Training & Events Calendar
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May 2024
Monday, May 13, 2024 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Emergency Preparedness for Child Care Programs
Class full booked.
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Thanks to funding provided by the Maryland State Department of Education, the registration fee for this event is only $5. Develop a comprehensive plan to follow when a disaster occurs. Natural disasters, medical emergencies, technological hazards, and family and community concerns (disgruntled parents, missing children, pandemic flu) will be covered....
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Thursday, May 16, 2024
Holistic Life Foundation: Secondary Trauma and Self Care
$5.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$5 Virtual Training A 2-part training designed to help early childhood professionals understand what secondary trauma is, how it effects them, as well as ways to prevent it and heal from it. Learning yoga, mindfulness, and other fun self-care practices to help prevent burnout and compassion fatigue, and serve from...
Monday, May 20, 2024
Build Your Perfect Emergency Plan
$0.00
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Build Your Perfect Plan coaching sessions will provide additional resources, mentoring and strategies to support Emergency and Disaster Preparedness plan development in a group setting. These sessions are free and open to all providers around the state, regardless of where or when they attended Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training. Join...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Introduction to Maryland Credentialing
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Want to find out more about credentialing? Join us in this workshop from MSDE to learn about the benefits of participating and the specifics of what you need to do. Core of Knowledge Area: Professionalism (2 hours) Tuesday, May 21, 2024 6:30pm-8:30pm ***THIS TRAINING IS AN ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT*** You...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Parent Workshop -Creating Mindful Moments with Children: How to Implement Mindfulness in Your Home and Daily Routines
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us for a workshop where we'll explore the benefits of mindfulness for both kids and adults. Together, we'll delve into various ways to incorporate mindfulness into your family life, strengthen your bond with your child, and enhance self-regulation skills. Get ready to practice breath work and learn different meditation...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Center Aide Orientation
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
NEWLY REVISED! This workshop satisfies the regulatory requirement for child care center aides. Participants will review professionalism, the basic of supervisions, and interacting with families Core of Knowledge Area: Professionalism (2 hours) ***THIS TRAINING IS AN ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT*** You will receive an email with the webinar, handouts, and Zoom...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Outdoor Learning Opportunities: Bringing the Classroom Outdoors
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Throughout this advanced training, participants will discuss in depth the importance of outdoor play for young children. Through large and small group discussion, pictures, and descriptive outdoor play scenarios, participants will be exposed to many innovative ideas to bring the indoor classroom environment outdoors, including such ideas as dramatic arts,...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Surviving Summer with School Agers
$0.00 - $35.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
This course is designed for child care providers who work with school-agers, aged 5-8 years. Topics and activities will focus on social emotional development and self-esteem, peer relationships, gross and fine motor development, cognitive development and language development, all while having fun! Themes and activities can be altered to ensure...
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act
$0.00 - $35.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the requirements for ADA and inclusionary practices. Participants will leave with a better understanding of best practices and available resources. This training will meet the 3 hour training requirement for MSDE. Core of Knowledge Area: Special Needs (3 hours) ***THIS TRAINING...
Jun 2024
Tuesday, June 04, 2024 - Thursday, June 06, 2024
Emergency Preparedness for Child Care Programs
$0.00 - $5.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Thanks to funding provided by the Maryland State Department of Education, the registration fee for this event is only $5. Develop a comprehensive plan to follow when a disaster occurs. Natural disasters, medical emergencies, technological hazards, and family and community concerns (disgruntled parents, missing children, pandemic flu) will be covered....
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Build Your Perfect Emergency Plan
$0.00
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Build Your Perfect Plan coaching sessions will provide additional resources, mentoring and strategies to support Emergency and Disaster Preparedness plan development in a group setting. These sessions are free and open to all providers around the state, regardless of where or when they attended Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training. Join...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Understanding and Celebrating Individual Differences in Development
$0.00 - $10.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$10 Tuesday! During this training, providers will work to understand individual differences in development among all children to better understand how to meet the children’s needs. Providers will rethink and reframe children’s challenging behaviors as unique traits relating to the child in order to find ways to meet their needs...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act
$0.00 - $35.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Newly Revised! This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the requirements for ADA and inclusionary practices. Participants will leave with a better understanding of best practices and available resources. This training will meet the 3 hour training requirement for MSDE. Core of Knowledge Area: Special Needs (3 hours)...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Parent Workshop – Shopping with Kids
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Shopping with children often ends in tears and frustration but it doesn't have to. Join us for strategies to make shopping a much more enjoyable expereince for everyone. Please note: This workshop is for parents and other caregivers such as grandparents and foster parents. It is not a childcare training...
