Approved Tier II Training
Tier II Training is in-depth training that is a minimum of four hours and can be counted toward the training requirements for the CDA/CCP credential (training must also fit into competency or ability area) or the Director Core Knowledge Areas. Examples of this would include the Training for Child Care Careers courses, Entry Level Child Care Training, Dollars and Sense, seminars and institutes. Other training meeting this criteria can be submitted to the CECPD on the Learning Goals and Objectives Application (pdf) for review and approval to be recognized as Tier II Training. Additional opportunities for Tier II Training can be found by contacting the early care and education departments at the Career and Technology Centers, the two year colleges, and the four year universities in Oklahoma. This training must be approved by CECPD.
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TIC TOC Workshops
Including Children with Disabilities in Child Care Setting - This workshop focuses on basic information for directors and child care staff about how to work with children with disabilities and their families, including understanding common disabilities, how to plan for a child with a disability, and statewide and community resources.
Working with Children with Disabilities who have Challenging Behaviors I - This workshop focuses on working with children who have challenging behaviors. Areas to be discussed include: assessment of the environment, determining key issues which influence the child's behavior and intervention strategies.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Where Childcare Providers Fit - This workshop will focus on how the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) impacts early childhood programs in a variety of community settings. Childcare providers will understand their roll in the referral, evaluation, and eligibility process, as well as the Individualized Education Program (IEP) development and implementation.
A Review of Common Diagnoses and Syndromes - This workshop will provide an in-depth review of several diagnoses and syndromes including Down Syndrome, Autism, and Cerebral Palsy. The workshop will focus on information pertinent to childcare providers.
Working with Children with Disabilities who have Challenging Behaviors II - This workshop focuses on working with children who have challenging behaviors. Areas to be discussed include: parent involvement, assessment of the environment, and intervention strategies. (Pre-requisite: TICTOC Challenging Behaviors I)
Curriculum Development for Inclusive Child Care Settings - This workshop focuses on planning an effective program for success-oriented learning experiences for all preschool children. New ideas, activities, and examples of monthly units will be presented.
Specialized Training List
Child Growth and Development
Activity Planning for Infants and Toddlers
This hands-on infant /toddler workshop will include lecture regarding development and activities to aid in the development of this age of child. Participants will also make samples of materials they can use while caring for infants and toddlers. 2 hours, also 2 hours in Child Growth and Development, total of 4 hours. Kathie Bergmann, 918-786-8585.
Building Healthy Brains
Childcare professionals support and promote healthy brain development when they use relationships, respect, repletion, routines, and responsive interactions. In this session the participants identify ways to purposefully use these five strategies in their work with young children and their families. 6 hours, Susan Carrigan 580-559-5670.
The Developing Child
In this workshop participants will gain knowledge of the stages of child development. How they are interrelated with the domains or areas of development and the teacher’s role in promoting children’s development. 5 hours, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691.
High Reach Curriculum Training 101
This intensive , hands on training is designed to introduce first time High Reach Learning users to all the elements of their curriculum, and teach them how to use the philosophies and materials to best meet the needs of their students. Emphasis is placed on process oriented activities, lesson planning, observation and developmental appropriate practices. 3 hours ,1 hour in Child Observation and Assessment, and 2 hours under Curriculum and Instructional Methods, total of 6 hours . Joan Bell ,High Reach Learning, 407-928-9358, jwb364@aol.com.
Social Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers
Social emotional development begins at birth and continues throughout life. The foundation of healthy social-emotional development laid in the first 3 years helps a child establish meaningful relationships with parents, caregivers, and peers and supports his or her learning. When children emotionally, and academically. 6 hours Susan Carrigan, 580-559-5670.
Toddlers Cognitive Development
Students will learn the attributes of the sensory motor stage of development, the ways toddler's encode, store, and retrieve information. The process by which memories are formed, the patterns and sequences of language development, the concept of toddler intelligence, and how cognitive development may be affected by developmental differences. 5 hours. Gale Gilbert, 918-269-7523, galegilbert@cox.net.
Toddlers Physical Development
Students will understand the physical growth that takes place during the toddler years, including the gross and fine motor skills that toddler's master. Facts and guidelines concerning proper sleep and nutrition for toddlers and special needs and concerns that many parents and caregivers of toddlers face. 5 hours. Gale Gilbert, 918-269-7523, galegilbert@cox.net.
