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
Throughout this course, we have included are links and videos. If you run into any broken links, feel free to contact us using the button at the bottom of every page.
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
In this session, learners will use low-tech and free options to create and share pictures with audio to enhance professional development. Participants will apply what they learn to create their own picture with audio.
Creating and producing digital content may not be what is native to you, but it will be to the workforce you are working with. High school students are increasingly graduating with the expectation that learning is interactive, on demand and tailored to meet their needs.
Digital media and content have come a long way. Tools and services are available now to make you (yes you!) the creator of digital content, to meet the needs of the consumer you are providing professional development services to.
In this course, you will explore one exciting type of media – photos with audio. These photos can be used similar to how you might use a video, only they are short (less than 90 seconds). Photos can be shared in a face to face setting, or online.
Outcomes:
Select appropriate pictures for sharing with other professionals
Understand the concept of using audio with photos
Create and share your own ideas via photos and audio
Target Audience: Trainers seeking a low-tech option for incorporating media into trainings
Credit Hours: 1 hour Adult Learning/How to Train Other Adults
