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Plugging Into Parents
This session examines ways to plug into parents with great communication systems from the start. Prevent "electrical shocks" from your families with these tried and true parent partnership activities. |
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Stealing Time – Time Management for Busy Professionals
Learn the fine art of managing your time and organizing your life. Topics include setting margins of time, procrastination, organization, etc. and creating time for yourself! |
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Staff Relations & Teamwork
Working in such close proximity with other team members can be challenging. This inservice focuses on both behaviors that break down staff relations and those that build them up. If you are looking for a more positive work environment, here are some ideas! |
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SIDS Risk Reduction Practices
This inservice covers the basics of risk-reduction in the area of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and meets the Wisconsin DCF requirements for SIDS training. |
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Staying Safe & Healthy
This session examines how to prevent accident and illness by following the licensing rules for child care as required by DCF and policies of your program. |
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Sensory Play – More Than the Sand Table
Young children learn through their senses. In this course, teachers will learn about the "7" senses and the value of sensory play. Introductory information is presented on sensory processing disorder and sensory integration dysfunction in children. Other topics include potential safety issues, how to prevent accidents during sensory play , and many activities or suggestions for activities. |
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Overview of the CDA Process
For those who are interested in learning more about the CDA process, this is the only stop you will have to make. A complete explanation of the procedures, a CDA timeline, and resources & tips from those who have been through the process will be presented. |
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Emergent Literacy & Children's Literary Experiences
Crucial to the development of literacy in children is their exposure to books and other literary experiences. Be ready to have fun in this session ! Topics include, examining books, reading techniques, books without bias, making stories come alive and more. |
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Conducting Effective & Developmentally Appropriate Group Times
Most early childhood programs have at least one large group meeting per day. This inservice will help providers spice up their group times and motivate children to participate. Age-appropriate group times and activities are emphasized and many new ideas are presented. |
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Transition Tricks
This session examines the children's perspectives of the schedules, routines, and transition times in their day and their value and importance in the development of children. Participants will examine fun techniques and activities to help children move smoothly between activities to prevent frustration and behavior issues. |
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Child Abuse & Neglect
This is a perfect refresher course for staff on child abuse and neglect. This session meets the Wisconsin DCF training requirements for child abuse & neglect.. |
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Developing Leadership Skills In Children: The Role of the Teacher
Good teachers can be good leaders and this session examines the leadership skills teachers may possess or may need to develop in order to be a good leader for children and to help children learn to be good leaders themselves. |
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Discovering And Managing Personal Communication Styles
In this session participants will survey their personal communication styles, become aware of the diversity in communication styles, and discuss how to take personal responsibility for themselves and their styles of communication. They will also look at "calms & storms" and how to manage themselves through them. |
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Observing & Recording Children's Growth & Development
The emphasis of this session is on techniques for observing children, procedures for documenting information and ways to use the valuable information collected to create a program which meets the individual needs of the children. |
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Large Muscle & Creative Movement Activities
What can you do when the weather is not cooperating and the children are climbing the walls? Ideas will be presented for active games and activities that will burn energy for both teacher and children!
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Cuttin' Up In Class – Creative Art Activities For Children
Understanding the value of creative art experiences is the main focus of this session. Participants will receive first-hand experience on the recommended ways to facilitate creative art experiences, set up the art center, and new ideas for art! |
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Cooperative Caregiving – Professional Practice in Child Care
This session focuses on the expectations of child care staff, quality programming, preventing gossip, and having a "winning attitude." Recommit yourselves to being professional!
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Beginning Together – Infant & Toddler Care
So many miraculous things happen to babies in their first two years of life. This new course examines the uniqueness of infants & toddlers and the uniqueness of the role of the professionals who provide care for them. Topics include the effects of adult/environmental stress on infants & toddlers, suggestions for multi-tasking in the infant room and how to soothe crying babies, exploring infant & toddler behaviors and the implications these behaviors present in the areas of teacher/child interactions and setting up an age-appropriate environment and activities. |
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Ages & Stages of Children
As children progress through the various stages of development, there is usually a positive and a negative side to each stage. This session will focus on recognizing different (expected) stages of children's development and positive ways providers can help children successfully move through them. |
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Child Growth & Development
This session will provide a solid overview of the basic principles of child development. Games and activities are included to transform this basic area of knowledge into a fun learning experience. |
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A Fresh Look At Positive Guidance
A fun and active session which focuses on positive methods of guiding children in early childhood programs. Activities include examining ways to promote positive behavior in classrooms through prevention, rule-setting, etc., positive guidance techniques and examining logical consequences. |
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Positive Staff & Child Interactions
Emphasis will be on the development of the human brain and its dependence on positive interactions with adults. Participants will examine ways to enhance language development, positive ways of talking to children and the importance of interaction during play. |
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Planning Perfect Field Trips
Get ready for field trip season with this informative, hands-on continuing education session. Emphasis in selecting age-appropriate field trips, planning, safety, communication, transportation and education is included. |
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Nurturing Self-Esteem
Examine these various aspects of self-esteem: stages of development, the teacher's role in promoting a positive self-esteem, ways to undermine self-esteem, and activities which help develop self-esteem. |
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Scream Your Theme!
This course presents early childhood professionals with ways to integrate a weekly theme into their program. Emphasis is placed upon choosing appropriate themes for children, planning theme-related activities & enrichments for all learning centers, and creating bulletin boards which teach & reflect your theme. |
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention
This course meets the state requirements for providers working in programs serving children 5 years of age and younger and has been approved by the Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services. |
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Supporting Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences
Learn more about the 3 basic learning styles & 8 multiple intelligences, identifying individual learning styles for yourselves and children, and adaptation of classroom activities to meet each child's individual style of learning. |
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Managing Food Allergies & Intolerances
This introductory course examines the differences between food allergies and food intolerances and explores easy ways to manage allergies in child care, including field trips, special events, classrooms and transportation. Ideas will be discussed for prevention, reading food labels, parent communication, & dealing with food intolerances |
