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Professional Development

One of the key components to creating and maintaining a quality child care program is providing early childhood teachers with the support, education, and resources needed to be successful in the classroom. The ELC provides a variety of professional development opportunities and support services to early childhood teachers. Our goal is to promote school readiness and improve the learning outcomes of young children by providing high-quality, up-to-date professional development. These opportunities improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators and caregivers.

Virtual Workshops

ELC  240.25.25 Five Little Speckled Frogs and Other Familiar Number Songs

Music is important in the early years – it affects children’s intelligence and emotions while helping them develop language, math, listening, and motor skills. Music helps the body and mind work together! Singing songs helps children learn the sounds and meanings of words, dancing builds motor skills.  Join us for this whimsical course to encourage children’s eagerness and curiosity to learn! Singing songs and foot-stomping are required to take this course. 

  • Course Dates: August 30 – September 27, 2024
  • 15 In-Service Hours (free)
  • 1.5 CEUs (cost TBA)
  • Target Audience: Toddlers, Pre-K, VPK
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NCDA1: National CDA Express Course 1 – Establishing a Safe, Healthy Learning Environment

Begin your journey by taking the coursework that will assist you in obtaining your National CDA credential. This is course 1 of 6. The ELC will provide all the textbooks and tools needed to complete the coursework for the National CDA exam. Please Note: once you finish the coursework, other requirements must be met with the Council for Professional Development.

  • Course Dates: September 10 – October 23, 2024
  • 20 In-Service hours (free)
  • Target Audience: Birth to Five
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ELC 3000.24.25 Teaching Young Children Mathematics Through Dramatic Play

In this course, you will look at math skills children need to understand and learn while engaged in dramatic play settings.  According to Development and Research in Early Mathematics Education (D.R.E.M.E.), preschoolers spend only 4% of their day engaged in math content, with math instruction largely focused on counting and cardinality.

We will focus on the three-, four-, and five-year-old math skills referenced in the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards. Through dramatic play opportunities, you set the stage for the play, which incorporates math, language, social skills, and approaches to learning. Inside the course, you will find ideas for math and tools to use such as pom-pom recipes and more. Join us in supporting math through play!

  • Course Dates: September 17 – October 18, 2024
  • 10 In-Service hours (free)
  • 1 CEU (cost TBA)
  • Target Audience: Pre-K, VPK
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Division of Early Learning
Florida VPK

Public Records Request: Please contact Chief Program Officer, Arnold McKay, (850) 385-0504.
Written requests can be mailed to 2639 N Monroe St, Building C-300, Tallahassee FL, 32303, or faxed to (850) 270-6710.
The ELC does reserve the right to deny any requests that fall within the compliance of the 2018 Florida Statutes Title XLVIII, Chapter 1002

Sponsored by the Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Region, Inc. (ELC) and the State of Florida, Division of Early Learning

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