CCR Trainings for a Fee -

Summer 2008

• More trainings added all the time - check back soon! 

• ALL trainings meet State Licensing and CDA requirements.

 DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT TO REGISTER!  CCR will cancel classes with low enrollment.  

• Beyond the Basics in September - Kalamazoo 

• Guidance and Discipline in School Age Child Care None scheduled 

• Music & Movement in July - Kalamazoo

• Music with Susan Harrison in August - Kalamazoo

• Pretend and Build: Let's Have Fun! in July - Battle Creek OR in August - Berrien Springs

• Resilient Children in July - Kalamazoo & Van Buren

• Sticks and Stones: No Bullies Allowed in August - Battle Creek

• Stop, Look and Listen: Positive Guidance Works! in September - Battle Creek

• Science for Early Childhood Educators - none scheduled

• Working with Families in July in Kalamazoo

Guidance and Discipline in School-Age Child Care

Instructor: Rose Chandanais, MA, Mott Community College

• Assess the physical environment in the classroom in relation to positive and negative behaviors of children in care

• Plan a developmentally appropriate daily schedule

• Identify ways to build positive relationships with individual children

• Develop appropriate ways to create and enforce limits (rules)

• Cost:  Non-partners - $20   CCR Partners - $15  

• None Scheduled

Resilient Children

Instructor: Rose Chandanais, MA, Mott Community College

• Identify common stresses felt by children

• Identify protective factors and ways to develop them

• Plan strategies to develop positive relationships with children

• Plan strategies to assist children in managing emotions

• Cost: Non-partners - $20 CCR Partners - $15  

Paul Rheaume presents: Science 5-part series 

• NONE SCHEDULED

• Cost:  Non-partners - $25 per class         CCR Partners - $20 per class

Sticks and Stones: No Bullies Allowed!

Instructor: Toby Ward, foster parent, limited license social worker and certified K-12 Special Education teacher

• Bullying is common among children of all ages, but it shouldn’t be acceptable. Does your center or program have a solid and correctly marketed anti-bullying policy in place? This course will help you build your center’s anti-bullying policy from the ground up or help you to keep your existing policy current. Although this course is geared for school-age programs, the material presented can easily be adapted to younger ages.

  • Thursday, August 21

  • 6:30 - 9:00pm

  • Battle Creek, Little Friends Child Care

• Cost: Non-partners - $20   CCR Partners - $15  

• REGISTER

Pretend and Build: Let's Have Fun!

INSTRUCTORS: CCR's Therese Armstead or Ann Miller

Pretend Play - 2.5 hour training

• Benefits of Pretend Play

• Developmental stages of pretend play

• Enhancing pretend play

• Explore 3 aspects of pretend play: miniature life figures, kitchen/housekeeping area, themes

Blocks - 2.5 hour training

• What do children learn in block play

• Stages of block play

• How caregivers can construct children’s knowledge through block play

• How to extend learning through blocks

COST for each 2.5 hour Training:  $20 Non-Partners    $15 CCR Partners

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Take either or both of these 2.5 hour trainings at one of two locations  

Music & Movement for Preschoolers - 2 hour training

INSTRUCTOR: Ann DiJulio, CHUM Preschool

• Music and movement activities promote body
  awareness, coordination and brain  stimulation in preschoolers

• Gather some new ideas and expand on some
  old classics

• Ideas on how to make/buy simple props to accompany simple songs, fingerplays and Nursery Rhymes

• Come ready to participate in singing and FUN!

Tuesday, July 15

6:30 - 8:30pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

COST for 2 hour Training:   $20 Non-Partners    $15 CCR Partners

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Working with Families - 5 hour training

INSTRUCTORS: CCR's Therese Armstead or Ann Miller

• The importance of relationships. 

• How culture may affect Relationships. 

• Effective ways to work with families.

Monday, July 28 AND Wednesday, July 30

6:30pm - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

COST for 5 hour Training:   $40 Non-Partners     $30 CCR Partners

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Music with Susan Harrison - 10 hour training

INSTRUCTOR: Susan Harrison

1.0 CEU available for a fee - Must complete all 10 hours.

Take any or all of these 4 - 2.5 hour trainings!

Igniting the Creative Spirit - 2.5 hour

Tuesday August  5

6:30 - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

Improvin’ by Movin’ - 2.5 hour

Tuesday, August  12

6:30 - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

Easy Does it Songs that Teach - 2.5 hour

Tuesday, August  19

6:30 - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

Puppetry for Everyone - 2.5 hour

Tuesday, August  26

6:30 - 9:00pm

The Barn, Kalamazoo

COST for each 2.5 hour Training:   $20 Non-Partners    $15 CCR Partners

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Beyond the Basics - 10 hour training - Take any or all of these Four 2.5 hour trainings!

INSTRUCTORS: CCR's Therese Armstead or Ann Miller

There is NO Pre-Requisite for this training!

1.0 CEU available for a fee - Must complete all 10 hours.

Observations - 2.5 hour training

Monday, September 8

6:30 - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

• Understand the need to make written observations of children in care.

• Become familiar with several different forms of child observations/assessments

• Practice ways to make observations and learn how to use the information that is collected.

Creative Expression - 2.5 hour training

Monday, September 15

6:30 - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

• Become aware of different types of creative expressions

• Understand the need children have to express themselves

• Learn how to help foster creativity through open-ended, child directed activities

Literacy in Young Children - 2.5 hour training

Monday, September 22

6:30 - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

• Understand the stages of language development of children

• Become aware of ways to foster language development and promote literacy

• earn creative activities that promote language and literacy

Becoming an Advocate for Children - 2.5 hour

Monday, September 29

6:30 - 9:00pm

CCR, 3304 Mindi Lane, Kalamazoo

• Learn what it means to be an advocate for children

• Become familiar with the different ways to advocate

• Learn why advocacy is an important part of caring for children

COST for each 2.5 hour Training:  $20 Non-Partners    $15 CCR Partners

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Stop, Look and Listen: Positive Guidance Works! - 5 hr training

INSTRUCTORS: CCR's Therese Armstead or Ann Miller

• Identify reasonable and respectful consequences

• Understand the causes for inappropriate behavior

• Focus on Prevention, Focus on the Positive

Thursdays, September 18 AND September 25

6:30 - 9:00pm

Harper Creek Kids Center, Battle Creek

COST for 5 hour Training:    $40 Non-Partners   $30 CCR Partners

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