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WKU Family Child Care Network


November
Friday, November 1st
All Day
  • Location: Online Independent Study
  • Time: All Day

Click Here to Register for Independent Studies

Start Date: November 1, 2024
Location: Online Independent Study, Work at Your Own Pace
Click Here to view Brochure for details 

The cost of these training sessions is $5.00 per hour.
Training Hour(s) - 1 hour, unless otherwise noted

These sessions are online and work at your own pace. You must complete the session on or before the last day of the month.

Available Sessions:
  • Being Prepared for Emergencies
  • Curriculum-based Assessment
  • Developmental Screening
  • Early Childhood Environments: Learning through Routines and Rituals (2 hours)
  • Evaluating Your Services
  • Family Engagement
  • Health, Safety, Nutrition (2 hours)
  • Infant and Toddler Development (1.5 hours)
  • Intro to Screening and Assessment
  • Let's Get Appy
  • Preventing Burnout
  • Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse, Neglect, and Safe Sleep
  • Science in an Early Childhood Classroom
  • Social Studies in an Early Childhood Classroom
  • The Stressed Child
  • The Value of Play
  • Using Books for Family Engagement: Literacy Bags (2 hours)

You will not receive training access until payment has been received.

You will receive login information via email. It can take five business days to set up accounts and receive the email. 


Technology Guidelines: https://www.wku.edu/fccn/training/guidelines.php

For questions regarding this training, please contact us at (800) 621-5908 or fccnkyinfo@wku.edu


The Family Child Care Network at WKU
270-745-2216
800-621-5908
fccnkyinfo@wku.edu

Sign up for our monthly newsletter The Family Child Care Chronicle.

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Tuesday, November 12th
All Day
  • Location: Live Zoom Training
  • Time: All Day

Click Here to Register for Strengthening Business Practices

Location: Online, Live Zoom Training
Audience: Directors, Owners
Times: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm CST
The cost of this training is FREE

Join us for four 3-hour live Zoom Strengthening Business Practices trainings.

Nov 12, 2024
Strengthening Fiscal Management for Child Care Programs:  Budgets, Projections, and Planning

Nov 19th, 2024
Strengthening Fiscal Management for Child Care Programs:  Financial Reports and Internal Controls

Nov 26, 2024
Strengthening Fiscal Management for Child Care Programs:  Marketing Your Program

Dec 3rd, 2024
Recruiting and Retaining Staff Center-Based Child Care Providers (Only required for center based programs.


The purpose of this training is to strengthen childcare providers’ foundational knowledge of fiscal terms, concepts, and practices.  It encourages providers to realize the importance of financial planning to the sustainability of their business.  It provides tips and best practices to help break down fiscal processes into manageable steps.  This training is intended to be one part of the learning process to build providers’ understanding of good business practices.  Whenever possible, it is recommended that this training be supplemented with technical assistance and ongoing peer-to-peer sharing opportunities such as communities of practice.

Training Outcomes:
Introduce financial reports that can help you better manage your center’s finances.

Understand the concept of internal controls and how they can strengthen your center’s fiscal health.

Training Level: 2
Core content:  7 – Program Management and Evaluation
CDA Subject area:  5 – Managing an effective program operation

Directions:
The Zoom link will be emailed at least 24 hours before the start of the event.
Please make sure that you log in with your first and last name so that you can receive credit for the training. 

Technology Guidelines: https://www.wku.edu/fccn/training/guidelines.php

For questions regarding this training, please contact us at (800) 621-5908 or fccnkyinfo@wku.edu


The Family Child Care Network at WKU
270-745-2216
800-621-5908
fccnkyinfo@wku.edu

Sign up for our monthly newsletter The Family Child Care Chronicle.

Follow us on Facebook for information on upcoming training events and current information.

The WKU Family Child Care Network
Funded through Family Childcare Support Award SC 7362100001482
Webmaster: Heather R Sawyer


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 Last Modified 2/10/22