Course Catalog

This course is a prerequisite for applying for a Kentucky Trainers Credential Levels 1-5 and specialty.

In this session, learners will gain a better understanding of what low-tech and free or low cost options are available to enhance professional development and increase retention.

PowerPoint is the most frequently used training aid, but often the most under-used. Understand the advanced features you've dared not tried but wish you knew how to use! Practice using these for creating not only effective but Powerful presentations.

In this three-hour course, learners will examine 4 tools you can use to develop and deliver online presentations. Learners will then be required to develop a presentation using each tool, as well as a final application activity.

Laugh to Learn is a module for ECE Credentialed Trainers only based on Training Aids from Beyond Fundamentals of Effective Training. It uses guided, online instruction and independent practice toward skill application. Upon completion of the Learning Log and development of a humorous training activity, certified trainers earn 3 clock hours of “how to train other adults.”

Putting FET to Work is an 7-hour online learning experience that helps you design a training plan on a topic of your choosing. Upon completion, you will have a new, custom training session that you can begin training on immediately.

In this course, trainers will explore best practice strategies and technologies for creating real handouts. Handouts that 1) complement your session and 2) create a powerful reference for session participants. Successful completion of this course will be the submission of an effective, powerful handout. Number of clock hours: 2 Cost: $20

In this online course, trainers will learn the importance of polling and assessment and will get a brief introduction to several types of polling and assessment tools that can be used in training sessions.

This 2.5 hour course serves as an introduction to the concepts of Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for professional development. In addition to introducing foundational concepts, this session offers participants examples of how to incorporate UDL into their practices, as well as “take-away” strategies and additional resources for further exploration.

Target Audience: Early Care and Education Trainers. Number of Hours: 2 Hours- How to Train Adults. This session will help trainers strengthen their skills in identifying participant needs and developing impactful training content that leads to desired behavior change. We will walk through a problem-based solution for developing content that incorporates the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes staff need to change practice. During this online training session, you will have the opportunity to follow a trainer through all steps of planning a training session.

This training session is designed for Kentucky Credentialed Trainers who are looking for best practice recommendations on how to develop online early care and education training sessions.  This training session assumes that the learner has basic knowledge on how to create training plans and computer skills. Successful completion of this course satisfies the Division of Child Care (DCC) regulatory requirement for cabinet approved online training development course for credentialed trainers who will be conducting online training or webinars.

When we think of engaging participants, we usually think of engaging them in activities. This session will focus on strategies for using Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) that allow all participants to demonstrate, at the same time, active participation and cognitive engagement in the topic being studied. Throughout this training session trainees will learn what TPT's are, how they can be used to support participation and engagement, and be provided tools to implement TPT's into future trainings. This training session includes active participation and requires satisfactory completion of an application activity in order to successfully complete the training. Audience: Early Care and Education Trainers 2 clock hours of ‘how to train other adults

This course is now available. Have you noticed an increase in providers utilizing on demand training? Have you been interested in building an on demand web-based training, but just not sure how to start? If you have been interested in learning more about the technical side of getting your first course online, this course will go beyond the basics you learned in Beyond Fundamentals: Introduction to Developing and Facilitating Online Training. In this first part of Building Your First Online Course, you will be given an overview of multiple course platforms, including Canvas and Wordpress.  We will take you through the process of planning, creating, launching, and maintaining your online course.   Participants will pick the platform they would like to focus on in Part 2. *Completion of FET 370 Beyond Fundamentals: Introduction to Developing and Facilitating Online Training is required before you can take this course. Audience: Early Care and Education Trainers 3 clock hours of ‘How to Train Other Adults'

