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TRAINING TOPIC INDEX

NYSOCFS REGULATION AREAS (OCFS)

  1. Principles of childhood development
  2. Nutrition and health needs of children
  3. Child day care program development
  4. Safety & security procedures, including communication between parents and staff
  5. Business record maintenance and management
  6. Child abuse and maltreatment identification and prevention
  7. Statutes and regulations pertaining to child day care
  8. Statutes and regulations pertaining to child abuse & maltreatment
  9. Shaken baby syndrome
  10. Adverse childhood experiences

CORE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE COMPETENCY AREAS (CBK)

  1. Child growth and development
  2. Family and community relationships
  3. Observation and assessment
  4. Environment and curriculum
  5. Health, safety and nutrition
  6. Professionalism and leadership
  7. Administration and management

NYS EARLY LEARNING GUIDELINES (ELG DOMAIN)

Domain 1 (D1): Approaches to learning

Domain 2 (D2): Physical well-being, health, and motor development

Domain 3 (D3): Social and emotional development

Domain 4 (D4): Communication, language, and literacy

Domain 5 (D5): Cognition development

CDA CONTEXT AREAS

  1. Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment

  2. Steps to advance children’s physical & intellectual development

  3. Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development

  4. Strategies to establish productive relationships with families

  5. Strategies to manage an effective program operation

  6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism

  7. Observing and recording children’s behavior

  8. Principles of child growth and development

SAC CREDENTIAL SKILL AREAS

  1. Professionalism

  2. Child development

  3. Safety

  4. Health

  5. Self

  6. Guidance

  7. Out of school environment

  8. Creative

  9. Physical

  10. Cognitive

  11. Communication

  12. Social

  13. Families

  14. Operational program management

QUALITYSTARSNY EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM STANDARDS

CENTER BASED:

CE1: Program administrative staff attends training on the Environment Rating Scales (ERS)

COA 8: All teaching staff receives annual training in child observation and assessment that include recognition of developmental milestones and identifying possible developmental delays and linking child observation and assessment to curriculum implementation.

CPI 6: All teaching staff receives annual training to implement the curriculum and supervision support is provided to staff to assist with curriculum implementation.

PH 6: Teaching or administrative staff attends training regarding implementation of the obesity prevention program.

FIS 10: Program staff is trained to address the needs of children whose home language is not English.

FAMILY CHILD CARE BASED:

HE 1: Provider attends training on the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale-R (FCCERS-R).

COA 6: Provider and any regular assistants have annual training(s) in child observation and assessment including recognition of developmental milestones, identifying possible developmental delays and linking child observation and assessment to curriculum implementation.

CPI 6: Provider and any assistants receive annual training to implement the curriculum.

PH 6: Provider attends training regarding implementation of the obesity prevention program.

FIS 9: Provider obtains training to address the needs of English language learners.

SUBSCALES AND ITEMS OF THE ECERS-3

Space and Furnishings

  1. Indoor space
  2. Furnishings for care, play, and learning
  3. Room arrangement for play and learning
  4. Space for privacy
  5. Child-related display
  6. Space for gross motor play
  7. Gross motor equipment

Personal Care Routines

  1. Meals/snacks
  2. Toileting/diapering
  3. Health practices
  4. Safety practices

Language and Literacy

  1. Helping children expand vocabulary
  2. Encouraging children to use language
  3. Staff use of books with children
  4. Encouraging children’s use of books
  5. Becoming familiar with print

Learning Activities

  1. Fine motor
  2. Art
  3. Music and movement
  4. Blocks
  5. Dramatic play
  6. Nature/science
  7. Math materials and activities
  8. Math in daily events
  9. Understanding written numbers
  10. Promoting acceptance of diversity
  11. Appropriate use of technology

Interaction

  1. Supervision of gross motor
  2. Individualized teaching and learning
  3. Staff-child interaction
  4. Peer interaction
  5. Discipline

Program Structure

  1. Transitions and waiting times
  2. Free play
  3. Whole-group activities for play and learning

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*For MAT, Red Cross, and Health and Safety, registrants that do not attend, and have not cancelled at least 1 week prior to the training date will be required to register and pay again.

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