Kentucky All STARS is Kentucky’s five-star quality rating and improvement system for early care and education programs. The purpose of All STARS is to increase quality in child care, Head Start, and public preschool. Throughout this training you will be introduced to the Kentucky All STARS, STARS Levels, and STARS domains and standards. This training is intended to help you learn how to achieve your desired All STARS rating.
Course Details
Target Audience
Site-level directors or managers who have knowledge about the day-to-day operations of the facility
Learning Environment
Infant Toddler Preschool School Age
Training Level
1
Core Content Subject Area
Program Management and Evaluation.
Core Content Competency
Assist with program evaluation by providing input.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This course is informational and no credit hours are awarded for completion of this training.
This one-hour training module is intended to help professionals engage children in meaningful play experiences. This course will offer evidence-based information and short vignettes to demonstrate intentional teaching strategies when engaging young children in play.
Core Content: Learning environment and curriculum (Level 1)
CDA Subject Area: Planning a safe and healthy learning environment
1 credit hour, upon successful completion, of course, a certificate will be available. Your ECE-TRIS training record will be updated within 10 working days of completion.
Kentucky All STARS: Introduction to the Environment Rating Scales (ERS) is a course designed for all those caring for young children. It looks at the foundation of the ERS, how the different ERS scales are set up into Subscales, Items, and Indicators. It introduces you to the other resources available to you as you observe and score the ERS. Scenarios are included which allow you to practice scoring on some of the items that are part of the ERS.
We strongly recommend you have access to the Environmental Rating Scales books before starting this course.
Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Understand how the Environment Rating Scales (ERS) are set up into Subscales, Items, and Indicators.
Identify resources to help you better understand and score the ERS.
Demonstrate how to score the ERS so that you may complete an ERS Self-Assessment to assist with your All STARS rating.
Target Audience: Childcare providers, especially those who are working toward an All STARS rating.
Course will take approximately 3 (three) hours to complete
Upon successful completion participants will be awarded 3 early care and education clock hours
Audience: Early Care and Education Professionals
Course Description
External transition is described as the temporary or permanent relocation of a child from one child care setting to another. External transitions may be voluntary, such as when a parent chooses to move a child to a different program because of a change of residence. These transitions may be involuntary when a child is removed from a child care setting as a result of suspension, expulsion, or the child being removed from a program because of intervention from an agency. This third part of the three part course will explore the potential impact external transition may have on the family and on child care centers. This module uses examples and ideas to explain how to work with children showing challenging behavior.
Course Facilitator
Sally Dannenberg
Research and Development Associate sally.dannenberg@uky.edu
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Important Information!
This course requires satisfactory completion of an application activity prior to course being fully complete. All application activities can take up to 3 business days to review. The completion date for the course is the date that the application activity AND all course lessons are completed. Once you have completed the course fully, you will have the ability to print or save a certificate with the completion date and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.
If you are approaching your credential expiration, it is recommended to have all coursework completed and submitted with your renewal application 30 days prior to your expiration. This allows ample time for course feedback and resubmissions of assignments is necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.
This one hour training module is intended to help professionals engage children in meaningful play experiences. This course will offer evidence-based information and short vignettes to demonstrate intentional teaching strategies when engaging young children in play.
Core Content: Learning environment and curriculum (Level 1) CDA Subject Area: Planning a safe and healthy learning environment
One credit hour, upon successful completion of course a certificate will be available. Your ECE-TRIS training record will be updated within 10 working days of completion.
In this course, you will encounter the following types of activities
? Check Your Knowledge: A graded quiz to check your understanding of the topic(s) covered. Check Your Knowledge quizzes are complete when 80% of the questions are answered correctly. You may take the Check Your Knowledge quizzes multiple times until 80% is achieved.
? Embedded Videos: Throughout the course there are videos from various YouTube channels. These videos must be viewed in its entiretybefore moving on. If you encounter a problem with a video please email patti.naber@uky.edu and include the name of the video or topic you are having trouble with.
