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¡Administración del tiempo! Las habilidades de los administradores para organizar el tiempo
¡Este curso le enseñará cómo aprovechar al máximo el tiempo que tiene! Las habilidades eficaces para administrar el tiempo le ayudarán a planear el trabajo durante el día, aprender el control y tener la satisfacción con el trabajo bien hecho.
21st Century Social Studies in the Early Childhood Environment
This course explores the purpose of social studies in early childhood classroom, with emphasis on grades preK–2. This course provides anoverview of the new C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards along with recommended best practices and classroom activities covering a wide range. Important connections are drawn between social studies curriculum goals and the development of social-emotional skills.
Active Learning in Early Childhood
This course is written by well known author and national trainer, Rae Pica. The course is designed to increase the participant’s knowledge of the ways in which movement and active involvement can be used as tools to explore and understand concepts falling under the content areas of art, language arts, mathematics, music, science, and social studies.
Addressing Homelessness: The Role of the Early Childhood Educator
This course provides participants with an understanding of their role in supporting children and families who experience homelessness. The course explores the prevalence of homelessness as well as its causes and impacts on the developing child. Participants will discover ways they can promote positive outcomes for those who are affected by homelessness through a variety of policies and classroom practices.
Advocacy for the Center, Parents, Children and Staff
This course examines the many reasons educators should advocate for their center, parents, children and staff and effective ways of doing so. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define the role of an early childhood advocate; the steps required for successful advocacy and list the requirements to organize a successful advocacy campaign.
Apoyando a los PapÁs y Promoviendo la Participación de los PapÁs en el Programa de ECE
Este curso comienza con una revisión de las estadÍsticas y los hallazgos de la investigación relacionados con la estructura familiar, las tendencias de los padres, y la paternidad en los Estados Unidos en la actualidad. Los participantes aprenderÁn por qué los papÁs son importantes, incluyendo los posibles beneficios del “juego al estilo de papÁ”. Los participantes también aprenderÁn muchas estrategias y prÁcticas para fomentar una mayor participación de los papÁs en el hogar y en el ambiente de aprendizaje temprano.
Assessing Young Children: Part 1 – Introduction to Assessment
This is the first of a three-part series dealing with the assessment of young children. Students completing this course will have an understanding of the importance of assessing young children and creating a narrative summary for the assessment of each child. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define assessment, list why it is important for teachers to assess young children, list the four basic areas addressed by developmental milestones and define ‘performance-based assessment’.
Assessing Young Children: Part 2 – Methods of Assessment
This is the second of a three-part series dealing with the assessment of young children. Participants will examine six methods for assessing young children and discover how to successfully apply these techniques to the early childhood classroom. Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to list six methods for assessing young children, create a developmental checklist, conduct successful parent interviews, use self-portraits as an assessment tool, include scribbling, drawing, and writing samples in assessment practices and keep helpful anecdotal records on children.
Assessing Young Children: Part 3 – Interpreting Data and Improving Practices
This is the third in a three-part series dealing with the assessment of young children. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will gain an understanding of how to interpret assessment data. In addition, participants will be familiar with NAEYC’s indicators of effectiveness," which are useful in evaluating the success or quality of a school’s assessment system.
Asuntos legales y regulatorios para los centros de cuidado infantil
Este curso, dirigido a directores y administradores, se enfoca en asuntos legales que afectan los centros de cuidado y educación temprana. Los participantes obtendrÁn una mayor comprensión del conocimiento legal necesario para una gestión eficaz. Al completar con éxito este curso, los estudiantes deben ser capaces de enumerar las regulaciones estatales y locales para los centros de cuidado infantil, definir las leyes laborales estatales, desarrollar una polÍtica de admisión adecuada para un centro de cuidado infantil y crear un cuestionario apropiado para los empleados nuevos.
Attention Deficit Disorders
This course presents basic facts about attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including characteristics of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD and recommended classroom accommodations and guidance strategies.
Authentic Assessment in Early Care and Education
This course provides comprehensive, research-based guidance about assessment in early childhood education. Course participants will learn about recommended assessment methods and practices, with emphasis on observation and authentic assessment. This course also provides recommended strategies for analyzing assessment data as a means to individualize instruction and improve the overall early learning environment.
Basic Health and Hygiene Practices for the Early Childhood Setting
This course provides basic information everyone should know about preventing the spread of infectious diseases in the child care setting. Participants will learn about various types of pathogens and how they are spread, along with recommended hygiene practices, how to recognize signs and symptoms of disease, immunization policies, criteria for excluding a child from group care, communicating with families regarding disease, and maintaining a clean environment.
Birth to Five: Cognitive Development in Young Children
Students taking this course will learn about the cognitive changes in children from birth to age five. Emphasis is placed on the development of memory, cause and effect, and problem solving. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to list the cognitive changes children undergo during the first five years of life, define early childhood development and identify developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate activities for young children.
Birth to Five: Emotional Development in Young Children
This course examines the emotional development of young children. Participants will learn about Erikson’s eight stages of emotional development, methods of increasing emotional literacy, and activities that can be applied in the home to encourage emotional development. Upon successful completion of this course, a student should be able to define Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt and Initiative vs. Guilt.
Birth to Five: Physical Development in Young Children
This course examines the physical changes in children from birth to age five. Emphasis is placed on growth, development of hand-eye coordination, and movement. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to list the physical changes children undergo during the first five years of life and identify developmental milestones for young children.
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How Do I Get Started?
You have three options for purchasing a course
Individual or block hours
Students may purchase one hour of child care online coursework or multiple hours at a time.
- 1-10 Hours: $15 per hour
- 11-49 Hours: $12 per hour
- 50 Hour Block: $450
- 125 Hour Block: $999
- 225 Hour Block: $1,499
Individual Annual Subscription
For $99, a child care professional can purchase an Individual Annual Professional Development Subscription. The subscription allows unlimited access to CCEI’s professional development course catalog for the year of the subscription.
Child Care Center-Based Subscription
The Child Care Center-Based Annual Subscription is the most manageable, accessible and cost-effective method for a center to provide its staff with training to meet annual licensing professional development needs. CCEI offers two child care center-based subscriptions:
$499/year
20-user$999/year
50-user