Courses listed in the Child Development category provide students with a basis of knowledge regarding professionalism. These course satisfy Maryland core knowledge requirements by covering the following key topics:Ethical behavior in accordance with the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of CommitmentConfidentialityAnti-bias/cultural responsivenessInclusion in accordance with DEC/NAEYC’s Early Childhood InclusionCollaborative processConflict resolutionProfessional attitude, communication, and relationshipsContinual professional developmentCurrent trends in the field of child and youth care and educationSelf-awareness and self-assessmentPersonal philosophical perspectiveMentoring and coachingAdvocacy for children and youth of all abilities and child and youth care programsCommitment to high-quality child and youth careChild and youth care policies, licensing regulations, and legal and advocacy topics.
“Through this workshop, Program Directors will learn five strategies for inspiring employee engagement and peak performance. This is a competent level training Pre-requisites: Supervisory experience. “
Through this workshop, participants will learn the purpose of a performance evaluation and how to effectively complete the process. Participants will also learn biases that are common to the evaluation process and how to avoid them. Finally, this course includes strategies for dealing with marginal performances and strategies for fairly distributing performance awards.
“Good customer service can be the differentiator for your program. Through this course, early childhood administrators will learn the importance of good customer service and how to improve current customer service strategies. Additionally, participants will learn strategies for negative online reviews. “
Early Childhood Program administrators will learn the common types of employee complaints and effective strategies for addressing each through this course. Participants will also learn strategies to change from a school culture of complaints to a more positive climate. This is a competent level training. The Pre-requisite for this class is at least one year […]
A Guide To Delegating Tasks to Employees: Delegation is rooted in leadership and produces results through people. Early childhood managers will learn what, how, and to whom to delegate. This is a competent level training—pre-requisites: Experience managing early childhood educators.
“Through this workshop, participants will learn how to effectively develop interview questions. Well develop interview questions will help Directors to a better differentiate candidates and hire more qualified employees. “
Understanding Our Two Most Unproductive Mental Cycles. Program directors will explore the mind’s relationship with worry and fear through this workshop and how to change habits to create a new mental cycle
Through this workshop, participants will learn about workplace discrimination, gender stereotyping, ageism, disability discrimination and religious discrimination. This course provides a good overview for newly hired directors.
Having proper time management in place lets you work smarter rather than harder. Through this workshop, participants will learn strategies to improve time management.
Meetings are an important way to keep your team in sync and your initiatives running smoothly. Through this workshop, participants will learn how to facilitate a staff meeting effectively.