Part 2 of Building Your First Online Course includes prework, postwork, and a 3 hour face to face training. We will explore in depth how to use WordPress to build an On Demand course platform. You'll make decisions about setting up your platform and accepting payments for courses. Setting up a course platform is required to complete the activities within this course. We will guide you through the process and share free and paid options you may choose for your course platform and LMS. During the face to face day, we'll help you with the installation and setup of your platform, and getting started with creating your course. By the end of Part 2, you will create, receive feedback on, and be ready to list your first On Demand course in ECE-TRIS. This registration is to attend the face to face portion of the training in Erlanger, Kentucky on Saturday, October 14th. We recommend you take only one version of the Part 2 course, so that you can focus your time and energy on mastering that platform. If you are wanting to create a course website or training business website for yourself, or in collaboration with other trainers, and you want to automatically accept payments and enroll users, we suggest Wordpress. If you want to offer courses to an internal audience, only offer online courses occasionally, and/or don't mind manually enrolling users and accepting payments, Canvas might be the better choice.  Inital costs for both options could be nearly free depending upon what choices you make. *Completion of FET 370 Beyond Fundamentals: Introduction to Developing and Facilitating Online Training and FET 380, Part 1 is required before you can take this course. Audience: Early Care and Education Trainers 6 clock hours of ‘How to Train Other Adults'

Part 2 of Building Your First Online Course includes prework, postwork, and a 3 hour face to face training. We will explore in depth how to use Canvas to build an On Demand course platform. You'll make decisions about setting up your platform and accepting payments for courses. During the face to face day, we'll help you with the installation and setup of your platform, and getting started with creating your course. By the end of Part 2, you will create, receive feedback on, and be ready to list your first On Demand course in ECE-TRIS. This registration is to attend the face to face portion of the training in Erlanger, Kentucky on Saturday, October 14th. We recommend you take only one version of the Part 2 course, so that you can focus your time and energy on mastering that platform. If you are wanting to create a course website or training business website for yourself, or in collaboration with other trainers, and you want to automatically accept payments and enroll users, we suggest Wordpress. If you want to offer courses to an internal audience, only offer online courses occasionally, and/or don't mind manually enrolling users and accepting payments, Canvas might be the better choice.  Inital costs for both options could be nearly free depending upon what choices you make. *Completion of FET 370 Beyond Fundamentals: Introduction to Developing and Facilitating Online Training and FET 380, Part 1 is required before you can take this course. Audience: Early Care and Education Trainers 6 clock hours of ‘How to Train Other Adults'

Trainer Connections Online Community is designed to be a living hub of information and collegial networking to support trainers in their ongoing journey to provide high quality training to ECE professionals.  Here you will find content, discussion boards and resources from Trainer Connections events held all across the state on various topics relevant to early childhood education and adult learning.  We hope that trainers will visit frequently and contribute often to make this a vibrant community of learners who support each other in a variety of ways.

This 17-hour course is designed to assist trainers in demonstrating competence in the implementation of principles, tips & techniques for training the adult learner. This course is currently being conducted online and has two required virtual sessions on 2/6 and 2/9. 2024. If you are enrolling in this course as a requirement for the Early Care and Education Trainers Credential, it is highly recommended to reach out to your Training Coach prior to registering. Your Training Coach can share detailed information about the application process and the required educational and work experience for the different credentials. To locate your Training Coach go to: https://www.childcareawareky.org/about-child-care-aware/coaches/

This 17-hour course is designed to assist trainers in demonstrating competence in the implementation of principles, tips & techniques for training the adult learner. This course has three modules that are completed online and one required face-to-face day on November 2nd in Louisville. If you are enrolling in this course as a requirement for the Early Care and Education Trainers Credential, it is highly recommended to reach out to your Training Coach prior to registering. Your Training Coach can share detailed information about the application process and the required educational and work experience for the different credentials. To locate your Training Coach go to: https://www.childcareawareky.org/about-child-care-aware/coaches/

This is a virtual training and you will receive an email with the Zoom link once you are registered. Pre-Requisite(s): Certificate of completion for ECOOL (Early Care Orientation On-Line) or verification of completing the 6-hr orientation face-to-face dated between October 2021 - October 2023. Once you complete the pre-requisite, please email the completion certificate to bambi.cliffe@uky.edu by October 17, 2023 . Registration for ECOOL can be found here: https://www.hdilearning.org/product/early-care-orientation-online-ecool-ld/  There is also a pre-assignment for this course that will be emailed to you on 10/11/2023 that will need to be completed before the training day. Details will be in the email. Please see event details and pay later options below. The coupon code (FCS2023) will also work to register for the ECOOL (ONLY FOR USE FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THIS ROUND OF INTRO TO ORIENTATION). NOTE: ECOOL has a $30 registration fee.