Day: January 31, 2018

ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) is proud to offer another resource to students available on the CCEI website. CCEI Radio will feature monthly interviews of industry experts covering topics pertinent to the early childhood industry.

CCEI Radio is sponsored by BAM! Body, Mind and Child. A collaboration between Moving & Learning, a consulting firm dedicated to promoting fitness, self-esteem, self-confidence and learning in early childhood education, and Jackstreet Media, a media firm based in Los Angeles, California.

This month, CCEI Radio features an interview with Rae Pica and Dr. John J. Ratey, M.D., titled ‘Preparing Children to Learn’. Rae Pica, Executive Director-Learning & Moving, is an internationally recognized educational consultant specializing in early childhood physical activity. Rae is also a contributing author of CCEI professional development coursework. Dr. John J. Ratey, M.D., is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Listening to CCEI Radio is easy, just click the CCEI Radio button!

Make sure to check CCEI’s website every month for a new interview that is relevant to your career in the early childhood industry.

CCEI is proud to offer two new professional development courses authored by Rae Pica, an expert in bringing movement and activity into the early childhood classroom. Rae has authored 17 books, including the award-winning Great Games for Young Children. Rae has specialized in children’s physical activity for 27 years and brings her expertise to CCEI. Start learning today how to bring physical fitness and active learning to your classroom!

CCEI121: Motor Development and Physical Fitness in Early Childhood provides an understanding of the importance of motor development and physical fitness in the early childhood years. Students will learn to define physical fitness as it applies to young children, identify five health related fitness factors, physical activity recommendations for young children and fundamental motor skills. Upon successful course completion, teachers will have the skills to incorporate motor development and physical fitness into daily curriculum.

CCEI122: Active Learning in Early Childhood illustrates ways in which movement and active involvement can be used as tools in exploring and understanding art, language arts, mathematics, music, science, and social studies. Upon completion, students will successfully be able to recognize the difference between authentic, active learning and rote learning, identify what research findings say about the role of active learning and brain development and describe the role of active learning in cognitive and social/emotional development.

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ChildCare Education Institute has added CHD100: Music in Early Childhood, written by known author and trainer, Rae Pica, to it’s catalog of online professional development courses. Rae is a children’s movement specialist and author of 14 books, including Experiences in Movement: Birth to Age Eight, Moving & Learning Across the Curriculum, and Your Active Child. Rae speaks regularly on early childhood issues throughout North America.

Register for this beginner level course today and learn the importance of music in the early childhood years and the ways in which it can become a part of the curriculum and of children’s lives. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define the role of music in a child’s development, define the role of both quality and variety in the selection of music for children, and identify the developmental stages of musical experiences for young children.

Through an articulation agreement with Ashford University, CCEI students can articulate completed professional development courses to Ashford University. Under the terms of the Ashford University transfer credit policy, fifteen (15) clock hours of completed CCEI professional development coursework translates to one (1) unit of elective credit at Ashford University. Contact CCEI for complete details!

Register Online for Professional Development Courses by selecting online enrollment now!

Courses are $15 each and individual professional development subscriptions are just $99.

CCEI online professional development courses can now be used to meet required training hours in West Virginia. All early child care providers are required to complete at least 15 hours of approved training within the first year of employment.Staff members working with children under 24 months, are the exception, and must complete 40 hours of training. For Directors, 6 of the 15 hours of training must be completed in management related coursework. For staff members, 6 of the 15 hours must relate directly to the age group they care for. Child abuse recognition and prevention coursework must be completed before working in a summer program and within 6 months of employment.

CCEI makes meeting the all of these requirements easy with online professional development courses. CCEI offers a center based subscription that allows up to 50 of your teachers unlimited access to CCEI’s professional development courses for an entire year. Coursework is accessible online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.The self-paced format allows teachers to maintain a family-work balance.

Call CCEI to Learn How Our Online Professional Development Training Solutions Can Meet the Needs of Your Staff!

A subscription gives teachers access to over 100 professional development courses including:

CCEI112A: Child Abuse: Signs of Abuse and Reporting Requirements for Early Childhood Professionals
CCEI600: Leadership Lessons: Creating the Dream Team at Your Center
CCEI952: Managing a Center: What It’s All About Part 1
CCEI854: Developmental Delights: Birth to Six Months
CCEI855: Developmental Delights: Six to Twelve Months
CCEI861: Developmental Delights: Twelve to Eighteen Months

ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) is proud to announce the review process for Pinnacle Curriculum has been completed and Pinnacle will remain on the Georgia Approved Curriculum list for Georgia Pre-K. Pinnacle is a research-based early childhood curriculum designed with both teachers and students in mind. Based on the works of Piaget, Gardner, and Erikson, Pinnacle provides teachers with lessons that engage children in developmentally appropriate activities. Pinnacle is published in an easy-to-use, reusable format that includes lesson plan guides, activity enrichments, and long range goals linked to key standards. Comprehensive programs, available in Secular and Faith-Based themes, are offered for Infants, Toddlers, Two’s, Three’s, Four’s, and School-Age children.

Now, buy a Full Pinnacle Curriculum Program and receive Summer of Wonder, a summer program for school age children. Reference promotion code PINSW02-P.

For more information on Pinnacle Curriculum, contact Elaine Bullard at 1.800.499.9907 ext. 522.

ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) is proud to announce the addition of two new online professional development courses.