Toddlers Social and Emotional Development
Students will learn where toddlers fall on Erickson's stages of emotional development, the emotional expressions that toddlers go through and how they develop a sense of self. Also the nature of social relationships toddlers make. 5 hours, Gale Gilbert, 918-269-7523 galegilbert@cox.net.
Using Positive Discipline with our Preschoolers
In this class students will indentify, practice and demonstrate the importance of teaching social and life skills to the children they work with. They will apply among each other a variety of concepts including kindness, firmness, and how to better use concepts when caring and educating children. This class is available in Spanish as well as English. 4 hours, Ines Roman Vinson, 830-433-1892, 888-262-8813,inesrvinson@yahoo.com.
Child Guidance and Management
Child Growth and Management Training
This training is offered to assist child care professionals to offer effective suggestions to parents and caregivers regarding child guidance . Suggestions will be offered for child care professionals in the areas such as concept development and social play. We will have group discussions regarding class room problems. 4 hours, LaVonna Rose -Oklahoma Families First, 580-924-9441 ext. 23.
Conscious Discipline
Program is from the DVD training series Conscious Discipline live by Dr. Becky Bailey. The DVD will be used along with other facilitation, discussion and Activities. 8 hours. Sonya Rickman- McDaniel 405-273-7683.
Conscience Discipline: Preventing Power Struggles
This training will focus on preventing power struggles both in the classroom and the home. There will be an emphasis on the beliefs that create power struggles and the skills for preventing and for getting out of power struggles.5 hours Camden Carr-Bearden 918-724-3101, camden@msn.com.
Infant and Toddler Temperament
A child’s temperament influences not only his or her style of interaction but the very way in which he or she understands and experiences the world and the people in it. This workshop provides child care professionals with an introduction to the concept of temperament and to the five key temperament traits. It also examines the interaction between a child’s and a care giver’s temperament(goodness of fit)Temperament characteristics may either increase or decrease a child’s risk of having a poor fit with his or her caregivers and environment. Participants will become aware of how their environment can support a child’s health development. 6 hours, Susan Carrigan 580-310-5670.
Infant Toddler Temperament
A child’s temperament influences not only his or her style of interaction but the very way in which he or she understands and experiences the world and the people in it. This workshop provides childcare professionals with an introduction to the concept of temperament and to the five key temperament traits. It also examines the interaction between a child’s and a caregiver’s temperament (“goodness of fit”). Temperament characteristics may either increase or decrease a child’s risk of having a poor fit with his or her caregivers and environment. Participants will become aware of how their own temperaments, their reactions to others’ temperaments, and the child’s environment can support a child’s healthy development. 6 hours, Susan Carrigan, 580-559-5670.
Nurturing Guidance
Nurturing Guidance will present a researched based framework for understanding and guiding children who demonstrate challenging behaviors. Participants will learn the characteristics of environments that foster positive, pro-social behavior, risk factors that undermine children's emotional health and strategies for health growth and development. The workshop will help parents and caregivers understand why children engage in challenging behaviors and how to empower, connect and correct in ways that bring healing and behavioral change. The information presented is based on the work of Dr. Karen Purvis and Dr. David Cross. 5 hours, Barbara Sorrels bas7637@cox.net.
Promoting Positive Redirection: In this training we will look at how to positively deal with common behavioral problems of preschoolers. 5 hours, Deidre Carpenter 405-227-2046 dcarpenter@occc.edu.
Reframing Discipline
This interactive workshop series will help participants explore their attitudes and beliefs about discipline that may become barriers to implementing positive, proactive discipline approaches; learn to analyze skills children might be lacking that can lead to difficult behavior and develop successful guidance techniques that will build teacher- child bonds. 6 hours , M’Liss Jenkins, 918-335-1183.
Sanity Saver
Little problems tend to become big ones in a hurry, so fixing them quickly, in a fun way, is essential. If we can have fun changing behaviors, we can increase the quality time we spend with the children we teach. The list of Sanity Saver quick fixes includes: getting our children to help with clean-up; helping them focus on solutions using “focus Goggles”; helping them wait their turn; undoing knots; using words , pictures, songs, and hand signals to redirect behavior; and how to use sanity-saver bottle to take time outs. Come join other educators as we sing and discover how to keep our sanity in the classroom. 6 hours, Sharon MacDonald, 210-490-4066.
