Training Catalog
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| Course Title | Description | Format | Delivery | Hours | Associated Credentials | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Renewal of CCDF Health and Safety | Refreshes required Health and Safety knowledge (SIDS, infectious disease, emergency preparedness, and more). Required one year after Health and Safety Orientation and annually after for licensed providers. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 3 | N/A | Registry Login |
| Bridge to Infant and Toddler Maine Early Learning and Development Standards | Helps practitioners apply the new Infant and Toddler MELDS to everyday practice. Enrollment limited to those who completed the prior standards training between 9/1/2011-7/1/2021. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 9 | Infant Toddler | Registry Login |
| Caring for Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness | Overview of homelessness in Maine and how ECE professionals can support children and families experiencing it. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 1 | N/A | Registry Login |
| Caring for Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families | Covers the unique aspects of infant and toddler care in family child care or center-based settings, including family relationships, temperament, and appropriate environments. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 30 | Infant Toddler | Training Calendar |
| CCDF Health and Safety Orientation | Self-paced training meeting CCDF orientation requirements for health and safety. Required for Child Care Affordability Program (CCAP) providers. Pediatric CPR/First Aid must be maintained separately. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 6 | N/A | Registry Login |
| Collaborating with Others to Support Inclusion | Strategies for collaboration, teambuilding, and conflict resolution in inclusive settings; decodes special education and behavioral health terminology. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 12 | Inclusion | Training Calendar |
| Creating Equitable Early Learning Communities | Evidence-based approaches to equitable learning environments, birth through school age, using NAEYC's Anti-bias Education. Raises awareness of barriers and supports reflective practice. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 20 | N/A | Training Calendar |
| Creating Inclusive Preschool Settings | Helps preschool teachers deepen understanding of inclusion, supporting laws, challenging behavior, and universal design. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 18 | Inclusion | Training Calendar |
| Creating Inclusive Youth Development Settings | Planning, developing, and implementing curriculum to meet the needs of all school-age children and youth. Part of the Inclusion Credential series. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 30 | Inclusion | Training Calendar |
| Creating Quality Outdoor Spaces | Deepens understanding of how outdoor play environments support healthy development; includes three 60-minute online PLC sessions over Zoom. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 21 | N/A | Training Calendar |
| Designing Early Learning: Curriculum and Assessment in Preschool | Authentic assessment and curriculum planning for preschoolers, connected to the Preschool MELDS. Develops a personal teaching philosophy across 10 modules. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 31 | Preschool | Training Calendar |
| Early Childhood Education: Theory to Practice | A brief introduction to the history of Early Childhood Education, including ECE pioneers and the evolution of child care in the US. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 9 | N/A | Training Calendar |
| Engaging in Professional Development with Adult Learners | A starting point for understanding the adult learner; merges education, training, and technical assistance per NAEYC and NACCRRA. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 18 | Technical Assistance | Training Calendar |
| Environments in Early Care and Education | Ten-week training helping center-based and family child care practitioners develop high-quality environments for children. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 30 | Family Child Care | Training Calendar |
| Family Engagement | Expands awareness of 'family' and 'engagement,' exploring practices that support responsive, strength-based partnerships with families. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 2 | Family Child Care | Registry Login |
| Foundations of Coaching | Part of the Relationship-Based TA series. Explores coaching techniques and relationship-building skills, including Practice-Based Coaching. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 15 | Technical Assistance | Training Calendar |
| Foundations of Collaborative Consultation | Purpose, focus, roles, and responsibilities of a consultant; supports new and practicing consultants across disciplines. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 15 | Technical Assistance | Training Calendar |
| Foundations of Health, Wellness, and Safety | Health and safety topics following Caring for Our Children, 3rd ed., including illness prevention, nutrition, and children with special health care needs. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 18 | Family Child Care, Infant Toddler, Preschool, Youth Development | Training Calendar |
| Foundations of Mentoring | Structure, purpose, focus, and strategies of mentoring, and the roles and responsibilities of mentor and mentee, across many disciplines. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 15 | Technical Assistance | Training Calendar |
| Foundations of Peer-to-Peer Networks | Background, theory, purpose, and forms of Peer-to-Peer Networks, emphasizing the facilitator role; includes hands-on activities and virtual learning community tours. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 15 | Technical Assistance | Training Calendar |
| Foundations of Relationship-Based Technical Assistance | Skills, knowledge, and dispositions for providing relationship-based TA to Maine ECE and OST practitioners; supports statewide consistency. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 18 | Technical Assistance | Training Calendar |
