Courses & Certificates

This course provides early childhood educators with evidence-based, practical strategies that create positive early childhood literacy experiences, making connections to Family Engagement

In this course, early childhood educators learn strategies that create positive, engaging experiences in early math and science. Activities are steeped in rich literature, and are both interactive and practical reading and writing approaches pertaining to math and science.

In this course, participants collaborate with colleagues and reflect on the PLN literacy frameworks and their current practice as they engage in goal planning and assessment approaches in their classrooms and early childhood centers.

In this course, early childhood educators to take an in-depth look at a professional text that focuses on best practices in early childhood reading, writing and literacy across the curriculum.

In this course, early childhood educators explore how to establish an engaging, literature-based early childhood reading and writing classroom using mentor texts.

In this course, participants learn about brain biology and the positive effect that engaged cross-curricular literacy learning has on young learners. 

In this course, participants develop an understanding of the importance of the social and emotional development and school readiness needs of young children birth through age 5.

In this course, early childhood educators learn how to address the language, literacy, and learning needs of young dual language learners using evidence-based, active, hands-on experiences.

In this course, participants gain information on the most recent mandated inclusion policy as well as expert guidance to develop a system for special education in their early childhood centers.

This course provides an introduction to the field of special education and the legal mandates guiding inclusive classroom practices.

This course is designed to explore the research that reading experts, including cognitive scientists, have conducted on literacy development, and to draw on this knowledge to consider strategies to support learners in the development of literacy skills.

During this course, participants explore Project-Based Learning (PBL) for young children, inviting a culture of inquiry and creativity in the classroom where student voice, choice, and creative thinking are integral parts of the learning process.