In this three-hour online training, administrators will learn how to create video clips and talking pictures that can be used to: 1) demonstrate best practices; 2) strengthen effectiveness of classroom observation and staff coaching; and 3) expand opportunities to document children’s learning and share with families.
Hours: 3, approved for early care and education, child care licensing renewal
Target Audience: Early Care and Education Directors
Content developed by: Nicki Patton, Early Childhood Consultant and Patti Singleton, Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by: Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care
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Beyond Fundamentals Tech for Trainers: Presenting Beyond PowerPoint (3 hours)
This training will be retiring and will no longer be available for purchase after May 17, 2024. If you are currently enrolled in the course, all components must be completed by May 31, 2024, for credit to be issued.
Course Description:
In this three-hour course, learners will examine 4 tools you can use to develop and deliver online presentations: Haiku Deck, Prezi, Google Slides, and SlideShare.
Much of the work in this course will be done on your own. Throughout the course, you will be introduced to four (4) new online presentation tools. After each introduction, you will then complete an application activity using the tool and create a presentation. These application activities are meant for you to explore each program to understand its features. As a final application activity, you will be asked to write a review and include what you liked and did not like.
Each section will also include a practical application activity using the tool and learners will also complete a final course application activity.
All application activities MUST be completed satisfactorily in order to complete the course.
Target Audience: Kentucky Early Care and Education Credentialed Trainers
This course requires satisfactory completion of 5 application activities prior to the course being fully complete, which will be reviewed by the course facilitator within 3 business days of submission. The completion date for the course is the date that all components have been satisfactorily completed. Once you have completed the course you will have the ability to print a certificate with the completion date and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.
If you are approaching your credential expiration, it is recommended to have all coursework completed and submitted with your renewal application 30 days prior to your expiration. This allows ample time for course feedback and resubmissions of assignments if necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.
This training will be retiring and will no longer be available for purchase after May 17, 2024. If you are currently enrolled in the course, all components must be completed by May 31, 2024, for credit to be issued.
Incorporating Low-Tech and Easy Videos in your Professional Development
In this training, learners will better understand what low-tech and free or low-cost options are available to enhance professional development and increase retention.
You will have the opportunity to create your own video that you can use in your professional development. It is important to note that these outcomes do not include instructions on how to develop video but rather how video can be used. Due to the variation in the resources you have available (smartphone, video camera, webcam, etc.) and the pace at which technology changes, we will instead be providing resources to help you understand how you can use video and how you can create your own videos.
Course Details
Target Audience
Trainer/Potential Trainer
How to Train Other Adults Hours
1
Important Information
This course requires satisfactory completion of an application activity before the training is fully complete. All application activities can take up to 3 business days to review. The completion date for the training is the date that all components have been satisfactorily completed. Once completed satisfactorily, you will have the ability to print a certificate with the completion date, and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.
If you are approaching your credential expiration, it is recommended to have all coursework completed and submitted with your renewal application 30 days before your expiration. This allows ample time for course feedback, and resubmissions of assignments if necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.
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Training Outcomes
Cite at least three ways to enhance professional development with video.
Create a live streaming and/or on-demand video for use in professional development.
Workplace Outcome
Trainers will utilize live-stream or on-demand videos to enhance their Professional Development courses.
Important Information!
This course requires satisfactory completion of an application activity prior to the course being fully complete. All application activities can take up to 3 business days to review. The completion date for the course is the date that all course components have been satisfactorily completed. Once completed satisfactorily you will have the ability to print a certificate with the completion date and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.
If you are approaching your credential expiration, it is recommended to have all coursework completed and submitted with your renewal application 30 days prior to your expiration. This allows ample time for course feedback and resubmissions of assignments is necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.
In this course, you will explore several functions of PowerPoint. Some of them you may already know, others might be a refresher and we hope that you learn a few additional that you can use to either edit an existing or create a new PowerPoint presentation. 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.
Target Audience: Trainers who wish to expand their knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, and more effectively use media to enhance presentations.
Credit Hours: 3 hours Adult Learning/How to Train Other Adults
