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Professional Development Courses

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Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect in Early Child Care
in-person-trainings

Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect in Early Child Care

In this workshop, we will examine the roles and responsibilities of childcare providers in preventing, recognizing, reporting, and responding to child abuse and neglect within the early child care setting.

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

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

APTs Summer and After School Learning Kit (SASL)
in-person-trainings

APT's Summer and After School Learning Kit (SASL)

Alabama Public Television offers this 2-hour interactive hands-on workshop that introduces participants to the Summer and Afterschool Learning Kit, an educational kit geared towards summer and afterschool professionals who work with children ages 4-8.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator

SubjectsReading | STEM | Summer Retention

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Right on Time: Healthy Routines for the Early Childhood Classroom
in-person-trainings

Right on Time: Healthy Routines for the Early Childhood Classroom

How do you create an effective teaching and learning routine in the classroom? Sign up for this in-person early childhood training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site

Moving and Grooving: Fine and Gross Motor Skills for Infants and Toddlers
in-person-trainings

Moving and Grooving: Fine and Gross Motor Skills for Infants and Toddlers

What does "fine motor skills" mean, and how do caregivers build those strengths? Sign up and learn in this in-person training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Bridging the Gap: Family Engagement
in-person-trainings

Bridging the Gap: Family Engagement

Let's learn how to connect and enhance our relationships with families during this in-person training.

Educator GradePreschool Educator

SubjectsChild Development | Early Communication

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Marvelous Mysteries: Fostering Critical Thinking in Young Children
in-person-trainings

Marvelous Mysteries: Fostering Critical Thinking in Young Children

Discover how to implement activities that foster children’s critical thinking skills during this in-person-only training.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator

SubjectsSTEM

LocationOn-Site

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

Curating a Positive Learning Environment
in-person-trainings

Curating a Positive Learning Environment

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

Educator GradePreschool Educator

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

The Great Math Detectives
in-person-trainings

The Great Math Detectives

Explore engaging ways to help children apply math skills to their daily lives during this in-person-only training.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator

SubjectsSTEM

LocationOn-Site

Baby BootCamp
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Baby BootCamp

Learn the importance of early brain development and simple ways to strengthen those connections.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

You, Me and Community
in-person-trainings

You, Me and Community

Let’s learn how to be a positive member of our community!

Educator GradePreschool Educator

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Read to Me! And Read to Me Again!
in-person-trainings

Read to Me! And Read to Me Again!

Build foundational early literacy skills and promote a love for reading in infants and toddlers!

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsEarly Literacy | Reading

LocationOn-Site

Letter by Letter, Page by Page
in-person-trainings

Letter by Letter, Page by Page

Support letter recognition and promote early literacy skills in preschoolers with PBS KIDS show Super Why!

Educator GradePreschool Educator

SubjectsEarly Literacy | Reading

LocationOn-Site

ScratchJr. Adventures
in-person-trainings

ScratchJr. Adventures

Introduce school-aged children to basic coding skills with PBS KIDS ScratchJr.!

Educator GradeK-2 Educator

SubjectsSTEM

LocationOn-Site

Colorful Creation
in-person-trainings

Colorful Creation

This training is geared towards Infant and Toddler Providers/Teachers.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator

SubjectsChild Development | Early Communication

LocationOn-Site

Math: Count Me In!
in-person-trainings

Math: Count Me In!

This training is geared toward Preschool Providers/Teachers.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator

SubjectsSTEM

LocationOn-Site

Making Connections
in-person-trainings

Making Connections

This training is designed to build family connections in the infant and toddler classroom.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development | Early Communication

LocationOn-Site

Leadership and Teamwork
in-person-trainings

Leadership and Teamwork

This collaborative training is designed to strengthen leadership skills and foster effective teamwork.

Educator GradePreschool Educator

SubjectsCareer

LocationOn-Site

Learning Through Action
in-person-trainings

Learning Through Action

What is active learning? This 2-hour training will teach what this means and how to incorporate it into their daily classroom experiences.

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

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site

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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 University
  • 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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