August 7, 2010

ORIENTATION

CDA 1, 8

$45

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

For: New staff

Training Level 1

Trainer:

Linda Bratton

Location:

Strathmoor Presbyterian Church, 2201 Hawthorne Ave, across from Assumption HS, Louisville

KY Curriculum as mandated for new staff by KRS.199.894

August 7, 2010

Supporting Emerging Literacy

CDA 1, 8

$20

9:00 AM – Noon

For: Ages 0 – 5 years

Training Level 3

Trainer:

Gale Barnes

Location:

Country Inn & Suites, I-64 & Blankenbaker Pkwy, Exit 17, approx. 1 ½ miles from Gene Snyder Freeway, Louisville

This workshop provides a background on how language develops and how the foundations for literacy are laid in these early years. Activities will focus on recommended practices that support early literacy. You will take home visual activities that are part of the newly learned finger plays.

August 7, 2010

Creating Spaces for Young Children

CDA 4

$20

1 – 4 PM

For: All ages

Training Level 3

Trainer:

Amy Vandever

Location:

Country Inn & Suites, I-64 & Blankenbaker Pkwy, Exit 17, approx. 1 ½ miles from Gene Snyder Freeway, Louisville

Explore ways to take your classroom environments to the next level and increase the learning experiences for children. . .bringing it all together to make a place for exploration and play!

August 14, 2010

ECERS-R  101 (#1 of Series – a prerequisite to 201 and 202)An Intro to the EC Environmental Rating Scale

CDA 4

$45

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

For: Ages 2 ½  - 5 years/ D/ AD

Level 3

Trainer:

Nicki Patton Rowe

Location:

Country Inn & Suites, I-64 & Blankenbaker Pkwy, Exit 17, approx. 1 ½ miles from Gene Snyder Freeway, Louisville

Are you interested in improving classroom quality in your program? This session is the first in a series of 3 workshops designed to introduce staff to the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (revised) and to help staff develop a basic understanding of the tool. During this session participants will learn:  ºIndicators of high quality EC education  ºHow to read and score the ECERS-R  and  ºStrategies for improving score.

August 21, 2010
OLDHAM CO

Do You Hear What I Hear? Communication Basics

CDA 6

$20

9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

For: All staff/ D/ AD

Level 3

Trainer:

Telly Sellars, Ed.D.

Location:

Oldham County Public Library,
308 Yager Ave, LaGrange KY

Participants will explore communication basics and develop effective strategies for improving communication. Concepts such as non-verbal, effective listening, and multi-cultural communication will be discussed.

August 21, 2010
OLDHAM CO

Leadership Fundamentals: Critical Thinking

CDA 6

$20

1 – 4 PM

For: All staff/ D/ AD

Training Level 3

Trainer:

Telly Sellars, Ed.D.

Location:

Oldham County Public Library,
308 Yager Ave, LaGrange KY

“Critical thinking is best understood as the ability to take charge of their own thinking” (www.accd.edu). This workshop will discuss concepts such as Rationale, Self-Awareness, Honesty, and Open-mindedness.

August 28, 2010

Linking Sensory Processing and Learning

CDA 7, 8

$45

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

For: Ages 3 – 5 yr/ SA/ D/ AD

Training Level 4

Trainer:

Karole Doran, OTR/L

Location:

Country Inn & Suites, I-64 & Blankenbaker Pkwy, Exit 17, approx. 1 ½ miles from Gene Snyder Freeway, Louisville

This experiential, interactive workshop will begin with brief review of sensory systems, relation to motor skills and learning and sensory processing dysfunctions. Focus will be on using specific strategies (including music, brain-gym, developmental motor, oral-motor, visual-perceptual-motor and fine motor) to facilitate learning and self-regulation. Questions welcome.