PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We offer a variety of learning opportunities designed to strengthen the skills, knowledge and confidence of early childhood educators, teachers, and family members.
E-learning
Through the Kids Included Learning Management System (LMS), we offer several self-guided, on-demand courses to support early learning and child care professionals.
ePyramid Courses
In partnership with the Pyramid Model Consortium, these additional courses ensure educators have the foundational knowledge to provide high quality inclusive early learning for all children: Birth to 5 ePyramid Modules (18 hours per course), Implementing the Pyramid Model in Family Child Care (16 hours per course), and Targeted Strategies for Successful Inclusion of Children with Disabilities (10 hours per course).
10-18 hours per course
$70 per course per participant
FREE if you are a centre that works with our ASaP Program. Ask your director for an enrollment key.
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ASaP Modules
Designed for early childhood educators in Alberta, these courses are built on the evidence-based practices of the Pyramid Model, while also incorporating elements of the Flight Framework.
3 hours per module
FREE
ASaP Mini Modules
Refresh your learning with 5 mini-modules on core universal and targeted Pyramid Model practices.
15-20 minutes per module
FREE
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If you have any questions or concerns with registration or login, please email us at elearning@kidsincluded.ca.
If you have any questions or concerns with registration or login, please email us at elearning@kidsincluded.ca.
Inclusive Practices Micro-Learning
This workshop series is perfect for early childhood educators who are looking for bite-sized skills to add to their toolkit. These introductory workshops are based on the Pyramid Model, an evidence-based framework for high quality and inclusive care.
In this series, each session explores a different area of the model. Workshops take place via Zoom. Register for one workshop or all. Certificates of completion are provided for each session to all participants who attend in real time.
Inclusive Practices Workshops
This interactive online learning focuses on providing knowledge and strategies to adults who support diverse learners in the early years (for example, preschool and kindergarten).
Register for one workshop or all. Workshops take place via Zoom. Certificates of completion are provided for each session to all participants who attend in real time.
From Burnout to Balance
Practices for Educator Wellness
As educators, our ability to support children’s well-being depends on how well we nurture our own. When we have the tools we need to cope with stress, we can better support our wellbeing both in and out of the classroom. In this session, participants will identify the causes and impact of burnout; investigate components of authentic self-care to nurture well-being; and, create a plan to incorporate self-care into their own lives as a lived practice.
Calm, Alert & Learning
Supporting Children's Regulation
Regulation is more than just having a basket of fidgets! Regulation happens in relationship - educators and caregivers have a valuable role to play in supporting children’s regulation each day, in the way they interact with children and set up the learning environment. In this session, participants will define regulation and the factors that can influence it; identify how our relationships with children are a necessary part of regulation; and, investigate practices that can help support children’s regulation so they can play and learn.
From Connection to Conversation
Creating Language-Rich Environments
Language is more than just spoken words! Language allows us to connect with others, and communicate not just our wants and needs, but our hopes, our fears, our dreams and our goals.
In this interactive workshop, educators will learn how to create environments that nurture both verbal and non-verbal language development and communication. Through videos, examples, and hands-on activities, educators will leave with at least one practical strategy that they can use in the learning environment.
Engaging the Hard-to-Engage
Neuro-Affirming Strategies for Playful Connections
What do you do when a child does not respond easily to the practices that generally spark connection with children in play, routines, and everyday activities? In this session, participants will reflect on the importance of accepting diverse ways of playing, while expanding children’s play and participation. Participants will have the opportunity to create a plan to start using these strategies with children in
their program.
"We Got This!"
Supporting Problem-Solving In Play and Routines
Working through problems and challenges is a
complex, yet important life skill. When we can
support children’s efforts in problem-solving
in the early years, it supports resilience, critical
thinking, and positive interactions as they get
older. In this workshop, participants will explore
what problem-solving looks like from infancy
to school-age; describe the problem-solving
process to use with children when working
through tough situations; and, investigate
strategies to practice problem-solving skills
and solution-finding in everyday activities and
routines.
Kids Included is an approved professional development provider in Alberta.
Our workshops (except for the free Microlearning Series) meet the criteria for professional development funding, and/or release time funding, as outlined in the Alberta Child Care Grant Funding Guide.
Learning for Access, Support and Participation Program
Our Access, Support and Participation Program (ASaP) offers professional learning, coaching and leadership development opportunities for its enrolled licensed child care centres and family dayhomes.
These learning opportunities focus on helping child care settings across Alberta create high-quality, inclusive environments for all children.