourself and the Children in Your Program

Take Conscious Discipline to the Next Level

Building a Foundation for Social Emotional Learning (Formerly the Diving Deeper: Building the Skills of Resiliency series)
This 3-part series will answer the question, “How do I create a classroom that will support all students’ diverse needs?” This series will share practical tools and structures that foster a classroom based on safety and connection, so children are regulated enough to explore their learning environment, foster self-regulation skills and social emotional learning. There is a prerequisite for this series. Participants must have taken the Our Amazing Brain/Brain Power series.

Self-Care for Educators
This monthly series which launched in the fall will carry on through the winter months. If you participated in the series this past fall, you can continue attending throughout the winter semester. If you need to boost your mindfulness and self-care practices, then sign up for this helpful and informative series.

PD Offerings for Infant-Toddler Teachers

NEW TRAINING: Supporting Infant and Toddler Interactions Using the CLASS
This new series for infant and toddler teachers will provide an overview of the quality practices highlighted in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for Infants and Toddlers. Participants will gain an understanding of effective teacher/child interactions that are proven to support learning and reflect on their own practices for improvement.

Responsive Caregiving: Supporting the Needs of Infants and Toddlers
This series presents a research-based approach to caring for infants and toddlers that focuses on social and emotional development as the foundation for all growth and development. Participants will explore the principles of responsive caregiving, the role of relationships in infant-toddler care, and how to meet the unique needs of children birth to toddlerhood.

In-Person Training

Young Mathematicians: Using Math Games to Build Minds and Motivations
This series is designed to improve preschool teachers’ capacity to facilitate and build children’s mathematical knowledge and thinking. Each session will focus on the use of fun and engaging math games that highlight key math concepts of number sense and quantity such as counting, identifying numerals, and understanding quantity. Course participants will receive a package of math materials to use for each session assignment.

Training for Family Child Care Providers

NEW TRAINING: Learning Environment Training: FCCERS-3 Overview
The online Learning Environment Training for family child care providers is newly updated with an overview of the third edition of the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-3). This module is appropriate for those who are new to the tool or would like a refresher. This training meets the requirement for programs new to BrightStars and those looking to move up to a two-star rating.

Creating a Family Handbook for Family Child Care Providers
This PD offering targeted for family child care providers will walk through the components of a family handbook and review forms and documentation families must complete for enrollment of their child.

 

See all Winter PD Offerings!
Dani MiskellyWinter 2023 Professional Development is Here!

Professional Development Update — Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are Now Available for Select Center PD

The Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) has been accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to provide CEUs for certain online professional development offerings. This accreditation demonstrates that our trainings have met all ten IACET standards for high-quality professional development.

Each CEU is worth 10 contact hours of a continuing education training or experience. This means that a 1-hour PD offering for example, is worth .10 CEUs. PD participants will now have the option to receive certificates for Professional Development hours and CEU credits upon training completion.

Check out the newly revised online PD trainings now offering CEUs:

Click here to read more about the IACET CEU standards for continuing education trainings.

Dani MiskellyProfessional Development Update — Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are Now Available for Select Center PD

New Free English Classes with the Genesis Center

The Center for Early Learning Professionals, in collaboration with the Genesis Center, will offer free English classes for family child care providers. Classes start January 9th. Beginner and  intermediate level series will be available. Register to join a community of providers learning English. For more information, or to register, contact: mboniilla@gencenter.org or 401-781-6110.

Dani MiskellyNew Free English Classes with the Genesis Center