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Professional Development Courses

Use the options to help narrow down your choices of workshops, facilitated courses, and special development events.

Keeping Infants Safe: Prevention of Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) & Shaken Baby Syndrome in the Child Care Setting - CCDF 2 & 6
on-demand

Keeping Infants Safe: Prevention of Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) & Shaken Baby Syndrome in the Child Care Setting - CCDF 2 & 6

In this 2-hour on-demand training, educators will learn rules and regulations to best provide a safe environment for infants to prevent SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome in the early childcare setting.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

LocationOnline

Curating a Positive Learning Environment
in-person-trainings

Curating a Positive Learning Environment

Classroom management can be challenging. Explore different methods and tool during this in-person training.

Educator GradePreschool Educator

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Essentials of High-Quality Early Care and Education
facilitated

Essentials of High-Quality Early Care and Education

November 4 - 25, 2024

This course was designed to provide early childhood education professionals with an overview of essential information for best practices in the early child care setting. Our 3-week course includes practical guidelines for providing a high-quality, safe and nurturing environment while promoting the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of young children. Upon completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate for 15 training hours.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator | K-2 Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

Time to Sign: Fostering Communication Skills
in-person-trainings

Time to Sign: Fostering Communication Skills

This training explores early language development and communication skills starting at birth. In this training, participants will learn the benefits of sign language and how to use sign language in the early childhood environment to support infants’ and toddlers’ communication skills.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development | Early Literacy | Early Communication

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Employee Retention: Building and Retaining a Healthy Working Environment - CCDF 18
on-demand

Employee Retention: Building and Retaining a Healthy Working Environment - CCDF 18

Whether you are new to owning a child care center or an experienced center director, managing a child care program is challenging. It requires a considerable amount of planning, foresight, and effort to create and maintain a high-quality program. In this training, we will use the latest research and management data to improve staff retention, enhance program culture, promote staff wellness, and elevate staff and leadership efficacy to make your child care program shine even brighter.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator

SubjectsCareer

LocationOnline

Building the Adults of Tomorrow: Supporting the Positive Development of School-Aged Children – CCDF 19
on-demand

Building the Adults of Tomorrow: Supporting the Positive Development of School-Aged Children – CCDF 19

In this 2-hour, on-demand course, early childhood educators will learn the developmental milestones of school-aged children.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

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APT EDUCATION SPONSORS

These educational programs and services of Alabama Public Television made possible by the generous support of the following contributors:

Community Events & Engagement
  • Books-A-Million, Young Heroes
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama, Be My Neighbor Day/Young Heroes
  • Brookmont Capital Management, Young Heroes
  • C. W. Daniel Charitable Trust, Young Heroes
  • Medical Properties Trust, Young Heroes
  • Fred Rogers Productions/PNC, Be My Neighbor Day
  • WNET-CPB, Sesame Street in Communities
General Support
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
  • Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
Learning Adventures
  • Alabama Bicentennial Commission
  • Alabama Humanities Foundation
    a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Alabama State Council on the Arts
    a state program of the National Endowment for the Arts
  • American Graduate
    a program of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Daniel Foundation of Alabama
  • Malone Family Foundation
  • Robert Meyer Foundation
  • Sybil Smith Foundation
  • Troy Univiersity
  • U.S. Space & Rocket Center
  • Wells Fargo Foundation
Media Library
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting, American Graduate
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting, American Graduate, Getting To Work
PBS Kids Programs
  • Alabama Department of Human Resources
  • Alabama Power Company
  • Books-A-Million
  • Children’s of Alabama
  • HEAL Alabama
  • Medical Properties Trust
  • U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Professional Development for Educators
  • Community Foundation of South Alabama, PBS KIDS EdCamp
  • Sybil Smith Foundation, PBS KIDS EdCamp
Workforce Development
  • CAWACO, Career Forward
  • Southeast Alabama Works, Career Forward

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