Institute of Excellence in Early Care & Education
We are educators of the early childhood workforce, whose teaching practices will make a difference in the success of children. We are trainers, advisors, educators, and mentors. We are experts in the field of early childhood education.
All courses will be offered via Live Online and are eligible for micro-credentialing.
Learn about our micro-credentialing initiative.
Awareness and Balance Micro-Credential Pathway
Course in English
If you feel bogged down by stress, this course can help. Through both mindfulness practices and expressive art activities, you will practice strengthening composure techniques, grounding yourself in the present moment, and offering yourself self-compassion. You will also make goals for self-care and keep a journal of your thoughts and feelings. This course also includes adapting these wellness concepts to your classroom at the child's level.
Dates: May 16 - June 13, 2023 | Contact Hours: 10
Required Textbooks: None
Curso en español
Si sientes que el estrés te paraliza, este curso te puede ayudar. A través de estrategias para lograr una conciencia plena del presente y actividades de arte, practicarás cómo desarrollar compasión propia y fortalecer tus técnicas de compostura de manera que vivas en el momento presente. También trazarás metas para el cuidado de tu propia persona y llevarás un diario de tus pensamientos y sentimientos. Este curso incluye también estrategias que te ayudarán a adaptar estos conceptos de bienestar mental y ponerlos al nivel de los niños de tu salón.
Fechas: May 30 - June 27, 2023 | Horas de contacto: 10
Libros de texto requeridos: None
Classroom Assessment Micro-Credential Pathway
Course in English
Classroom organization can affect your students’ behavior, productivity, and learning. Want to find out how you can manage your students’ attention, time, and behavior in the classroom? Check out this training for early childhood teachers, which aligns with the trusted CLASS Domain Classroom Organization.
Dates: June 28 - July 26, 2023 | Contact Hours: 10
Required Textbooks: None
Creativity Micro-Credential Pathway
Course in English
Nature provides the perfect opportunity to mix both art and science together to teach about the beauty and exploration of our planet. Take this course if you’re interested in incorporating STEAM activities related to the environment into your classroom.
Dates: May 16 - June 13, 2023 | Contact Hours: 12
Required Textbooks: None
Course in English
Nature provides the perfect opportunity to mix both art and science together to teach about the beauty and exploration of our planet. Take this course if you’re interested in incorporating STEAM activities related to the environment into your classroom.
Dates: May 25 - June 15, 2023 | Contact Hours: 12
Required Textbooks: None
Developing Self-Regulation Micro-Credential Pathway
Course in English
Are you ready to dive deeper into composure and assertiveness skills for both you and the children? In this course, you will immerse yourself in the safety chapters of Dr. Becky Bailey’s book Conscious Discipline®: Building Resilient Classrooms. By the end of the course, you will have a full toolbox of strategies and language to help the children in your care feel safe and ready to learn in the classroom.
Dates: June 14 - July 26, 2023 | Contact Hours: 15
Required Textbooks:
Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms; Author: Dr. Becky Bailey;
ISBN-13: 978-1-889609-48-5
Curso en español
¿Está listo para profundizar en las habilidades de autocontrol y asertividad tanto para usted como para los niños? En este curso, se sumergirá en los capítulos que tratan sobre la seguridad, del libro de la Dra. Becky Bailey "Disciplina consciente: Construyendo aulas Resilientes" (Conscious Discipline®: Building Resilient Classrooms). Al final del curso, podrá contar con un conjunto de estrategias cognitivas y de uso del lenguaje que le permitirán ayudar a los niños bajo su cuidado a sentirse seguros, y listos para aprender en el salón de clases.
Fechas: June 1 - July 13, 2023 | Horas de contacto: 15
Libros de texto requeridos:
Bailey, B. (2020). Conscious Discipline: Formando Aulas Reselientes. Loving Guidance, Inc.; ISBN #: 978-1889609904
Course in English
Are you struggling to see the best in the children in your classroom? Are you looking for ways to provide learning opportunities to help redirect their behaviors? Then, this course is for you. You will learn tools and strategies to help you creating ways to build children’s executive function skills to help them self-regulate, see from another’s point of view, pause before acting, choose a helpful response, and set and achieve goals to be successful in school and life.
Dates: May 23 - June 13, 2023 | Contact Hours: 10
Required Textbooks:
Title: Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms.
Author: Dr. Becky Bailey
Publishing Company: Loving Guidance, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-889609-48-5
Title: Sophie’s™ Big Voice.
