Thursday, August 2, 2012

COMMONWEALTH FAMILY CHILDCARE TRAINING DAY

FALL TRAINING

9/21/2012

8:30-9:00 Registration & Light Breakfast


9-10:45 Nicole Cormier RD, LDN, Nutritious Living

Special dietary needs, food allergies and sensitivities and basic nutrition


11-12:00 Diana Philips and EEC Licensor TBD, Department of Early Education and Care

Regulation reminders, health and safety, and Q& A Session


12-1:00 LUNCH


1-2:00 Ronna Schaffer, Associates for Human Services/EHS

Open Ended Art & Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum


2-3:30 Michael Thompson & Short-term stabilization unit rep., Department of Children & Families

Risk Factors, Child Abuse & Neglect, Mandated Reporting




Location: EEC Regional Office
1 Washington St. Suite 20, Mill River Place-Taunton

Register by email : s.borges@comfamcc.com

Or call (508) 880-3556 X 13


 


 






Wednesday, August 1, 2012

EEC TRAINING ACCESS

EEC TRAINING ACCESS & Professional Development Opportunities
ACCESSING THE EEC WEBSITE
STEP 1: go to www.eec.state.ma.us -This link will bring you to the State Education page.
STEP 2: Under the heading “Our Organization” find: Department of Early Education and Care (click on it)
OR follow this link to go directly to the site.
ACCESSING EEC TRAININGS
On the left side of the EEC Home page there is a section titled Key Resources, scroll down to find:

Five Rights to Medication Administration                        
Click on MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, this will link you to The Five Rights of Medication Administration Training or click here to access EEC’s Medication Training.
Oral Health
Click on Professional Training and scroll down to Licensing Regulations Resources. Scroll down the page and click on “Health, Safety, & Medication Administration Training”, find Oral Health and click on the link to view the power-point.
Go directly to the training by clicking here.

Transportation Safety Training
Click on Professional Training and scroll down to find the Transportation training or follow this link.

Nutrition Course
Go to www.nfsmi.org and click on On-Line Courses and select the Child Care tab. Scroll to the Free online course titled “Serving Adequate Foods in Childcare” and click on Register Now. (Note: you have to create and account/register before gaining access to the training.) This link will take you directly to the page.

Trainings listed below can be accessed by going to the EEC website and clicking on Professional Trainings listed under Key Resources.

Foundations of the MA QRIS                                                                                                                               As part of its expanding online learning options, Wheelock College has launched a new free online course designed for early childhood educators interesting in moving up levels in the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care’s new Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Developed by Wheelock College’s Aspire Institute with funding and support from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care and in collaboration with the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, this free course provides information about the purpose of QRIS, the levels of QRIS, and measurement tools for children and programs that are part of the system. The course is available in multiple languages at http://wheelock.educommons.net/courses.

 

 

Massachusetts Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers Course -The Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and the Institute for Education and Professional Development (IEPD) are excited to announce a new course on the Early Learning Guidelines for Infants Toddlers. The course, "Incorporating the MA Early Learning Guidelines for Infants Toddlers into your Program," will be posted on Open Course Ware by University of Massachusetts, Boston this summer. Educators to take the course for self-study, facilitated study to obtain (CEUs) or for college credit through Westfield State University. The self-study guide for each course provides you with an overview of the Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers course.

Self-Study Guide for the course
Distance Learning Study Guide

Zero to Three Training Modules

EEC and its partners from Department of Public Health, Head Start, Higher Education and the EEC Educator Provider Support (EPS) Grantees have just completed a four day statewide leadership training initiative for infant and toddler settings. The purpose of this training initiative is to build a solid foundation for early learning in infant and toddler settings and to create a statewide infant and toddler leadership network through regional collaborations. Regional networks are being formed through the EPS Grantees in the fall of 2011.
Three training modules created by the National Infant and Toddler Child Care Initiative @Zero to Three, a project of the Federal Child Care Bureau was used as the framework for this initiative.
Module 1: Relationships the Heart of Development and Learning
Module 2: Supporting Infant/Toddler Development, Screening, and Assessment
It is best to SAVE the file, on to your computer system, rather than Open it.
If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your system, a PowerPoint viewer is available at the following link. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823