Early Childhood Character Ed
FREE CHARACTER COUNTS! FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAINING AND MATERIALS
The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University is offering a grant opportunity for CHARACTER COUNTS! Early Childhood Training and materials for central Iowa early childhood providers at no cost thanks to funding from Prairie Meadows. Included in the grant is:
- A four hour CHARACTER COUNTS! Early Childhood training for a team of 4-6 administrators and teachers in your program. This training is DHS approved!
- Four CHARACTER COUNTS! Early Childhood Kits for your classrooms. Each kit includes:
- Twenty-eight social and emotional learning focused lessons plans that are easy to implement and use common vocabulary
- Parent engagement pages to reinforce classroom concepts
- Lesson crosswalk with Teaching Strategies GOLD objectives to maximize planning, observation, and assessment time in the classroom
- Recommendations for integration with PBIS
- Choices Count musical CD to enhance music and movement time with common language
Value:
Four Hour CHARACTER COUNTS! Early Childhood Training: $1200
Four CHARACTER COUNTS! Early Childhood Kits: $396
TOTAL: $1,596
Cost to you: FREE! to you with support from a Prairie Meadows Community Betterment Grant
We encourage each program to bring a team of 4-6 people, including administrators and teachers essential to implementing new pre-k to second grade programming. Training will be conducted at The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University. There are three options to choose from for training dates.
Option A: Saturday, September 21st 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Option B: Saturday, October 19th 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Option C: Saturday, November 16th 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Apply Here: https://fs25.formsite.com/cciniowa/ucntfpabav/
Applications are due August 16th.
Please contact Tabitha Choquette, Program Coordinator, at The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at 515.271.2193 or tabitha.choquette@drake.edu with any questions.
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