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    ELC 5025 – Leadership Tips and Management Tools to Empower Directors!

    by Kathy Douglas -

    ELC 5025 – Leadership Tips and Management Tools to Empower Directors!

    This course empowers current and aspiring early childhood leaders with the essential tools, strategies, and insights to manage and inspire within early learning environments effectively. Grounded in best practices and real-world applications, participants will explore the core principles of leadership, organizational systems, and management techniques tailored specifically for early childhood settings.

     The course is open 24/7, allowing you to complete it at your own pace.

    • Course Begins  – September 29, 2025 – November 5, 2025
    • 15 Hours In-service, or 1.5 CEUs
    • (The CEUs meet the FL Director credential needs, which require 4.5 CEUs total)
    •  Target Audience: Teachers and Directors
    •  Instructor Kathy Douglas contact kdouglas@elcbigbend.org
    •  To register, click Leader

    ELC 4991 - The Teacher’s Book Club Series for Preschoolers ~ Book 1: Triangle

    by Kathy Douglas -

     The Teacher’s Book Club Series for Preschoolers ~ Book 1: Triangle

     Join the ELC Teacher’s Book Club and receive free activities based on the book Triangle that focuses on emergent reading, writing, math, and art, along with building social skills in the prekindergarten classroom. You will also receive early childhood activities to share with families and create an early learning community, working together! All the books in this series are from the Florida New World’s Reading Initiative.

     

    • Course Dates – September 26, 2025 – October 24, 2025
    • 10 Hours In-service or 1 CEU
    • Target Audience: Teachers and Directors
    • Instructor Kathy Douglas contact kdouglas@elcbigbend.org
    • To register, click Triangle


    Available courses

     ELC 3251 The Importance of Dramatic Play in Today's World

    • Course open for on-demand enrollment from July 2025 - January 30, 2026, 
    • Open 24/7 complete at your own pace, register anytime until January 30, 2026.
    • In-service hours 10
    • Target Audience: Preschoolers and VPK
    • Instructor Kathy Douglas contact kdouglas@elcbigbend.org
    • To register for this on-demand course click ON-Demand


    ELC 4991 - The Teacher’s Book Club Series for Preschoolers ~ Book 1: Triangle

    • Course Dates – September 26, 2025 – October 24, 2025
    • 10 Hours In-service
    • Target Audience: Teachers and Directors
    • Instructor Kathy Douglas contact kdouglas@elcbigbend.org
    • To register click Triangle



    ELC 5025 – Leadership Tips and Management Tools to Empower Directors!

    This course empowers current and aspiring early childhood leaders with the essential tools, strategies, and insights to manage and inspire within early learning environments effectively. Grounded in best practices and real-world applications, participants will explore the core principles of leadership, organizational systems, and management techniques tailored specifically for early childhood settings.

     The course is open 24/7, complete at your own pace.

    • Course Begins  – September 29, 2025 – November 5, 2025
    • 15 Hours In-service, or 1.5 CEUs
    • (The CEUs meet the FL Director credential needs, which require 4.5 CEUs total)
    •  Target Audience: Teachers and Directors
    •  Instructor Kathy Douglas contact kdouglas@elcbigbend.org
    •  To register, click Leader


    ELC 3678 Strengthening Relationships With Families

    • Course dates:  August 29, 2025 – September 30, 2025
    • In-service hours 10, or 1 CEU
    • Target Audience: Birth through VPK Teachers




    ELC 3277 The Reggio Emilia Approach in Early Learning Environments

    • Course dates:  July 31, 2025 - August 29, 2025
    • In-service hours 15, or 1.5 CEUs the course will remain open to apply for CEUs Until September 28, 2025
    • Target Audience: Toddler, Preschooler, and VPK Teacher
    • Instructor Kathy Douglas contact kdouglas@elcbigbend.org



    ELC 3025 Sprucing Up the Classroom – Developing Educational Materials, Bulletin Boards, and More!

    • Course Dates – August 1, 2025 - August 29, 2025 
    • 10 Hours In-service
    • Target Audience: Teachers and Directors
    • *Materials will be provided through our  ELC resource rooms.
    • For late registration contact kdouglas@elcbigbend.org


    ELC 2711 Growing Together: Building Social Skills in the First 100 Days of Pre-K

    • Course dates:  August 21, 2025 - September 30, 2025
    • In-service hours 15, or 1.5 CEUs
    • Target Audience:  Preschool and VPK Teachers