Author: Dr. Becky Bailey
Publishing Company: Loving Guidance, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-889609-55-3
Curso en español
¿Le cuesta percibir la capacidad y competencia de los niños de su clase? ¿Lucha por ver lo mejor de ellos? ¿Está buscando estrategias para proporcionar oportunidades de aprendizaje para ayudar a redirigir el compotamiento de sus niños? Entonces, este curso es para usted ya que le proporcionará herramientas y estrategias creativas que lo/la ayudarán a usted a fomentar el desarrollo de las habilidades de función ejecutiva de sus niños. Como consecuencia, los niños tendrán la capacidad de autorregularse, tomar el punto de vista del otro, hacer una pausa antes de actuar, elegir una respuesta útil y favorable, y proponerse y alcanzar metas para ser exitosos en la escuela, y en su vida.
Fechas: June 27 - July 25, 2023 | Horas de contacto: 10
Libros de texto requeridos:
Title: Conscious Discipline: Formando Aulas Resilientes.
Author: Dr. Becky Bailey
Publishing Company: Loving Guidance, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1889609904
Title: Sophie usa su GRAN Voz.
Author: Dr. Becky Bailey
Publishing Company: Loving Guidance, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1889609713
English Language Acquisition for Adults Micro-Credential Pathway
Course in English
This hybrid course is the sixth and final ESOL training in preparation for taking a course in English for Academic Purposes. This course focuses on reviewing grammar concepts taught in previous courses. Students will attend live 30-minute interactive lessons. This course supports concepts covered in HEO0272, HEO0282, HEO0288, HEO0289, and HEO0159.
Dates: May 30 - June 27, 2023 | Contact Hours: 5
Required Textbooks: None
** ON HOLD **
Link will be posted when registration is available.
Curso en español
Este curso híbrido es el sexto y último entrenamiento de ESOL que le ayudara a estar preparada a tomar cursos de inglés con fines académicos. Este entrenamiento se centra en la revisión de conceptos gramaticales impartidos en cursos anteriores. Los estudiantes asistirán a clases interactivas en vivo de 30 minutos usando Adobe Connect, el cual se puede acceder en cualquier lugar con Wi-Fi. Este entrenamiento apoya conceptos que aprendió en HEO0272, HEO0282, HEO0288, HEO0289 y HEO0159.
Fechas: May 30 - June 27, 2023 | Horas de contacto: 5
Libros de texto requeridos: None
** ON HOLD **
Link will be posted when registration is available.
Leadership Reflection Micro-Credential Pathway
Course in English
As a center leader, you know the importance of reflection in education. Take this course and walk away with a toolbox of reflection strategies that will help you communicate effectively, make decisions, and apply best practices in education.
Dates: July 10 - July 31, 2023 | Contact Hours: 6
Required Textbooks:
Title: Reflecting in Communities of Practice
Author: Lebo, Debbie, Curtis, Deb, Cividanes, Wendy C. M., Carter, Margie
ISBN: 978-1605541488
Problem-Solving Micro-Credential Pathway
Curso en español
Todo comportamiento es una forma de comunicación. Con este curso usted aprenderá a interpretar lo que los niños le están tratando de decir. Usted se sumergirá profundamente en los comportamientos desafiantes, aprenderá a crear un espacio seguro para los niños, identificará adecuadamente los comportamientos de los niños, observará y monitoreara información sobre el comportamiento desafiante y aprenderá en el trayecto otras maneras de manejar el comportamiento de los niños.
Fechas: May 22 - July 10, 2023 | Horas de contacto: 12
Libros de texto requeridos: None
Course in English
Could the children in your class use a lesson or two on topics like sharing, making friends, identifying and sharing emotions, and problem-solving through conflict? If so, this is the course for you! Take this course to get developmentally appropriate ideas to help you teach these skills to the children in your care. This course uses behavior management strategies from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning at Vanderbilt University.
Dates: June 21 - July 19, 2023 | Contact Hours: 10
Required Textbooks: None
Course in English
Success in learning requires children to be at the center of the experience. Children engaging in experimentation through the Scientific Method is beneficial in learning about the world around them. Take this training if you’re interested in incorporating activities that support STEAM and the Scientific Method in your classroom. This training aligns with CLASS Domain Instructional Support and GOLD Assessment.
Dates: July 11 - August 1, 2023 | Contact Hours: 12
Required Textbooks: None
Curso en español
Este entrenamiento de STEAM incorpora matemáticas y tecnología y está diseñado para maestros de niños preescolares. Este entrenamiento desarrollará habilidades y conocimientos que permitirán a los maestros mejorar el pensamiento computacional de los niños y las habilidades de resolución de problemas que involucran pasos, direcciones y patrones. ¡Los maestros también practicarán como utilizar un Bee-Bot, un robot programable, que fomenta en aprendizaje básico de codificación y las habilidades mentales de orden superior!
Fechas: July 17 - July 24, 2023 | Horas de contacto: 5
Libros de texto requeridos: None
