Basic School Age Care (BSAC) is a 5-hour introductory level training event for school age care professionals that are new to the field. This training is required by the NC DCDEE for school age care professionals working in licensed programs, but is a great training for new staff in any afterschool program setting. This training will take place on April 9th and 11th from 6:30 pm-9:00 pm.

FLIP IT is a strategy that offers a simple, kind, strength-based, common sense, and effective four-step process to address children’s day-to-day challenging behavior. The four steps are embodied in the FLIP mnemonic, which stands for F – Feelings, L – Limits, I – Inquiries, and P – Prompts.

The objectives of this training are as follow: to explain why cultural competency is important to quality early childhood education; explore how people are culturally conditioned by past socialization experiences; explore awareness as a building block to developing cultural competence; explain how societal assumptions about cultural, ethnic and racial differences impact ourselves, children and families; and explore and discuss implications for teaching diverse children and engaging families.

This TWO-part training will introduce participants to the document North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development. Participants will use the book to learn about the standards, how they are structured, and how to implement them in early childhood settings. Participants will construct the knowledge base necessary to use the standards in supporting children in their learning and development by embedding the standards in daily classroom planning and practice.