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Welcome
to School Age Care
This
training series is intended to help orient new school-age care staff and
supervisors or provide a refresher for more experienced practitioners. The curriculum is based on best practices outline by the
National Afterschool Association (NAA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Completion of this series will fulfill ten contact hours of training. It is
recommended that participants complete this or the
Welcome to Child Care series before
taking Beyond Business Basics.
Session One: Your Role as a School-age Care Professional
In this session,
school-age care staff will learn about professionalism, including appearance,
confidentiality, diversity and attitude. A variety of basic daily
responsibilities will be discussed. Participants will receive information to
assist them with professional development..
Session Two: How do We Manage?
Participates will learn a variety of effective classroom management techniques
in the session. Behavior management and guidance techniques will also be
discussed for working with school-age children. Additionally, staff will learn
how to include children with special needs in their program. .
Session Three: We all Work Together
This session introduces school-age providers to basic verbal and written
communication tools that they will need to use in a school age care setting
(with children, co-workers, families, supervisors, and school or program
personnel).
Session Four: Here's to Your
Health
This session will offer support to school-age care staff to reinforce positive
health and safety attitudes and behaviors. A health provider will teach this
session and explain how health status can be transformed, and how to protect the
health of school-age care staff in a group setting..
Session Five: Plan to be Busy!
In this final
session, staff will learn about setting up a school-age environment, as well as
a variety of developmentally appropriate
activity ideas to use indoors and outdoors. Lesson planning will be discussed,
with attention given to age-appropriateness and children's input. Participants
will learn about resource information for future planning and staff
development..
Pre-registration is required
for all classes
Payment is due 10 days prior to the first class.
Guests, including children, are not allowed in class. If you require special
accommodations such as an interpreter, please contact the person taking
registrations so she can make arrangements.
Please be respectful and cancel your
reservation if you cannot attend, so people on the waiting list can take your place.
Refunds will not be given unless CCR&R cancels the class. Closing time of all classes is approximate.
