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Professional Development Courses

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

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

Motions and Movement
in-person-trainings

Motions and Movement

Learn how preschoolers develop motor skills to make the connection between motions and movement.

Educator GradePreschool Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

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

Stepping Stones: Developmental Milestones from Ages 0-24 Months
in-person-trainings

Stepping Stones: Developmental Milestones from Ages 0-24 Months

This training covers the physical, emotional, and cognitive developmental milestones for infants and toddlers.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

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

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 tool during this in-person training.

Educator GradePreschool Educator

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Using Media in STEM (TEAMS Training Session #2)
facilitated

Using Media in STEM (TEAMS Training Session #2)

Oct 8, 2024 | 4 - 5:00 pm

Session#2 of the Virtual Professional Development Series: Creating and Consuming Media in your STEM Classroom. You can sign up for any number of sessions you wish-just one or all four.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator | 3-5 Educator | 6-8 Educator | 9-12 Educator

SubjectsMedia Literacy | STEM

LocationOnline | Zoom

Creating Media in STEM (TEAMS Training Session #3)
facilitated

Creating Media in STEM (TEAMS Training Session #3)

Nov 7, 2024 | 4 - 5:00 pm

Session#3 of the Virtual Professional Development Series: Creating and Consuming Media in your STEM Classroom. You can sign up for any number of sessions you wish-just one or all four.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator | 3-5 Educator | 6-8 Educator | 9-12 Educator

SubjectsMedia Literacy | STEM

LocationOnline | Zoom

Analyzing Media in STEM (TEAMS Training Session #4)
facilitated

Analyzing Media in STEM (TEAMS Training Session #4)

Dec 10, 2024 | 4 - 5:00 pm

Session#4 of the Virtual Professional Development Series: Creating and Consuming Media in your STEM Classroom. You can sign up for any number of sessions you wish-just one or all four.

Educator GradeK-2 Educator | 3-5 Educator | 6-8 Educator | 9-12 Educator

SubjectsMedia Literacy | STEM

LocationOnline | Zoom

Enrollment Opens December 9
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 | Zoom

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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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