Transition and Magician
Participants will develop creative strategies to transition with preschool children. The goals are to provide participants with techniques on how to motivate children from one area to the next, how to plan for transitions within the daily lesson plan, to learn how transitions relate to brain development, and to identify resources. 4 hours , Susan Carrigan 580-310-5670.
Turning your Words From Garbage to Gold: Guidance using Love and Logic
Based on Love and Logic Techniques, participants will learn creative methods to effectively and lovingly guide young children. These are simple and practical techniques that will help caregivers and parents have less stress and more fun while raising responsible kids. 4 hours, Kathie Bergmann, 918-801-3538.
Child Observations and Assessment
Developmental Appropriate Learning Environments: What do I put on the shelves? What items do I use to help the children learn a concept? How do I ensure that my classroom environment is age appropriate? In this training we will learn how to ensure your classroom environment is age appropriate for the children in your care. 3 hours, plus 1 hour Child Growth and Development for a total of 4 training hours. Deidre Carpenter, 405-227-2046 dcarpenter@occc.edu.
Developmental Screening in Early Childhood
This workshop will focus on how to collect information about children’s development and how to utilize this information to help children succeed in the early childhood setting. 4 hours, M’Liss Jenkins 918-335-1183.
Improving and Using Your Observation Skills
In this workshop, Participants will gain information on improving and using their observation skills to understanding children's abilities, behaviors, and needs. Various observation tools and methods will be shared.
4 hours, Amanda Stubbs, 405-376-0090.
The Power of Observation
This class will follow the format presented in the book, “The Power of Observation”, exploring the connection between observation and effective teaching. 5 hours, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691.
Curriculum and Instructional Methods
1, 2, 3 Fun with Math
Everything you need to make learning Math fun, and you can implement it on Monday! Hands-on Activities and handouts provided. 4 hours, Sybille McKay, Email: sybille.mckay@yahoo.com, 580-280-0582.
Adventures in Peacemaking
A training event in which individuals are invites to actively participate in games that are useful in team building and communication. This training is recommended for staff and for school-age children who are at least 5 years of age. 4 hours, Martha McCartney 580-355-0814.
...and They All Lived Happily Ever After
This workshop is designed to meet the need of all adult learners working with infant through school age children. It offers information on the importance of literature in the early childhood curriculum. Participants will learn innovative ways to integrate literature throughout their curriculum. Combining quality children’s literature with art, creative dramatics, science, music etc. Creative storytelling techniques will be demonstrated with the use of everyday prop and materials. Total of 6 hours Kristen Hurt 405-513-6468, kjhurt@cox.net.
Art for Young Children
This is a methods class on how to provide art in the daily program for young children. This class will provide hands on experiences for the participants. 4 hours, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Early Identification and Strategies
This training is meant to help child care providers, and increase their overall knowledge of autism spectrum disorders. Participants will be able to: better understand ASD (strengths and deficits), to better understand identification of ASD, to better understand strategies to use, and a better understanding of resources for childcare providers and families affected by ASD. 2 hours Curriculum and Instructional Methods, 1 hour Child Growth and Development, 1 hour Observation and Assessment, total of 4 hours. Tara Warwick 405-503-6639, tara-warwick@ousc.ed
Baby Read Aloud Basics
Baby read aloud basics- Fun and interactive ways to help you little ones discover the world of words. 4 hours, Rhonda Lee Muskogee public Library 918-682-6657 ext. 250.
But Art is So Messy
Master these easy and not too messy art activities that are developmentally appropriate and fun for the children. Hands-on activities and handouts provided. 4 hours, Sybille McKay, Email: sybille.mckay@yahoo.com, 580-280-0582.
Children’s Literature
Children’s literature, introduce a child to reading. The importance of choosing appropriate books for your young learner and reader. 10 hours, Roberta Adu, 405-248-0527.
Come Read with Me: Activities for Infant/Toddler and Preschool
This training will provide the participants with the essentials tool to create a literacy enriched environment in the child care facility, 4 hours, Deidre Carpenter 405-682-7832, dcarpenter@occc.edu.
Cooking with Children in the Classroom
Spice up your cooking experiences in the classroom. Come and learn what makes a successful cooking project and get some hands on experiences. Handouts will be provided. 4 hours, Sybille Mc Kay, 580-357-9366.
