Date | Time | Location | Title Description | Fee |
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November 2 | 9 a.m.-noon | Brookings | FLIP IT Conference: FLIP IT is a strategy that offers a simple, kind, strengths-based, commonsense, and effective four-step process to address children’s day-to-day challenging behavior. The four steps are embodied in the FLIP mnemonic which stands for F – Feelings, L – Limits, I – Inquiries, and P – Prompts. FLIP IT is nothing new but transforms best practices into a strategy that is easy to remember, applicable in a variety of challenging situations, and portable. Join us for a 3-hour in-depth training to learn the FLIP IT strategy. Participants will leave with the skills and resources to support young children.(Preschool Focused) (PW #3 Guidance and Behavior Management) | $0.00 |
November 5 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Online | Strengthening Business Practices for Family Child Care – Class #2: New Class Topic in 2024! In this second class of a four-class series, participants will learn and understand the importance of financial planning and reports that can strengthen the sustainability of their family child care program. (PW #8 Program Management and Regulation) | $0.00 |
November 7 | 6-9:30 p.m. | Brookings | Certified CPR AED: This American Heart Association certified course teaches Heartsaver basic Adult, Child, and Infant CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and basic AED use. (PW #16 CPR/First Aid) | Contact the CFRN |
November 7 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Online | Pyramid Model: Leadership Strategies: Class Topic in 2024! In this class, participants will identify effective leadership strategies including collaborative planning, program-wide planning, and professional development. Participants will develop an understanding of how these objectives integrate into the Pyramid Model. (All-Age Focused) (PW #3 Guidance and Behavior Management and PW #8 Program Management and Regulation) | $0.00 |
November 12 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Online | Strengthening Business Practices for Family Child Care – Class #3: New Class Topic in 2024! In this third class of a four-class series, participants will discover ways to market their family child care program and strengthen their understanding of marketing tools, audiences, and elements necessary to developing a marketing plan. (PW #8 Program Management & Regulation) | $0.00 |
November 14 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Online | The Mighty Manipulative Toy: New Class Topic in 2024! What are manipulative toys and how can they help children? In this class, we will look at our superhero toy, the mighty manipulative, and discover ways it can be used to meet all of children's developmental domains. (All-Age Focused) (PW #11 Learning Environments) | $0.00 |
November 16 | 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | DeSmet | Certified CPR AED: This American Heart Association certified course teaches Heartsaver basic Adult, Child, and Infant CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and basic AED use. (PW #16 CPR/First Aid) | Contact the CFRN |
November 19 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Watertown | Make It, Take It – Visual Schedules: New Class Topic in 2024! If your children struggle with the daily routine or you just want to support children learning the schedule a different way, this class is for you. You will learn the benefits of visual schedules and be able to create your own in your environment right away. (Preschool Focused) (PW #11 Learning Environments) | $0.00 |
November 19 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Online | Strengthening Business Practices for Family Child Care – Class #4: New Class Topic in 2024! In this fourth class of a four-class series, participants will focus on how marketing practices can be used to develop effective communication with families to improve retention of enrolled families, referrals of possible families, and how to promote the services in their family child care program. (PW #8 Program Management and Regulation) | $0.00 |
November 21 | 11 a.m.-noon | Online | Director Lunch and Learn: Participants will share and discuss key concepts and ideas relevant to directing a childcare program from a professional article shared by the trainer. (PW #8 Program Management and Regulation) The professional article will be released before training. | $0.00 |