MRTQ Training Descriptions

Partners in Caring– Families and Caregivers (12 hours) - Children experience the best quality of care when parent(s) and family and caregivers are partners with the same goals for the child. This training covers information about families today, roles and boundary setting, verbal/written communication to reduce potential areas of conflict between families and caregivers. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Fostering the Social-Emotional Competence of Young Children (30 hours) - This training covers the five aspects of this critical domain of development: building positive relationships with children and families, leaning classroom preventive practices, facilitating social-emotional development, determining the meaning of challenging behaviors, and developing intensive interventions and behavior support plans. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Working with School-Age Children and Youth (30 hours) -
Covers the aspects of providing child care for 5-13 year old children in a center-based or a family child care setting. It adheres to the standards and practices outlined for child care and early education in the eight core knowledge areas. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Preschool Development in Center-based Care (30 hours) -
Covers the aspects of providing child care for 3-5 year old children in a center-based setting. It adheres to the standards and practices outlined for child care and early education in the eight core knowledge areas. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Preschool Development in Family Child Care Settings (30 hours) - This training covers the aspects of providing child care for 3 to 5-year-old children in a home setting.  It adheres to standards and practices outlined for child care and early education in the eight core knowledge areas.  (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Foundations of Center-based Care (6 hours) -
This training serves as a basic overview of working in center-based early childhood programs. Topics focus on the role and requirements of the early childhood educator, the needs of young children, the components of quality early childhood programming, and options for pursuing additional training in the field. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Caring for Infants, Toddlers, and their Families (30 hours) -
Covers the unique aspects of providing child care for infants and toddlers in a home or center-based setting. Focus will be given to establishing the parent/provider relationship, understanding temperament, curriculum, and setting up and maintaining developmentally appropriate environments. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Developing Your Family Child Care Business Plan (30 hours) -
This curriculum, developed by the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation, helps individuals merge their desire to provide care for children with their need to become a viable business.  This comprehensive training program will help practitioners think and act as business owners, and build sustainable businesses that serve their own needs and the needs of their community. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Inclusive Child Care (30 hours) - This training covers topics to fully include and support all children and families in center-based or home settings.  It uses an interdisciplinary approach to support staff, families, and children and emphasizes the beliefs, attitudes, and values of inclusion. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Introduction to Early Childhood Education (9 hours) ONLINE -   This training covers the historical perspective of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the U.S., major types of early childhood education programs, a survey of major theorists who have contributed to the field, and an overview of common terminology. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training) 

Starting Your Core Knowledge Portfolio (3 hours) -
Introduces the Core Knowledge Training Program, its uses in professional development and how the portfolio can transform training into college credit. Basic information includes procedures for documenting learning, orientation to the Maine Roads Professional Registry, and tracking hours of training. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Weaving Diversity into Our Work with Children and Families (6 hours) - Participants will explore personal memories, be introduced to the concepts of the cultural lens and anti-bias approach, and practice responses using work-based scenarios. (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)

Many Eyes, Many Voices: Talking About Difference Through Children's Literature (6 hours) - Young children are aware of difference - of skin color, body shape, gender, language, family structure, living arrangements, from a very early age.  This training sues high quality, vividly illustrated children's books as a vehicle for having meaningful conversations about difference.  Each classroom or child care home represented will receive 12 books and the curriculum guide for use with the children in that program.  (A program of the Maine Humanities Council, funded in part by Verizon, the Hudson Foundation, and the Aristotle Fund of the Maine Community Foundation)

Building Peaceable Nonviolent Early Childhood Settings (6 hours) - This training covers a broad range of topics, including the impact of violent media and toys on children and their play; the influence of a peaceable classroom in counteracting harmful lessons about violence; and how to teach developmentally appropriate conflict resolution skills.  (A Maine Roads to Quality Core Knowledge Training)