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April 2015 Trainings
ExceleRate Illinois Training
April 2 – Decatur - Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) Module 4, Session 1: Harmonizing Cultural Diversity for Sensitive Infant Care
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm  Wee Folk II  1170 E Orchard
Presenter: Barb Schuldt, Infant/Toddler Specialist
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 3, 4, 5, 6  $3.00/session or $12.00 for Module 4 (Make check payable
to: University of Illinois)
April 2 – Urbana - School-Age & Youth Develop.t Credential (SAYD) Level 1 Building Relationships w/ Children & Youth Module7, Tier 3
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  Leal School  312 W. Oregon  NO WALK-INS
Presenter: Sandy Davin, Director, Before & After School Programs, Urbana School District #116
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  3 Training Hours  CDA 3, 6  FREE
April 2 – Mahomet - Respectfully Speaking to Children
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  Mahomet Public Library  1702 E. Oak St. (Mahomet Area Child Care Association)
Caregivers show respect to children when they respect their feelings, opinions, privacy, temperament, body, and personal space. All of
these are included in respectfully speaking to others! This training explores the way caregivers can learn to respectfully speak to children.
Presented by: Tanya Blackshear, Early Childhood Consultant
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 3  FREE
April 6 – Urbana - ECE Credential Level 1Module 8A, Tier 3: Preschool Development: Social Emotional Development
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  108 Bevier Hall  905 S. Goodwin Avenue  NO WALK-INS
As children approach preschool age, their needs begin to change. This is the first of our four classes designed to better understand
children as they approach school-age. You’ll identify characteristics of social and emotional development and learn techniques for
promoting appropriate and effective discipline for preschool children. Presenter: Cathy Bolser, Early Childhood Consultant
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  3 Training Hours  CDA 3  FREE
April 7 – Danville - Recognition Event: Pins and Planning
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  DACC  Copper Penny Room  2000 E. Main Street
Pins and Planning uses online resources for activities, experiments, and classroom ideas. Join Rhonda Costa and explore numerous
resources that will not only enrich your program, but are only as far away as your fingertips! Recognition Event: Providers who have
participated in the Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship Program, various credentialing programs, Quality Counts: Quality Rating System,
ExceleRate™ Illinois, Great START, National Accreditation Programs, or ECIAEYC or MCAEYC will be recognized. Presented by: Rhonda
Costa, Assistant Director, The Caring Place, Urbana
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 6  FREE  Door Prizes and Refreshments!
April 8 – Urbana - Champaign County Child Care Assn. – Director’s Group
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm  Children’s Center Daycare  304 S. Race Street
Directors Meeting: Your Strengths (3 out of 3 in Leadership Series)  Presenter: Lisa Young, Partners in Quality master training and Lead
Support CCAP Specialist, CCRS  For questions, contact Lou Anne Burton at (217) 333-1956
April 9 – Decatur - Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) Module 4, Session 2: Responding to Families in Culturally Sensitive Ways
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm  Wee Folk II  1170 E Orchard
Presenter: Barb Schuldt, Infant/Toddler Specialist
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 3, 4, 5, 6  $3.00/session or $12.00 for Module 4 (Make check payable
to: University of Illinois)
April 9 – St. Joseph - Respectfully Speaking to Children
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm  Prince of Peace Community Early Learning Center  802 E. Douglas (St. Joseph Area Child Care Association)
Caregivers show respect to children when they respect their feelings, opinions, privacy, temperament, body, and personal space. All of
these are included in respectfully speaking to others! This training explores the way caregivers can learn to respectfully speak to children.
Presented by: Tanya Blackshear, Early Childhood Consultant
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 3  FREE
April 11 – Urbana - ECIAEYC Spring Event: Cyber Safety: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Technology
8:00 am: Check-in; 8:30 am to 12:45 pm Workshop  Carle Forum  611 W. Park Street
The internet has opened up a new way of discovering the world and connecting us to people we could never meet otherwise. However, as
technology has grown, so has the opportunity to use it in ways that exploit and abuse children and youth. Join Christine Feller and Deputy
Chief Michael Sullivan as they discuss exploitation, cyberbullying, sexting, and piracy as it relate to technologies used by children.
Presenters: Christine Feller, Internet Safety Specialist, Illinois Attorney General’s Office, High Tech Crimes Bureau and Deputy Chief Michael
Sullivan, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  4 Training Hours  CDA 5  FREE
April 13 – Urbana - ECE Credential Level 1Module 8B, Tier 3: Preschool Development: Physical Development
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  108 Bevier Hall  905 S. Goodwin Avenue  NO WALK-INS
As toddlers mature, their minds aren’t the only things growing at an incredible rate. You’ll understand the special area of physical
development in preschool-age children. You’ll also learn about fine motor activities that will help preschoolers grow into their bodies
while developing coordination and movement. Presenter: Cathy Bolser, Early Childhood Consultant
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  3 Training Hours  CDA 2  FREE
April 14 – Decatur - Shaken Baby Syndrome
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm  Creative Kids Daycare  1177 W. Hickory Point Rd.  Fireside Rm. (Mid-Central Association for Education of
Young Children)
Taking care of babies can be difficult and frustrating at times. Learn why you should NEVER shake a baby. Learn ways to help a crying
baby and to keep yourself calm. Presented by: Barb Schuldt, Infant-Toddler Specialist, Child Care Resource Service
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 1  FREE
April 15 – Watseka - No Biting
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm  Calvary Lutheran Church  120 E. Hickory (Watseka Area Child Care Association)
No Biting is a workshop to assist providers and parents when their child is biting or has been bit. The workshop explains the reasons a
child might bite and gives many examples of how biting might be prevented. Participants will learn ways they can and should react to the
Biter and the Bitten and how the parent and provider can cooperate with each other in methods used to avoid biting in the future.