Cultivating Creativity
Do you feel your creative "spark" has fizzled? Are you struggling to come up with strategies to meet the Environment Rating Scales or NAEYC Standards? This training will give you the opportunity to experience creativity first hand and will rekindle your creativity in all areas of your program. Join us for an interactive good time. 5 hours, Retta Seger, 918-831-7243 rseger@ccrctulsa.org
Curriculum, Behavior and Guidance: Putting it all together
This workshop will discuss and explain the many ways a child learns and how class management and curriculum will fit the child best for a successful experience for children and teachers. Specific “how to’s”, learning centers, songs, and discussion will be included. 5 hours, Amy Freedman, 405-341-2817.
Developing Classroom Plans
Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their skills on the topics of: creating an effective daily schedule and lesson planning. 6 hours, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455.
Early Learning Environments
Make learning Centers fun for your children. Learn how to set up centers, what goes in each of them to promote developmentally appropriate practices. 4 hours. Debbie Smith, Cherokee Nation 918-453-5053.
Early Learning Literacy through Puppets and Music
Learning fun with Stories, puppets, music and rhythm instruments. 4 hours, Rhonda Lee leer@eok.lib.ok.us.
Environment Learning I
Participants will learn the importance of providing a quality learning environment. This class will focus on the five required interest centers and will provide ideas for enhancing the classroom environment. 5 hours, Heather Haynes 918-273-2049, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455.
Every Child Ready to Read at Your Library
Early Literacy Skills, this training is a project of the American Library Association. Research has shown there are six pre-reading skills that children must learn in order to learn to read. Our program helps participants by teaching skills and activities to support each of the six pre-reading skills, in children they work with. 4 hours, Karen Foote, lfoote@epdls.lib.ok.us, 918-786-2945.
How to Promote Self-Expressive Creativity in Young Children
This workshop will focus on the importance of using self-expressive materials with young children to enhance their social emotional , cognitive, and physical development. Teachers will learn how to engage children in creative projects and how to respond through questioning promote the process of children's work. 4 hours, Peggy Pearson, 405-285-6787, ppearson@primroseedmond.com.
Infants and Toddlers: More than Dirty Diapers
Caught up in the daily routines with infants and toddlers? Come and learn about some easy activities to do with infants and toddlers. After all – infants and toddlers are more than dirty diapers. Hand- outs provides. 4 hours, Sybille McKay, 580-357-9366.
Integration of Early Literacy in a Head Start Classroom
The four components of early literacy-oral languages, vocabulary building, alphabetic knowledge and concepts of print, writing and phonological awareness and there integration in an early child classroom. 11 hours, Ruth Ann Ball, raball@ou.edu.
Language and Literacy for Young Children
The language and literacy activities and information presented in this workshop will help participants understand how young children learn language and provide literacy activities and ideas that are developmentally and age appropriate for children ages birth through 5. 5 hours, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455.
Language Development for Preschool Children
This workshop will focus on promoting children's social and language development in Early Childhood settings. It will examine the causes of language delays and discuss ways to encourage language development for all children. 6 Hours, Carolene Jackson, 580-302-1622, bcjack5@hotmail.com.
Learning Environment II
Participants will build upon the information learned in Learning Environments I. Emphasis will be on enhancing the environment with additional interest areas, use of lighting, room arrangement and more. 5 hours, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455.
Learning through Play
This fun , interactive workshop will help participants become familiar with maturational, learning and constructive plus theory and how it relates to play; will help participants learn the value of play in teaching basic foundations and provide information on how to select appropriate toys and set up environments that promote learning through play. 4 hours, M’liss Jenkins 918-335-1183.
Lesson Planning
Learn how to do an infant and toddler and a preschool lesson plans. We will tie the lesson plans to developmentally appropriate practices. 4 hours. Debbie Smith, Cherokee Nation CCRC 918-453-5053.
Let’s Leap into Literacy and Make Language Learning Fun
A multiple intelligences approach to learning will be demonstrated to enable participants to reach out to children who learn through visual , auditory and kinesthetic modalities. Loads of new activities that appeal to young children. Emphasis will be placed on the importance that rhythm, rhyme, and repetition have on enhancing language skills in young children. 6 hours, Jane Kitson Pocket Productions 678-428-4745.
Making Math and Science Fun
Participants will learn developmentally appropriate ways and activities to teach math and science for young children and school-age children. 4 hours, Sybille McKay 580-280-0582.
