Courses for Trainers Sandbox

Course Format, Cost, and Schedule

The ITS-SIDS Course prepares active Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) and other professional trainers to provide state approved and required training to early educators in their local communities on:

• insert training topics here

The EPR Course prepares active Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) and other professional trainers to provide state approved and required training to early educators in their local communities on:

• Standard emergency preparedness and response procedures that can be used for all NC child care facilities
• The benefits of planning, preparing and practicing for emergencies
• NC Child Care Regulations and best practices that support emergency preparedness and response
• Supporting facilities and families in responding to and recovering from an emergency
• How to complete the required EPR Plan template

Who is eligible to be an ITS-SIDS or EPR trainer?

Active CCHCs and early childhood professional trainers with experience in early childhood health and safety and whose job requires providing training and technical assistance services to local child care facilities. Course participants typically include those funded by agencies that provide training and technical assistance to child care facilities.

Applicants should possess:

• A bachelor’s degree in a health-related field or in early childhood/child development.
• Professional knowledge of health and safety issues in child care.
• Experience providing DCDEE approved trainings to early educators or formal education in adult training principles, preferably both.
  • Verification of current trainer status with an exempt training agency or as a non-exempt trainer with the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) is required.

While applicants must meet the minimum requirements to be accepted, acceptance is also based on:

• Experience providing training to an adult audience
• The strength and completeness of each application
• The needs of the community served (an applicant serving a county with 0 active trainers will be given priority over a county with 10 active trainers)
• A commitment to providing training and technical assistance in their community
• The total number of applicants for each course

Both courses are:

• Online and free of charge
• Largely self-paced with some real-time virtual components.
• Approximately 4 weeks
• Offered 2-3 times each year

Please read the following information before using the buttons below to fill out an application.

• Before submitting an application, review the criteria for each course to determine if you are eligible.
• All application responses must be accurate, complete, and thorough based on what the sections of the application asks to be included. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
• Upon successful completion of a course, you will be expected to train and provide follow up technical assistance on the training content to early educators in your local community.
• You will be provided support to implement training guidance, Trainee Agreement and Training Recommendations.

If you are interested in taking the course solely to gain knowledge of the topic, contact an active trainer in your area from the list of active trainers.