Sample Course Tracks for the Maine Roads Core Knowledge Training

I would like to use my training toward college credits in Early Childhood Education...

Providers who complete a specialized 180 hours of training and complete the corresponding portfolio activities may apply to any one of Maine’s public community colleges to receive credit toward their ECE degree. The Core Knowledge Training Program’s courses are:

• Getting started in Family Child Care or Foundations in Center-based Care
• Starting Your Core Knowledge Portfolio
• Introduction to Early Childhood Eduation
• Partners in Caring – Families and Caregivers
• Caring for the Abuse Affected Child
• Caring for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families
• Curriculum and Development for Preschool Aged Children
• Working with School Age Children and Youth
• Inclusive Child Care
• Completing Your Maine Roads Core Knowledge Portfolio
• Electives (18 hours)
  

 I would like to tailor my training toward my work with infants and toddlers…

Providers who are working with infants and toddlers can consider the follow Core Knowledge Training to enhance their work with infants and toddlers and their families:

• Introduction to Early Childhood Education
• Foundations in Health, Wellness and Safety
• Caring for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families
• Implementing Maine’s Infant Toddler Learning Guidelines
• Inclusive Child Care
• Partners in Caring-Families and Care Givers
• Fostering the Social-Emotional Development and Competence of Young Children
  
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I want training that relates to my work in a family child care home…

Providers who are working in Family Child Care should consider the following Core Knowledge Training options to round out their skills:

• Introduction to Early Childhood Education
• Inclusive Child Care
• Developing Your Family Child Care Business
• Foundations in Health, Wellness and Safety
• Early Childhood Learning Guidelines
• Partners in Caring-Families and Care Givers
• Leadership Institutes I & II
• Curriculum and Development for Preschool Aged Children (FCC)
• Fostering the Social-Emotional Development and Competence of Young Children
  

I am interested in learning more about preschool age children…

Providers who work with preschool aged children may consider the following Core Knowledge Training to supplement their experience and knowledge in early childhood development:

• Introduction to Early Childhood Education
• Inclusive Child Care
• Curriculum and Development for Preschool Aged Children
• Early Childhood Learning Guidelines
• Foundations in Health, Wellness and Safety
• Partners in Caring- Families and Care Givers
• Fostering the Social-Emotional Development and Competence of Young Children
  
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I am interested in learning more about school age children…

Providers who work with school age children may benefit from a range of courses that outline development, offer strategies for empowering children to solve problems and develop social competence, and to create safe and healthy environments for children. Some of the MRTQ trainings that touch upon these issues are:

• Introduction to Early Childhood Education
• Inclusive Child Care
• Working with School Age Children and Youth
• Partners in Caring-Families and Care Givers
• Foundations in Health, Wellness and Safety
• Building Peaceable Nonviolent Early Childhood Settings
• Fostering the Social-Emotional Development and Competence of Young Children
  

 I am interested in learning more about Directing a child care program…

Leading a child care program requires a unique set of skills and a body of knowledge that many child care providers don’t learn in their preparation to become early childhood practitioners. The following courses help to round out a provider’s skills in supervision and leadership of a child care program:

• Leadership Institutes I & II
• Early Childhood Learning Guidelines
• Foundations in Health, Wellness and Safety
• Implementing Maine’s Infant Toddler Learning Guidelines
• Fostering the Social-Emotional Development and Competence of Young Children
  
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