Distance Education is one of the fastest developing trends in early childhood higher education and professional development. KCCTO began offering on-line learning opportunities in 2005 through a grant from the Kansas Nutrition Network highlighting the Nutrition: Good for You curriculum. KCCTO now offers several courses to choose from.
All KCCTO on-line learning courses are:
* Fulfill the formal education requirements of the Child Development Associate Credential.
* Taught by instructors who are approved KCCTO Trainers and have been trained specifically in on-line learning facilitation.
* Designed to facilitate a sense of community among participants.
* Asynchronous, meaning participants can access the course and complete the course requirements at anytime or anywhere (even at midnight in their jammies).
Current Course Offerings:
Filling the Gap: Oral Health & Kansas Kids
This course focuses on oral health as important to the general health, well being, and quality of life for all children. This course identifies best practices for oral health education for child care providers, recognize children's oral health concerns, be aware of oral injuries that can occur, and embrace parents and community members as oral health partners.
Course is approved for 6 hours KDHE in-service
CDA Subject Area: 1 KS/MO Core Competencies Content Area: 5
Registration Fee: $25 ($10 paid by participant, $15 paid through funding from United Methodist Health Ministries Fund)
August 17-31/September 13-October 1/October 11-29
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Play: Problems & Interventions
The course presents information on the value of play and how play problems put children at risk for delayed learning and development. The course shows how to recognize children who have play problems; how play problems limit the development of skills that lay the foundation for academic learning; six behavior patterns that signal children need help; a process for helping children: observe, reflect, intervene; and how teachers use direct support, curriculum activities, and peers to help a child develop play skills.
Course is approved for 10 hours in-service or 1.0 Continuing Education Units.
Core Competencies Content Area: 2 CDA Subject Area: 3
Registration Fee: $15
July 27-August 17
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Nutrition: Good for You
This course provides a nutrition and physical activity curriculum. The five lessons are based on the 2000 and 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued jointly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The course addresses division of responsibility between adults and children at mealtime, physical activity as an important part of the guidelines; how to improve meals for children by adding more whole grains, fruits and vegetables; and teaching cooking skills to young children. There is also a special emphasis on dental health messages as part of choosing healthy food and as part of a child’s daily routine.
Course is approved for 10 hours in-service or 1.0 Continuing Education Units.
Core Competencies Content Area: 5 CDA Subject Area: 1
Registration Fee: $15
August 11 - September 1
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