ECE Professional Learning

Live Webinars

ADE ECE is now offering LIVE Webinar sessions on specific Early Childhood topics. These will be open to the entire ECE field and will be offered twice a month. No registration is needed for these sessions. Please add to your calendar as a reminder and join below!

Live Training Schedule

FY23 Live Training Schedule

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 5:30PM-7:30PM

Early Childhood Literacy- Emergent Writing

Participants will explore emergent writing across the AZ Infant and Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) and the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS). The learning experience is designed to equip participants with in-depth knowledge and practical strategies that can be used the next day and every day to improve literacy skills.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:00AM-11:00AM

Early Childhood Literacy- Emergent Writing

Participants will explore emergent writing across the AZ Infant and Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) and the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS). The learning experience is designed to equip participants with in-depth knowledge and practical strategies that can be used the next day and every day to improve literacy skills.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 6:00PM-8:00PM

Conflict Resolution

In order for teachers to be successful in early childhood classrooms they need to be able to facilitate conflict resolution among children. This session will identify effective strategies for problem solving in the early childhood setting. Video models will be used to demonstrate successful conflict resolution approaches.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 4:00PM-6:00PM

Early Childhood Literacy- Phonological Awareness

Daily exposure to oral language provides young children with the opportunities to begin acquiring a basic understanding of the concepts of literacy and its functions.  In this two-hour session, participants will actively explore Strand 2 of the AZELS Language and Literacy Standard- Emergent Literacy and the concept of phonological awareness.  Participants will learn the importance of phonological awareness in early childhood learning environments and be able to immediately implement activities in their classroom. 

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 9:00AM-11:00AM

Early Childhood Literacy- Phonological Awareness

Daily exposure to oral language provides young children with the opportunities to begin acquiring a basic understanding of the concepts of literacy and its functions.  In this two-hour session, participants will actively explore Strand 2 of the AZELS Language and Literacy Standard- Emergent Literacy and the concept of phonological awareness.  Participants will learn the importance of phonological awareness in early childhood learning environments and be able to immediately implement activities in their classroom. 

Friday, April 28, 2023 9:00AM-11:00AM

Early Childhood Literacy- Scarborough's Reading Rope Birth to 5

This course will focus on the connection between the Infant Toddler Guidelines, AZELS and Scarborough’s Reading Rope.  Participants will leave the course understanding early brain research and how it relates to building language comprehension and word recognition skills. Participants will recognize the various strands of Scarborough’s rope and how they are intertwined in the ITDG and AZELS. 

Webinar Recordings

Recorded Webinars

Webinar TOPIC	PRESENTED BY	SESSION MATERIALS	link to RECORDING
Introduction to Adult Resilience	ECE Team Arizona Department of Education	Intro to Adult Resilience	View Recording
PDG Information Session 2 (English)	ECE Team Arizona Department of Education	PDG Information Session 2 (English)	View Recording
Segunda Sesion de Informacion de PDG (Español)	ECE Team Arizona Department of Education	Segunda Sesion de Informacion de PDG (Español)	View Recording
Empower Program / Go NAPSACC	Bonnie Williams Dept of Health Services	Empower/GNS.pdf Empower/GNS.pdf	View Recording
Quality First Overview	Quality First Team First Things First	QFPresentation.pdf QFPresentation.pdf	View Recording
Observation and Assessment	ECE Team Arizona Department of Education	Observation&Assessment.pdf Observation&Assessment.pdf	View Recording

30-min Intro Online Courses

Introductory Online Courses (30 min)

Intro to Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) (30-min)

This course provides an introduction to the  five domains of the Infant and Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) and how to use the guidelines to provide responsive caregiving and quality learning experiences for all children birth to 3 years of age in early care and education settings.

Intro to Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) (30-min)

This course provides an introduction to the eight standards within the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) and how to use the standards to provide an instructional foundation for all children 3-5 years old in early care and education settings.