Making Room for Block and Construction Play
Workshop participants will learn about the development stages of construction play and how to facilitate each stage for children in their care. Information regarding developmentally appropriate materials and guidelines for set-up will be discussed. 4 hours, Amanda Stubbs, 405-376-0090.
Making Sense of Sensory for the Child Care Setting
Ideas and Suggestions for creating a sensory rich environment in the child care setting. 4 hours, Karla Rowley, chalicepsalm@juno.com.
Math Buddies
In this training participants will explore various methods of incorporating math activities in the daily curriculum of preschoolers. 4 hours, Deidre Carpenter, 405-682-7832, dcarpenter@occc.edu.
Music and Drama
Music and drama are already such an important part of your day. Learn to control the “ drama kings and King” with stimulating hands on lesson plans and easily made accessories. Learn to use music for all parts of your day from meals to exercise to curriculum. 4 hours , Martha McCartney 580-357-8271.
Promoting Physical Development through Music and Movement
Participants will gain information on the importance of music and movement experiences for young children. 5 hours, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455.
Sensory integration in the Classroom
We will discuss what sensory integration is and develop ways to target children that may have sensory integration problems in the classroom setting. 6 hours, Reagan Rives, Speech- Language Pathologist 918-747-6727.
The Science of Sensory Play
Participants will learn the importance of science discovery activities in the classroom. They will have a chance to try sensory activities and learn how to implement them in the classroom. 4 hours Amy Stubbs, 405-376-0090.
Science for Young Children
This is a methods class on how to provide science experience in the daily program for young children. This class will provide hands on experience for the participants. 4 hours, Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691.
Shining Light on Emergent Literacy
This is a 2 day professional course to provide information on current concepts of early literacy and methods to assist children at any age, including children with all types of disabilities, to develop their literacy abilities. This course will got from assessing children‘s early literacy skills to practical, effective strategies to develop their foundational language and literacy abilities. 10.5 hours, Patsy Pierce , PhD, CCC-SLP, 918-664-6746, patsy-pierce@med.unc.edu.
Supporting Language in our Youngest Children I
Learn to identify stages of language learning and strategies to enhance development. 4 hours, and Child Growth and Development 1 hour, 5 hours total. Sybille McKay 918-677-8258.
Supporting Language in youngest Children II
Participant will gain understanding of phonological and phonemic awareness and appreciate the role of music I every classroom. 4 hours, and Child Guidance and Management 1 hour, 5 total hours. Sybille McKay 918-677-8258.
Talking with Children and talking with Parents
We spend a lot of our day talking to children , talking at children and talking about children. This workshop focuses on engaging children in meaningful conversation. Having open communications with your parents is advantageous for the teachers, child and the parents. This workshop focuses on tips for communicating with parents. 2 hours, plus 2 hours, in Family and Community relations, total of 4 hours. Linda Whaley OCCR, 405-942-5001.
Teacher Talk Training Series
This is a 3 part series. A,B. And C. Each unit is 6 hours. Topic A: Encouraging Language Development in Early childhood settings. Topic B; Let language lead the way to literacy. Topic C: Fostering Peer interaction I Early Childhood settings. Total of 18 hours, Kim Winston kimaw@health.ok.gov.
There’s only one Mona Lisa: Enhancing Creativity in Arts and Crafts
Participants will learn the importance of encouraging creativity in children’s work and how to recognize developmentally appropriate art activities. 4 hours, Amy Stubbs 405-376-0090.
Transitions- Trying Times or Fun?
Transitions are usually the hardest times of the day for teachers and children. This workshop will look at reasons for transitions and will look at ways to ease these transitions and make them fun. 3 hours, and Child Guidance and Management 1 hour, Sybille McKay, 580-280-0582.
What You Teach Me Birth to Five
The experiences of the first three years are crucial to the foundation of lifetime learning. This session uses early brain development research as a platform to explore ways to optimize the experiences of this most fertile time of life. Learn how to encourage language, stimulate thinking skills, solidify social-emotional stability and promote physical development. 6 hours, Pam Schiller, PhD, 281-246-4301.