SOC100: The Five Critical Needs of Children, is a course focusing on the emotional needs of children and parents. Take this course and learn how important meeting a child’s critical needs is to the development of their emotional health. Learn to identify children whose emotional needs are not being met and how this affects their development. Knowing what children need emotionally can make you a better teacher and director. SOC100: The Five Critical Needs of Children is written by well known author, Gerald Newmark Ph.D. Dr. Newmark is the author of How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children: Meeting the Five Critical Needs of Children…And Parents Too! which focuses on improving parent, teacher, child, family, and school relations.

SOC101: Healthy Social and Emotional Development vs. Challenging Behavior in Young Children, is a course focusing on the child’s development and developmentally appropriate behaviors and expectations. Complete this course to gain an understanding of temperament and how to differentiate between appropriate and challenging behaviors. Knowing what to expect from a child, based on development milestones, can aid a teacher in creating a classroom individualized to each student. Karen Cairone is the author of SOC101: Healthy Social and Emotional Development vs. Challenging Behavior in Young Children. Karen has worked as a Disabilities and Mental Health Specialist and currently she is responsible for training and technical assistance at Devereux Early Childhood Initiative (DECI).

About Dr. Gerald Newmark
Dr. Gerald Newmark has had experience at every level of education from elementary school to university as a teacher, consultant or researcher. He has lectured extensively in the United States, and periodically in Europe, Japan and Mexico on doctor-patient, manager-employee, parent-child-teacher relations, and on innovative methods of teaching and learning. With funding from the Ford Foundation, Dr. Newmark worked with children, parents, and teachers in Los Angeles city schools as co-director of a project to develop a model school. The results of this effort are described in his book, This School Belongs to You and Me: Every Learner a Teacher, Every Teacher a Learner. For this work, Dr. Newmark received a presidential citation.

In June, National Safety Month, ChildCare Education Institute is offering child care professionals the opportunity to learn about outdoor safety in the early childhood setting by completing CCEI110B – Outdoor Safety in the Early Childhood Setting, at no cost.
In the United States, over 200,000 children visit hospital emergency rooms each year as a result of playground injuries. The majority of injuries are due to children dropping to the ground from playground equipment.  CCEI110B: Outdoor Safety in the Early Childhood Setting provides child care staff information they need to create a safe and fun outdoor learning environment.
Students completing this one-clock-hour online course will be awarded 0.1 IACET CEU and receive a certificate of completion. Participants will learn:

• To identify common outdoor-related injuries to children
• Appropriate strategies for preventing outdoor injuries
• Four basic components of playground safety
• To identify playground problems and potential hazards

To take advantage of this opportunity, good during the month of June, child care staff can log in to CCEI’s learning management system at www.cceionline.edu and use the promotion code 060110 when prompted. It is easy to set up an account if you don’t already have one. Remember to use the promotion code when requested.

In April, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, ChildCare Education Institute is offering child care professionals the opportunity to learn about the signs of child abuse and reporting requirements by completing CCEI112A – Child Abuse: Signs of Abuse and Reporting Requirements for Early Childhood Professionals, at no cost.

In the United States, over three (3) million cases of child abuse and neglect are reported each year to protective service agencies. CCEI112A – Child Abuse: Signs of Abuse and Reporting Requirements for Early Childhood Professionals provides child care staff the information they need as mandated reporters of suspected abuse and neglect.

Students completing this one-clock-hour online course will be awarded 0.1 IACET CEU and receive a certificate of completion. Participants will learn about:

• The four major categories of child abuse
• The signs and symptoms of various types of abuse
• The responsibilities of being a mandated reporter
• Guidelines for documenting and reporting abuse

To take advantage of this opportunity, good during the month of April, child care staff can log in to CCEI’s learning management system at www.cceionline.edu and use the promotion code 040110 when prompted. It is easy to set up an account if you don’t already have one. Remember to use the promotion code when requested.

ChildCare Education Institute® (CCEI), an online child care training course and certificate provider, is proud to announce the introduction of the Georgia Health and Safety Certificate to the catalog of online certificate programs of study.

The Georgia Health and Safety Certificate is designed to satisfy the upcoming rule changes to staff training requirements as mandated by the state’s CCDBG Reauthorization Plan. Topics covered in the certificate program include Infectious Disease Control, SIDS, Medication Administration, Food Allergies, Building and Physical Premises Safety, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Disaster Preparedness, Handling and Storage of Hazardous Materials, Transportation Safety and Mandatory Reporting. The certificate program has been approved by Georgia Bright from the Start (BFTS).

“CCEI has introduced the Georgia Health and Safety Certificate to offer more in-depth training related to Georgia’s CCDBG Reauthorization Plan,” said Maria C. Taylor, President and CEO of CCEI. “We’re excited to continue offering the most up to date health and safety training requirements, and to help ensure that caregivers are informed and prepared to offer the safest environment possible for young children.”

Providers in Georgia with an active CCEI individual or center-based subscription will have access to the certificate program at no additional cost. Individuals without a subscription can purchase the certificate program for $49. For more information on these programs or ChildCare Education Institute, visit www.cceionline.edu or call 1.800.499.9907, prompt 3, Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm EST.

The CCEI Online Texas Director’s Certificate Renewal Program provides the 20 hours of professional development needed to renew the Texas Director’s Certificate that you earned with CCEI. The 20 clock hours are eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) and help you develop the practical skills needed to be an effective director in an early childhood education setting.

The flexibility of CCEI’s Online Texas Director’s Certificate Renewal Program allows you to access your courses from any computer with Internet access. Take courses from home, work, or the library. The convenience of distance learning allows you to maintain your busy, work, personal, and social schedules. Access to courses is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Access to the CCEI help desk is just a phone call away.