| Foundations of Universal Design and Individualizing | Basic principles of universal design for learning and individualizing along the continuum of adaptations and modifications. Part of the Inclusion series. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 12 | Inclusion | Training Calendar |
| Getting Started in Family Child Care | Basics of quality inclusive practices and settings, including an overview of the ADA. Two modules with knowledge checks. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 6 | Family Child Care | Registry Login |
| Inclusive Child Care | Explore resources and strategies to strengthen inclusion in your program or classroom. Part of the Inclusion Credential series. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 18 | Inclusion | Training Calendar |
| Infant and Toddler Maine Early Learning and Development Standards | Guides providers through the IT MELDS (birth to three), including developmental domains, observation, assessment, and family engagement. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 30 | Family Child Care, Infant Toddler | Training Calendar |
| Leading Early Learning: Pre-K through 3rd Grade | Five-module series with 90-minute PLCs building understanding of high-quality Pre-K-3 environments. Audience: administrators and lead teachers. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 30 | PDG Funded for Public School Admin | Training Calendar |
| Links to Learning: Curriculum Planning in Out-of-School Time | Tools for OST programs connecting children's multiple worlds, linked to the Maine Learning Results and Common Core. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 45 | Director, Family Child Care, Youth Development | Training Calendar |
| Child Care Leadership I: Building a Foundation for Quality | Theory and legality of operating a child care center, staff hiring and supervision, family communication, and professionalism, via real-life case studies. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 30 | Director | Training Calendar |
| Child Care Leadership II: Leadership in Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Programs Today | Builds on Leadership I; focuses on leadership, supervision, communication, and organizational climate, with reflective practice. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 30 | Director | Training Calendar |
| Child Care Leadership III: Transforming Leaders and Programs | Builds on Leadership I and II; focuses on advocacy and big-picture leadership through discussion, reflection, and guest speakers. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 30 | Director | Training Calendar |
| Partners in Caring | Developing positive, family-friendly relationships and shared goals to support lifelong, healthy child development. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 15 | Family Child Care, Infant Toddler, Preschool, Youth Development | Training Calendar |
| Positive Supports and Challenging Behavior | Research, strategies, and resources for preventing, responding to, and reflecting on challenging behavior from an inclusion perspective. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 15 | Inclusion, Preschool | Training Calendar |
| Preschool Maine Early Learning and Development Standards (P-MELDS) | Overview of the P-MELDS for three- to five-year-olds, with a focus on each domain and inclusive, developmentally appropriate practice. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 8 | Family Child Care, Preschool | Registry Login |
| Quality Improvement Toolkit: Family Child Care or Small Facility | Training and resources for four quality indicators (program evaluation, professional development, curriculum, child assessments) for FCC or small facilities. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 6 | N/A | Registry Login |
| Quality Improvement Toolkit: Center-Based or Out-of-School Time | Training and resources for four quality indicators for center-based or OST settings, building a written quality plan. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 6 | N/A | Registry Login |
| Social-Emotional Learning Birth to Age 5 | Fundamentals of social and emotional development birth-age 5: milestones, attachment, self-regulation, temperament, and the role of relationships and play. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 18 | Infant Toddler | Training Calendar |
| Strengthening Business Practices in Child Care | Foundational fiscal management and business operations: budgets, projections, financial reports, marketing, and staff recruitment and retention. | Facilitated | Hybrid | 18.5 | Family Child Care | Training Calendar |
| Stress Happens | Explores your relationship to stress, your stressors, and strategies to build resilience, bravery, and personal growth. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 6 | N/A | Training Calendar |
| Substance Use Disorders: Informed Practice for Early Childhood Educators | Appropriate terminology around substance use disorders, effects of bias, how addiction alters brain function, and strategies to build children's resilience. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 2 | N/A | Registry Login |
| Supporting Inclusion: Laws and Practices | Basics of quality inclusive practices and an overview of laws supporting civil rights of people with disabilities, including the ADA. Two modules. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 6 | Inclusion | Registry Login |
| What the Tech?! It's More Than Just Screen Time | Weaves together digital citizenship, family engagement, curriculum, and teacher support for thoughtful, intentional technology use. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 2 | N/A | Registry Login |
| Working with School-Age Children and Youth | Caring for school-age children in OST settings: positive relationships, curriculum planning, health and safety, and adolescent development. | Facilitated | Asynchronous | 30 | Youth Development | Training Calendar |
| Your Professional Development Portfolio | How a portfolio promotes professionalism; assembling documentation (resume, philosophy statement, contributions) as a living document to guide your career. | On-Demand | Self-paced online | 9 | All | Registry Login |