Working with 5-12 Year olds
This is a basic course that covers the basic competencies needed to work with children 5-12 and reviews characteristics and development of child, and youth, emphasizing age appropriate programming. Competencies developed in this course include basic youth development principals, developing positive relationships with youth, planning , respecting and honoring cultural and human diversity, the ability to adapt, facilitate and evaluate age appropriate activities, involving and empowering youth, interacting and relating to you in ways that support asset building, keeping kids safe. Supporting and working with families, working as a part of a team, and being a positive role model. 4 hours – Stephanie Williams 580-765-5417.
Educational Programming and Leadership
Accreditation...Because Kids Count
Steps involved in picking an accreditation and achieving three star status and maintaining records needed in the process. 4 hours, Michelle Owens 4405-408-9189, michellemowens@aol.com.
Accreditation –What works for my center?: This training will include the steps involved in becoming accredited and achieving 3 star status and what is involved in maintaining records needed in the process. 18 hours plus 2 hours in Personnel and Professional Self- Awareness for a total of 20 hours of training. Michelle Owens 405-408-9184 michelleowens@aol.com.
Family and Community Relations
Building a Bridge: Parent /Provider Relations I
Participants will receive tools for effective communication with parents. 5 hours, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691.
Building a Bridge :Parent /Provider Relations II
Participants will see Childcare from a parent’s perspective and discover ways to build a bridge between ,parents and themselves. 5 hours, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691.
Building the Bridge: Parent and Teacher Communication Skills
During this class participants will learn to dialog , discuss and transmit information to parents on a daily basis. They will be introduced to various communication skills that will help them build a bridge with the families they work with. This class is available in Spanish as well as English. 4 hours, Ines Roman Vinson, 830-433-1892, 888-262-8813, inesrvinson@yahoo.com.
Building Collaborative relationships with Families
Participants will be exposed to ideas that promote individual learning and appropriate early childhood practice. This workshop is developed to meet the needs of providers and teachers working in early childhood programs. 6 hours, Susan Carrigan 580-559-5670.
How to Get Parents Involved
This workshop will give participants tools and techniques to encourage parent involvement. Information regarding good ethics and communication related to prevent caregiver relationships will be shared. 4 hours, Amanda Stubbs, 405-376-0090.
Intervention in Child Development
The information in this workshop will cover common “red flags” that can indicate a possible problem in a child development or ability to learn. Also covered will be the steps to intervention and how to access the community resources available in the area. 2 hours, Curriculum and instructional methods 1 hour, Child observations and assessment 1 hour, Child growth and development 1 hour, total of 5 hours. Sharon Bacon 918-331-6455, Heather Haynes 918-273-8691.
Family and Community Relationships
Oh, Always those Parents
Working with parents can be a challenge. This training will discuss problems with parents/guardians, parent involvement and participation ideas, fundraising ideas and strategies on "How to turn 'those parents' in to partners". 4 hours, Sybille McKay, 580-280-0582. mckay@us.army.mil.
Health and Safety of Young Children
The 4 R’s of Child Abuse
Participants will view the unfortunate subject of Child Abuse, Recognition, Recording, Reporting, and Resolution, from a new and exciting standpoint. 4 hours, Mary Solomon 405-422-2989.
CPR and first Aid Pediatric Program
This class will educate childcare providers how to better respond to medical emergencies in a faster, more effective and comfortable manner, in childcare settings. Throughout this class, students will be provided “Hands on Training” in all the major topics required by DHS that include Primary Assessment, Child and Infant CPR, Choking and Secondary Assessment. This class is available in Spanish as well as English. 4 hours, Ines Roman Vinson, 830-433-1892, 888-262-8813, inesrvinson@yahoo.com.
Keeping our Staff Safe Against Blood Borne Pathogens
This Class will provide childcare providers with the skills and hands on practice to decrease the risk of blood borne pathogens exposure at the school setting. The participants will learn what blood borne pathogens are , engineering controls to use at their site, TB vaccinations, levels of exposure , and much more. 4 hours. This class is available in Spanish as well as English. 4 hours, Ines Roman Vinson, 830-433-1892, 888-262-8813, inesrvinson@yahoo.com.
