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Director Focused Training (Self-Paced)
Complaining is Draining: How to Effectively Manage Employees Who Complain
COK Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Early Childhood Program administrators will learn the common types of employee complaints and effective strategies for addressing each through this course. Participants will also learn strategies to change from a school culture of complaints to a more positive climate. This is a competent level training. The Pre-requisite for this class is at least one year of managerial experience in an early childhood program.
Conducting Performance Evaluations—2 Hours (Self-Paced)
COK Hours: 2 (Professionalism)
Through this workshop, participants will learn the purpose of a performance evaluation and how to effectively complete the process. Participants will also learn biases that are common to the evaluation process and how to avoid them. Finally, this course includes strategies for dealing with marginal performances and strategies for fairly distributing performance awards.
Considering Customer Service In Early Childhood Education (Self-Paced)
COK Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Good customer service can be the differentiator for your program. Through this course, early childhood administrators will learn the importance of good customer service and how to improve current customer service strategies. Additionally, participants will learn strategies for negative online reviews.
Developing An Effective Staff Recognition/Appreciation Plan (Self-Paced)
COK Hours: 3 (Professionalism)
Through this workshop, participants will learn the importance of implementing an effective staff recognition/ appreciation plan. An effective plan considers the unique needs of each employee and goes beyond monetary rewards. Prerequisite—Experience with managing and supervising early childhood staff.
Giving Employees Effective Feedback (Self-Paced)
COK Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Constructive Feedback is vital to employees' ongoing development. Feedback clarifies expectations, helps people learn from mistakes and builds confidence. Through this course, early childhood directors will learn the importance of FAST Feedback and effective delivery strategies.
Inspiring Employee Engagement and Peak Performance (Self-Paced)
(COK) Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Inspiring Employee Engagement and Peak Performance: Through this workshop, Program Directors will learn five strategies for inspiring employee engagement and peak performance. This is a competent level training Pre-requisites: Supervisory experience. Core Of Knowledge (COK) Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Leveraging the 7 Stages of Employee Lifecycle for Enhanced Employee Retention—2 Hours (Self-Paced)
CKO Hours: 2 Hours Professionalism
This workshop is designed for early childhood leaders seeking practical strategies to enhance employee retention and foster a positive workplace culture. Throughout the session, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of each stage in the employee lifecycle and learn how to leverage these stages for optimal employee engagement and longevity.
Sensitivity Training for Early Childhood Directors—8 Hours (Self Paced)
COK Hours: 8 (Professionalism)
Through this workshop, participants will learn about workplace discrimination, gender stereotyping, ageism, disability discrimination and religious discrimination. This course provides a good overview for newly hired directors.
Core Knowledge Hours: 8 (Professionalism)
Continuing Education Unites: .80
Learning Outcomes:
- Define sensitivity training.
- State the benefits of sensitivity training.
- State the consequences of unchecked stereotypes and biases in the workplace.
- Explain and identify strategies to combat workplace discrimination, gender stereotyping, ageism, disability discrimination and religious discrimination.
- Identify the elements of a HR policies.
- State steps in the complaint's investigation process.
Taking Control Of Worry And Fear (Self-Paced)
COK Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Understanding Our Two Most Unproductive Mental Cycles. Program directors will explore the mind’s relationship with worry and fear through this workshop and how to change habits to create a new mental cycle.
Teacher Well-Being & Program Quality: Ten Strategies for Reducing Teacher Stress (Self-Paced)
COK Hours: 2.5 (Health, Safety & Nutrition)
Teacher well-being considers stress, job-related exhaustion, and psychological load. Through this course, participants will learn how Teacher well-being affects overall program quality. Participants will also learn practical strategies for improving teacher well-being.
The Art of Delegation: A Guide To Delegating Tasks to Employees (Self-Paced)
(COK) Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
The Art of Delegation: A Guide To Delegating Tasks to Employees: Delegation is rooted in leadership and produces results through people. Early childhood managers will learn what, how, and to whom to delegate. This is a competent level training—pre-requisites: Experience managing early childhood educators. Core Of Knowledge (COK) Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
The Hiring Process: Developing Better Interview Questions (Self-Paced)
COK Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Through this workshop, participants will learn how to effectively develop interview questions. Well develop interview questions will help Directors to better differentiate candidates and hire more qualified employees. Core Of Knowledge (COK) Hours: 2.5 (Professionalism)
Time Management For Child Care Directors: Take Charge of Your Day—4 Hours (Self Paced)
COK Hours: 4 (Professionalism)
Having proper time management in place lets you work smarter rather than harder. Through this workshop, participants will learn strategies to improve time management.
Core Knowledge Hours: 4 (Professionalism)
Continuing Education Unites .40
Learning Outcomes:
1. Define Time Management.
2. State why time management is essential.
3. Identify strategies to improve time management.
Using Employee Onboarding As a Tool to Reduce Employee Turnover (Self-Paced)
(COK) Hours: 3 (Professionalism)
Using Employee Onboarding As a Tool to Reduce Employee Turnover: Employee turnover is very costly to an early childhood program. A good onboarding process can help employees to become more connected to the program and reduce the turnover rate. Through this workshop, Program Administrators will discuss the elements of an effective employee onboarding process. This is a proficient level training—prerequisites required—supervisory experience. Core of Knowledge Hours 3 (Professionalism)