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Professional Development Courses

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

Kindergarten Readiness: Approaches to Play for Preschoolers
facilitated

Kindergarten Readiness: Approaches to Play for Preschoolers

January 6 - 27, 2025

Play is one of the main ways in which children learn and develop. Caregivers and educators can have a major influence on the way children learn and interact with others by understanding the mechanics of how children learn through play.

Educator GradePreschool Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

Play on Purpose
in-person-trainings

Play on Purpose

Bring play into your infant and toddler classroom with this in-person training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Lego Learning
in-person-trainings

Lego Learning

Join us in exploring how to engage children in learning through Lego.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator

SubjectsChild Development | STEM

LocationOn-Site

Best Practices for Language Acquisition: Read, Write, Talk, Sing & Play
on-demand

Best Practices for Language Acquisition: Read, Write, Talk, Sing & Play

A growing body of research reveals just how important it is for infants and toddlers to be exposed to many forms of language including reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing starting at birth.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development | Reading

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 United
  • 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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