Presented by: Barb Schuldt, Infant-Toddler Specialist, Child Care Resource Service
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  1.5 Training Hours  CDA 3  FREE
April 16 – Urbana - School-Age & Youth Development Credential (SAYD) Level 1 Managing & Guiding Relationships Module 7b, Tier 3
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  Leal School  312 W. Oregon  NO WALK-INS
See page 5 for more information. Presenter: Sandy Davin, Director, Before & After School Programs, Urbana School District #116
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  3 Training Hours  CDA 3  FREE
April 16 – Decatur - Making Masterpieces
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  Discovery Depot/Easter Seals  2715 N. 27th Street (Decatur Area Family Child Care Association)
Learn about nurturing a love of art and creativity in young children through studying the work of famous artists. Participants will learn
how art can be used to facilitate all areas of development. The presentation will also include ideas for creating art with all ages, putting on
a school-wide art show, and an opportunity to create a variety of art projects. Presented by: Amy Kilgus Chamley, Director, Mother’s
Morning Out
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 2  FREE
April 18 – Decatur - Illinois Early Learning Guidelines (for ages 0-3)
8:00 am Check-in; 8:30 am to 12:45 pm Workshop  Creative Kids Daycare  1177 W. Hickory Point Rd.  Fireside Rm. Space is
Limited. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 4/2/15,  NO WALK-INS
This training gives childhood practitioners an overview of program guidelines for children birth to age three. The training creates
a foundational understanding for providers and practitioners in the field of what children birth to age three are expected to know and do
across multiple domains. Presenter: Christy Norton, Early Childhood Consultant,
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  4 Training Hours  CDA 3, 7, 8  FREE
April 18 – Urbana - Introduction to the Environment Rating Scales
8:00 am Check-In; 8:30 am to 12:45 pm Workshop  108 Bevier Hall  905 S. Goodwin Space is Limited. REGISTRATION
DEADLINE: 9/5/2014.  NO WALK-INS
This training is for center-based programs and family child care providers and offers an overview of the Environment Rating
Scales. The Environment Rating Scales are user-friendly assessment tools that measure the quality of the learning environment for infants
through school-age children. After completing this training, participants will be able to use the tool(s) for program self-assessment and
improvement planning. Presenters: Tina Wiegel, Quality Specialists, Child Care Resource Service
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  4 Training Hours  CDA 5  $10.00 (Make check payable to: University of Illinois)
April 20 – Urbana - ECE Credential Level 1Module 8C Tier 3: Preschool Development: Language Development
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  108 Bevier Hall  905 S. Goodwin Avenue  NO WALK-INS
Appropriate speech patterns and language skills are crucial to nurturing effective communications by preschoolers. In this third class on
preschool development, you’ll explore how to use picture and story books to lay the foundation for good reading and proper language use.
This class comes complete with discussions how to help children with special needs.
Presenter: Cathy Bolser, Early Childhood Consultant
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  3 Training Hours  CDA 2  FREE
April 23 – Rantoul - Science Learning Every Day: Inside… Outside… Meal time… Play
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm  Rantoul Public Library  106 W. Flessner (Rantoul Area Providers Association)
Is science a subject? Is science hard? Is science scary? Is science for smart people? Boys? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these
questions, then participate in this interactive workshop and you’ll agree the above questions are all ‘no’! Learn how the interactive
processes of: exploration, discovery, problem solving, questioning, and experimenting will stimulate curiosity in you, the children and
their families. Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards are guides to help you to provide youngsters with a solid foundation
of learning as they approach the time for elementary school. Presented by: Eileen Borgia, Early Childhood Consultant
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 2  FREE
April 27 – Urbana - ECE Credential Level 1Module 8D Tier 3: Preschool Development: Cognitive Development
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  108 Bevier Hall  905 S. Goodwin Avenue  NO WALK-INS
In this final session on preschool development, you’ll dive deeper into how preschoolers learn and identify tips for making learning fun.
With suggestions for activities that encourage your preschoolers to explore numbers, shapes, colors, and science, this class gives all the
information you need to grow and stretch the ability of children to think and understand. Presenter: Cathy Bolser, Early Childhood
Consultant
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  3 Training Hours  CDA 2  FREE
April 28 – Urbana - Recognition Event: Pins and Planning
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  Carle Forum  Pollard Auditorium  611 W. Park Street
Pins and Planning uses online resources for activities, experiments, and classroom ideas. Join Rhonda Costa and explore numerous
resources that will not only enrich your program, but are only as far away as your fingertips! Recognition Event: Providers who have
participated in the Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship Program, various credentialing programs, Quality Counts: Quality Rating System,
ExceleRate™ Illinois, Great START, National Accreditation Programs, or ECIAEYC or MCAEYC will be recognized. Presented by: Rhonda
Costa, Assistant Director, The Caring Place, Urbana
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 6  FREE  Door Prizes and Refreshments!
April 30 – Decatur - Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) Module 4 Session 3: Working with the Feelings of Parents and Caregivers
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm  Wee Folk II  1170 E Orchard
Presenter: Barb Schuldt, Infant/Toddler Specialist
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  2 Training Hours  CDA 3, 4, 5, 6  $3.00/session or $12.00 for Module 4 (Make check payable
to: University of Illinois)
April 30- Urbana - School-Age & Youth Development Credential (SAYD) Level 1 Community Relationships Module 8a, Tier 3
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  Leal School  312 W. Oregon  NO WALK-INS
Presenter: Sandy Davin, Director, Before & After School Programs, Urbana School District #116
FCC & Centers  Call CCRS to register  3 Training Hours  CDA 3, 5  FREE