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Pre-K Framework Handbook (Pre-K FH)

Pre-K Framework Handbook (Pre-K FH) is a 30-hour course designed to train early childhood professionals in the use of the Arkansas Early Childhood Education (AECE) Framework Handbook. Pre-K FH training helps teachers use this document effectively. Also included is training on curriculum, knowing children, classroom environment, topics of study approach, planning and implementing activities, family and community involvement, assessment and observation, and professional ethics. This basic course provides the foundation for literacy, math, science and social-emotional learning. Honeycutt (2008) determined those Arkansas ABC teachers who attended Pre-K Framework training had higher ECERS-R scores than those who did not attend.

What does Framework training offer child care professionals?

• 30 hours of FREE specialized training
• A FREE participant manual and other materials
• Opportunity for professional development and interaction with other child care professionals
• A Certificate of Completion
• Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Pre-K FH includes the following lessons:

1. Overview of the AECE Framework Handbook
2. Curriculum in Early Childhood
3. Knowing Children: Theory and Research
4. Knowing Children: Child Development
5. Preparing the Environment
6. Topics of Study Approach to Curriculum Development
7. Tips and Techniques for Planning and Implementing Activities
8. In-depth Exploration of a Topic of Study
9. Engaging Families
10. Involving Communities
11. Assessment and Curriculum
12. Observation and Written Records
13. The Developmental Rating Scale & Other Assessments
14. Portfolios and Storage
15. Professional Ethics

For more information contact:

D. NeCol Wilson, M.S.
Training Advisor
800-632-8754 • 479-575-3762
dnwhite@uark.edu

To check for available classes and training opportunities, visit Traveling Arkansas' Professional Pathways (TAPP).

Page last updated: 9/23/2009 14:34

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• Family Child Care Provider [FCCP]
• Introduction to Child Care [ICC]
• Caregiver Certificate [CC]
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  • Child Development: Three to Five
  • Child Development: Five to Eight
  • Creative Activities
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  • Guidance and Behavior Management
• Pre-K Early Literacy Learning in Arkansas [Pre-K ELLA]
• Pre-K Framework Handbook
• Investigating, Discovering & Exploring: Math & Science for Young Children [INDEX]
• Pre-K Social-Emotional Learning [SEL]
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