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Courses for Trainers

Courses for Trainers prepare Active Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) and other early childhood professional trainers to provide required trainings and technical assistance to early educators in their local communities in North Carolina. Early childhood professional trainers include those who typically provide one or more of the following NC DCDEE approved trainings to groups of early educators:

General guidelines for Courses for Trainers application process include:

  • Before applying, review the eligibility criteria for each course.
  • Responses to all application questions must be accurate, complete, and thorough. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Early educators interested in taking the ITS-SIDS or EPR in Child Care training(s) to meet NC Child Care Rule requirements, visit the Find a Trainer page to find an active trainer in your area.

Infant Toddler Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction (ITS-SIDS) Course for Trainers


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:

  • Risks for SIDS, suffocation, strangulation, and entrapment and how to prevent them.
  • Causes of SIDS, sleep related infant death, and external stressors that contribute to an unsafe sleep environment.
  • Child care rules and best practices related to safe sleep.
  • How to respond to an unresponsive infant.
  • Resources available for those experiencing grief from a SIDS death.

In addition, course participants will learn about:

  • Providing ongoing technical assistance for the ITS-SIDS training.
  • Maintaining Active Trainer status with the NC Resource Center.
  • Training Guidance that is available to support the implementation of effective trainings, including Trainee Agreement *[PDF], and Training Recommendations *[PDF].

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Who is eligible to be an ITS-SIDS trainer?

Active CCHCs and early childhood professional trainers with experience in early childhood health and safety and whose job requires providing both training and technical assistance services to local child care facilities. Available slots for each cohort of the course are limited. Course participants typically include those who are state or federally funded by agencies that provide training and technical assistance to child care facilities as a part of their service model or as part of their core services.

Applicants should at minimum possess:

  • A bachelor’s degree in a health-related field or in early childhood/child development.
  • Professional knowledge of health and safety issues related to infants or toddlers.
  • Recent experience providing DCDEE approved trainings and technical assistance 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 DCDEE is required.

While applicants must meet the minimum requirements to be accepted, the following items are also considered:

  • 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 ITS-SIDS trainers will be given priority over a county with 10 active ITS-SIDS trainers).
  • A commitment to providing training and technical assistance in their community.
  • The total number of applicants for each course.

The ITS-SIDS Course is online and offered at no cost. It is largely self-paced with some real-time virtual components. It takes approximately four weeks to complete. It is offered two or three times each year.

Application

Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) in Child Care Course for Trainers

The EPR in Child Care 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.

In addition, course participants will learn about:

  • Providing ongoing technical assistance for the EPR in Child Care training.
  • Maintaining Active Trainer status with the NC Resource Center.
  • Training Guidance that is available to support the implementation of effective trainings, including Trainee Agreement *[PDF], and Training Recommendations *[PDF].

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Who is eligible to be an EPR trainer?

Active CCHCs and early childhood professional trainers with experience in early childhood health and safety and whose job requires providing both training and technical assistance services to local child care facilities. Available slots for each cohort of the course are limited. Course participants typically include those who are state or federally funded by agencies that provide training and technical assistance to child care facilities as part of their service model or as part of their core services.

Applicants should at minimum 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.
  • Recent experience providing DCDEE approved trainings and technical assistance 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 DCDEE is required.

While applicants must meet the minimum requirements to be accepted, the following items are also considered :

  • 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 EPR trainers will be given priority over a county with 10 active EPR trainers).
  • A commitment to providing training and technical assistance in their community.
  • The total number of applicants for each course.

The EPR in Child Care Course is online and offered at no cost. It is largely self-paced with some real-time virtual components. It takes approximately six weeks to complete. It is offered twice a year.

Application

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