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Medication Administration
$70.00
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
This MSDE-designed workshop will teach providers what they need to know when administering medication to children. Learn how to give oral, topical, inhaled, and emergency medicines to infants and children; how to keep accurate records; regulations for hygiene, safety, and measurement. This class fulfills the MSDE/OCC requirement for child care...
Towson Branch- Baltimore Public Library320 York RoadTowson, MD 21204
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
So What Are PAUs and How Do I Get Them?
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Participation in activities that contribute to professional growth and career development are important to maintain a high level of professionalism. In this workshop we will look at professional activities and how they can be applied to the MD Child Care Credentialing program. Core of Knowledge Area: Community (2 hours) ***THIS...
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Ask the Expert- Community Resources for Emergency Preparedness
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Project ACT will hold regular Q & A sessions with guest presenters to explore a variety of aspects of emergency and disaster preparedness. Participants will receive one Continued Training hour in Health, Safety and Nutrition. You will also be entered to win a kit filled with necessities! Our guest speaker...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Maslow was Right: Applying Educational Theory to Supporting Teachers and Directors
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
As educators, we may feel confident in the common sense approach of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and how it effects the needs and abilities of children in our classroom. But what can Maslow say to us about grown up needs? In a field where retention and satisfaction can be challenging,...
Jul 2024
Monday, July 01, 2024 - Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Emergency Preparedness for Child Care Programs
$0.00 - $5.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Thanks to funding provided by the Maryland State Department of Education, the registration fee for this event is only $5. Develop a comprehensive plan to follow when a disaster occurs. Natural disasters, medical emergencies, technological hazards, and family and community concerns (disgruntled parents, missing children, pandemic flu) will be covered....
Monday, July 08, 2024
Build Your Perfect Emergency Plan
$0.00
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Build Your Perfect Plan coaching sessions will provide additional resources, mentoring and strategies to support Emergency and Disaster Preparedness plan development in a group setting. These sessions are free and open to all providers around the state, regardless of where or when they attended Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training. Join...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
Growing Vegetable Soup: Connection Children to Healthy Foods
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Many young children do not know where the food they eat comes from – this workshop explores ways to connect children to healthy foods, discovering where their food comes from and ways in which they can interact with food in the classroom and outdoor spaces as well as beyond the...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act
$0.00 - $35.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the requirements for ADA and inclusionary practices. Participants will leave with a better understanding of best practices and available resources. This training will meet the 3 hour training requirement for MSDE. Core of Knowledge Area: Special Needs (3 hours) ***THIS TRAINING...
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Introduction to Maryland Credentialing
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Want to find out more about credentialing? Join us in this workshop from MSDE to learn about the benefits of participating and the specifics of what you need to do. Core of Knowledge Area: Professionalism (2 hours) Thursday, July 18, 2024 6:30pm-8:30pm ***THIS TRAINING IS AN ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT*** You...
Monday, July 22, 2024
SIDS, SUID and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths
$0.00 - $30.00
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
As infant and toddler caregivers, it is important to understand SIDS and sleep-related deaths, including the many strategies which can be implemented to reduce the risk of sleep-related death. Participants will review what is SIDS and sleep-related death, review recent research and statistics, gain greater understanding of the role child...
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Using Visual Supports to Create Inclusive Environments
$0.00 - $35.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
During this training workshop participants will learn what visual supports are as well as how visual supports can be utilized in their classrooms to support an inclusive environment. This training workshop will discuss various benefits and the importance of utilizing visual supports in their classroom setting in efforts to assist...