SUNNY’S LIGHT EDUCATORS Learning & Specialist and Trainers experienced in coaching and leadership roles critical to the effective implementation and management of learning and development programs and supporting organizational goals. Our mission is to foster personal, innovative, and impactful training, research-based initiatives in alignment with academically endorsed methods and best practices to train employees, resulting in increased knowledge, improved skills, and enhanced quality. Please inquire for additional/ individual training sessions as well as training packages to support your program’s developmental initiatives. “Quality child care is the foundation for America’s prosperity and racial equity,” said Kelvin Chan, Ph.D., Managing Director of Early Childhood at Robin Hood and member of CCAoA’s Board of Directors.“Not only do we need to regard quality child care as a basic public good, but it also needs to be more widely recognized as the mechanism that gives every child a fair chance to achieve future success.”  Creating Outdoor Learning Environments: Experienced trainers and outdoor environment design experts, offer this incredible training on how to create spaces for outdoor learning. Through this training, participants will learn why outdoor learning is so impactful in early childhood, what makes a high-quality learning environment, and how to utilize their current materials and resources to create an outdoor learning environment that supports the developmentally appropriate practice. Meet Your State’s Quality Rated & Head Start Requirements: Our training meets the needs of Quality Rated, Head Start, and other well-recognized Performance Standards Requirements and ranges from basic supervision training to practice-based coaching. Call us today for your training and coaching needs! Our highly skilled instructors deliver training on a variety of topics to meet your needs. This list is just a sample. Call us for more details or to have us create training specifically for you and your staff! Below you will find some of the training we offer: Addressing Special Needs and Challenging Behaviors, QRIS, ITERS, ECERS, Positive Behavior Support (PBIS Model), Inclusion in ECE, STEM in ECE, The Basics of Creating Curriculum, Optimizing Observations for Online Reporting Systems, Classroom Management, Meeting the Needs of Diverse Language Learners, An Introduction to the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Legal Issues in ECE, Marketing Your Program with Social Media, Creating Effective Policies and Updating Policies, Organizational Development Support. Linking Standards, Curriculum Framework, and AssessmentPractice Based Coaching – Director IMPACTMany, Many, More! Please inquire for additional/ individual training sessions as well as training packages to support your program’s developmental initiatives. Complete Your Annual Licensing Requirements and Enhance Your Program’s Best Practices with our Training & Development Courses Childhood Obesity Prevention. Developmental Screening in Early Childhood. Positive ClimateStress and Time Management. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Social and Emotional Needs of Young Children. Nutrition and Physical Activity in Child Care. Injury Prevention: Playground Safety and Outdoor Learning Environments. Injury Prevention: Playground Safety and Outdoor Learning Environments. Injury Prevention: Common Injury Risks. Infectious Disease in Child Care Settings. Healthy Smiles: Oral Health of Young Children. Environmental Health in Childcare. Healthy Smiles. Colin’s Hope Water Safety Training According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the United States. From 2005-2014, there were an average of 3,536 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day. Our mission at Colin’s Hope is to raise water safety awareness to prevent children from drowning. This training is designed for parents, caregivers, educators, school directors, principals, camp counselors, and babysitters. Drowning is fast and silent. No one is drown-proof, but drowning is preventable. Register for water safety training sessions to help keep you and your family safer around water throughout the year.  Read more Nourishing Healthy Eaters Healthy Kids, Healthy Future continues the work of Let’s Move! Child Care (LMCC), part of Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to prevent childhood obesity. Healthy Kids, Healthy Future encourages and supports child care and early education providers to make positive changes in their programs in order to work toward a healthier future for children. During early childhood, preferences and behaviors around food are being formed. Some of these behaviors will follow children into adulthood. Nourishing Healthy Eaters explores the role, early childhood professionals and childcare environments can play to support children in establishing healthy eating behaviors, laying a foundation for lifelong health. Register for Nourishing Healthy Eaters Training l to help keep you and your community healthier. Read More For more information or to schedule a training, please contact sunnyslighteducators@gmail.com Virtual Training Only at this Time/HyBrid and In- Person Trainings Coming Soon Sunny’s Light Educators | Facebook @SunnysLighted I Instagram