Nutrition I
Participants will understand healthy choices of nutritents important to infants, and to preschool children. They will understand the benefit of physical activities in the curriculum. We will go over ways to prevent food borne illnesses. 4 hours, Gale Gilbert, 918-269-7523. GaleGilbert@cox.net
Nutrition II
Participants will understand Healthy choices from infants to preschool. We will go over facts about childhood obesity and how to prevent unhealthy eating habits. Games for the classroom about health will be shared. We will go over the proper measurements by age for the food groups. Handouts will be provided on physical activites and sample menus. 4 hours, Gale Gilbert, 918-269-7523. GaleGilbert@cox.net
Safety Inspections and DHS Compliance
During this class the students will learn how to perform a safety inspection at their workplace as required by DHS in the State of Oklahoma. We will cover all the areas from classroom, playground, eating areas, and first aid kits to name a few. This class is available in Spanish as well as English. 4 hours, Ines Roman Vinson, 830-433-1892, 888-262-8813, inesrvinson@yahoo.com.
Safety from Crib - Kinder I and II
This class will prepare childcare providers with the knowledge and the understanding of how to keep our children safe according to their age and developmental stage. It will also provide them the tools to reduce the risk of childhood injuries at family childcare homes, and preschool facilities. This class is available in Spanish as well as English. 4-6 hours, Ines Roman Vinson, 830-433-1892, 888-262-8813, inesrvinson@yahoo.com.
Personnel and Professional Self –Awareness
The Art of Meaningful Mentoring
This training supports the NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Program Accreditation, which states that all supervisory and mentoring staff must receive professional development in mentoring (6.A.09). This applies to teachers who lead a teaching team, as well as directors. Principals of a quality mentoring program are reviewed. The strategies of planning and evaluating a mentoring program are examined. 4 hours, Dr. Mary McCoy OCCC Child Development Centre and Lab school-405-682-1611-x.7612.
The Child Care Administrators Professional Toolkit
This training will provide the participants with the essential tools to ensure professionalism is incorporated into every part of their child care facility. The training will address areas in Personnel Management, Family Relations, Fiscal Management and Community Involvement. 4 hours, Dr. Mary McCoy, 405-682-1611 Ext. 7612, mmcoy@occc.edu.
Effective Communication
Participants will uncover barriers to communication. Participant will also be able to identify personal style as well as significant other’s communication styles. Participants will attain methods to effectively communicate in all situations. 4 hours Mary Solomon 405-422-2979.
How Effective Directors Get Things Done
Leaders come in all shapes and sizes. This workshop will take a look at the role of the director, the skills, and competencies needed to nurture leadership at all levels of an organization. 4 hours, Sybille McKay 580-280-0582.
I’m their Leader –Which way did they go?: this is a course designed to help programs , directors, and teachers understand the dynamics of team work, responsibilities, and leadership. 5 hours, plus 1 hour in Leadership and Advocacy, for a total of 6 training hours.
Vicki Rexroat, 405-643-3247 vrexroat@caddokiowa.com
Mentoring Beginners I
Being mentor has many responsibilities and requirements. This course guides child care providers into the role of being a mentor to new employees and students working on a credential or a degree. 4 hours, Belinda McGee -Tulsa Community College 918-227-9976.
Mentoring Beginners II
Mentors build relationships with the people they are responsible for working with. Those relationships are the foundation for beginners to connect and learn about caring for children as they are working in at that time of their development. 4 hours , Belinda McGee- Tulsa Community College- 918-227-9976.
Stress Management
Participants will be able to identify personal stressors; take a stress checkup and gain skills to manage stress in a relaxed stress free environment. 4 hours Mary Solomon 405-422-2989.
Professionalism and Leadership
Developing the Plan-Family Child Care Home
This workshop will take a step by step approach to writing an emergency plan specifically for Child Care homes, including what is required to be in the plan and other factors to consider. 4 hours, Amanda Stubbs, 405-376-0090.
Developing Your Family Child Care Business
The Kaufman Foundation curriculum, addresses and entrepreneurial opportunity for individuals who want to work with and care for children and the communities demand for increasingly professional childcare providers. Child care providers will learn how to plan viable businesses by learning good business skills, connecting to available resources in their community and developing professionally. The program positions family child care providers as entrepreneurs: by shifting the focus on family child care to a business service, providers become entrepreneurs “spending time on their business, not just in it” The class applies business development skills and practice to the child care field. 26 hours, Barbara Rackley , 580-924-7898, Barbara@ruralenterprises.com.
