Micro-Courses

Building Relationships with Infants and Toddlers is a 4-hour training designed to equip early childhood educators with practical strategies to nurture strong, caring connections with infants and toddlers, supporting their overall development. 

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Building Relationships with Infants and Toddlers helps early educators:

• Identify the process through which children learn to understand and manage their emotions, form relationships with others, and develop social skills
• Understand why a relationship-based approach is important to development
• Develop strategies to guide infant and toddler behavior effectively
• Promote meaningful engagement with families

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Building Relationships with Infants and Toddlers includes the following lessons:

1. Young Infants  1 hour
2. Mobile Infants  1 hour
3. Toddlers  1 hour
4. Group Coaching  1 hour

Introduction to Child Care is a 2-hour training that provides a comprehensive understanding of the employment opportunities in a career as a child care professional, including the resources and requirements needed for starting a child care business. This micro-course is intended for any professional interested in entering the early childhood education field, including a variety of roles instrumental in supporting positive child outcomes.

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Introduction to Child Care includes the following objectives:

1. Describe types of child care
2. Discuss roles within child care
3. Define quality child care
4. Examine professional organizations

Introduction to Coaching Skills is a 3-hour interactive training in which participants overview the benefits of coaching and learn about the skills and mindset needed for coaching to be successful. Through a series of information and hands-on activities, participants practice active listening, asking high quality questions, and the GROW coaching model, putting them on the path to turn work-experienced challenges into learning situations.

Leading Yourself is a 3-hour training designed to help early childhood leaders and professionals enhance their skills by using personality assessment information to develop strategies for more effective communication and collaboration. 

What if you could spend eight sessions with an amazing mentor? What would be the impact on child and family outcomes? Based on the bestselling book, Monday Morning Leadership, this 6-hour training helps leaders develop the eight key leadership principles outlined in the Monday Morning Leadership book. These concepts are simple, doable, and can be implemented immediately. But, more importantly, they work! Monday Morning Leadership is a training that offers unique encouragement and direction to help you become a better manager, employee, and person.

In this training, participants will discuss eliminating blame and accepting total responsibility; why confusion is the biggest workplace stressor; why every person on the team must be coached; that integrity is the foundation of trust, which is an essential element of successful leadership; the value of hiring tough; and how to improve at time management.

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Monday Morning Leadership includes the following objectives:

1. Making Tough Decisions
2. Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
3. Keep Your Stars Shining
4. The ‘Do Right’ Rule
5. Hire Tough
6. Do Less Work Faster
7. Buckets and Dippers
8. Enter the Learning Zone

Team Building: Connecting for Success is a 3-hour training designed to show leaders how to help team members perform better together. This course focuses on how effective teamwork builds trust, boosts creative problem-solving, and increases efficiency and productivity. Prerequisite required: Leading Yourself. Limited availability.