Effective Portfolio Building
This session will provide essential methods in creating a professional portfolio filled with clear content/ standard –related evidence artifacts. The primary focus concentrates on personal, program, and classroom portfolios. Examples will include supportive references to the child Development Associate Credential (CDA) content areas and NAEYC Early Childhood Program Accreditation Standards. This training will provide the necessary tools to develop an effective portfolio. Participants will explore various ways to gather and display documentation for any setting. 4 hours , Dr. Mary McCoy OCCC Child Development Centre and Lab school-405-682-1611-x.7612.
Motivation & Professionalism - Better care for Children
Participants will discuss the importance of professionalism, motivation, and integrity in the child care field in order to reduce stress and conflict. Let's make a better environment for children in our care. Total of 4 training hours, Kathie Bergmann 918-801-3538.
The Preschool Teacher's Top Ten List of Survival Skills
Being a preschool teacher has many sources of satisfactions and frustrations! This workshop will look at some of these sources and find out how to survive. Survival skills include: knowing what young children can and cannot do, being aware of stress and how to deal with it, finding out how important play is for young children, and above all, how to develop certain inner qualities to help you survive. 4 hours, Carolene Jackson 580-302-1622.
Professionalism-Appearance/Attitude, Communicating with Parents and Professionals
This training session will enable participants to gain strategies and techniques to improve communication with parents, colleagues and professionals. Topics to be addressed include attitude, appearance, and professionals conduct. 4 hours, Vickie Foster, 918-492-9244, fostervl@nsuok.edu.
Professionalism, Ethics, and the Early Childhood Professional
This workshop will focus on how to exhibit professional and ethical attitudes and behaviors. Participants will discuss professionalism in the early childhood setting, deal with ethical dilemmas and review the NAEYC Code of Ethics. 4 hours, M’liss Jenkins 918-335-1183.
Professionalism in the Early Childhood Setting
During this class, participants will learn the importance of taking pride in what they do every day for their children. In addition , we will look at different approaches to increase professionalism in their work place. This class is available in Spanish as well as English. 4 hours, Ines Roman Vinson, 830-433-1892, 888-262-8813, inesrvinson@yahoo.com.
Stressed out? Kids got you worked up?
Indulge yourself; learn to take care of you so you can take care of the children. Easy and fun activities are great for the approaching holidays and or stress relief. 4 hours, Sybille McKay, Email: sybille.mckay@yahoo.com, 580-280-0582.
Substance Abuse 101
Substance abuse is an unbelievable destructive force in our society. Drug and Alcohol addiction ruins lives. Oklahoma statics are staggering. In 2005, over 313,00 individuals dealt with alcohol and/or illicit drug abuse or dependence. We also now have to worry about prescription drug abuse.
Substance abuse impacts careers, families, parents, children and communities. The stress of families dealing with substance abuse can certainly take a toll on children. This work shop seeks to educate the child care provider about different drugs, their effects, prevalence and how they can help the families and children in their care. 4 hours, Kathie Bergmann, 918-786-8585.
The Time is Now
The time is now to think about the children of our future. Wouldn’t you like to know more about them? How to better communicate with them and what environments and activities they need. The time is now to consider these things. 3 hours, also Curriculum and Instructional Methods 3 hours, 6 hours total,, Kathy Lee- 770-205-0127.
Program Operations and Facilities Management
Developing the Plan-Child Care Centers
This workshop will take a step by step approach to writing an emergency plan for Child Care Center, including what is required to be included in the plan and other factors to consider. 4 hours, Amanda Stubbs, 405-376-0090.
Staff Management and Human Relationships
Reaching Out: Inclusion of the GLBT Community
This interactive workshop will help agencies and participants increase their knowledge about diversity and sexual orientation. Participants will gain an understanding of the issues and stigma faced by GLBT parents and families; learn how to become more comfortable serving GLBT parents who are raising children; or young children or teens who may be gender different. 7 hours, Dr. Danette McIntos, Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, 918-693-5041.
Reflective Practice and Supervision
tors will develop understanding of reflective practice and supervision, along with practical skills for implementing these tools in their programs. Topics include principals and assumptions of reflective practice, environments, barriers, and beginning steps towards change. Participation should result in stronger, more supportive relationships with and among individual staff members. 6 hours, Holly Hartman, 405-377-3773.
Where to Find the Right Person for the Job
Finding the right person for the job isn’t easy. This workshop will explore effective recruitment , screening, selection and orientation strategies. 4 hours, Sybille McKay 580-280-0582.