Intro to Program Guidelines for High Quality Early Education (30 min)

The course provides an introduction to the Program Guidelines for High Quality Early Education: Birth through Kindergarten and will help participants develop a working knowledge of the guidelines to support their program be better prepared to help young children succeed.

Cursos de Español

CURSOS INTRODUCTORIOS EN LÍNEA (30 MIN)

Introducción a las Directrices para el Desarrollo del Bebé y del Infante (ITDG) (30 min)

Este curso proporciona una introducción a las Pautas de desarrollo para bebés y niños pequeños (ITDG) y cómo usar las pautas para proporcionar cuidado receptivo y experiencias de aprendizaje de calidad para todos los niños desde el nacimiento hasta los 3 años de edad en entornos de atención y educación temprana.

Introducción a los Estándares de Aprendizaje Temprano de Arizona (AZELS) (30 min)

Este curso proporciona una introducción a los ocho estándares dentro de los Estándares de Aprendizaje Temprano de Arizona (AZELS) y cómo usar los estándares para proporcionar una base de instrucción para todos los niños de 3 a 5 años de edad.

1-hour Online Courses

1-hour Online Courses

ITDG Social Emotional Development (1-hr) 

This course focuses on the SE Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including early brain research in relation to positive development and how to create rich learning environments for infants and toddlers.

ITDG Approaches to Learning (1-hr) 

This course focuses on the Approaches to Learning Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including an introduction to early brain research in relation to approaches to learning and how to foster initiative, creativity, and problem solving skills in infants and toddlers.

ITDG Language Development & Communication (1-hr)

This course focuses on the Language Development & Communication Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including an introduction to early brain research and how to build the language and communication skills of listening, speaking, and emergent literacy in infants and toddlers.

ITDG Cognitive Development (1-hr) 

This course focuses on the Cognitive Development Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including a connection to early brain research and how to foster exploration, build memory skills, and support reasoning and problem-solving through imitation and symbolic play.

AZELS Social Emotional Development (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of the Social & Emotional Development Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) and an introduction to the Pyramid Model to provide behavior supports, along with strategies to foster positive development in children age 3-5.

AZELS Approaches to Learning (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of the Approaches to Learning Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster curiosity, confidence, creativity, and problem solving skills in children age 3-5.

AZELS Language & Literacy (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of the Language & Literacy Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to build language, emergent literacy, and emergent writing skills in preschool age children.

AZELS Mathematics (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of the Mathematics Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster counting, operations, measuring, and geometry skills in preschool age children.

AZELS Science (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of the Science Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster scientific inquiry and application skills in preschool age children.

AZELS Physical Development Health & Safety (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of the Physical Development, Health & Safety Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to promote healthy physical development, appropriate hygiene practices, and safety measures in the environment and the classroom for preschool age children.

HQPG: Family Engagement & Support (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of Program Guideline 5: Family Engagement & Support from the Program Guidelines for High Quality Early Education: Birth through Kindergarten including specific ways to more fully and effectively engage with families involved in your program.

AZ School Readiness Framework (1-hr)

This course provides an overview of the Arizona School Readiness Framework and its key components such as research-based curriculum and assessment, high-quality kindergarten transitions, and the importance of family engagement.

Ongoing Progress Monitoring (1-hr)

This course is designed to show the importance of ongoing progress monitoring within the early childhood education system. The four stages of the assessment cycle are outlined to include high-quality practices that support children’s outcomes, family engagement, and programmatic decision making.

2-hour Online Courses

2-hour Online Courses

ITDG Language Development & Communication (2-hr)

This course takes a closer look at the Language Development & Communication Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including the connection of early brain research to language and communication development and provides effective strategies for supporting listening, speaking, and literacy-rich experiences for infants and toddlers.

AZELS Social Emotional Development (2-hr)

This course provides a closer look at the Social Emotional Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including the tiers of the Pyramid Model to provide behavior supports, and instructional strategies for fostering positive development in children age 3-5.

AZELS Approaches to Learning (2-hr)

This course provides a closer look at the Approaches to Learning Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to implement the strands within the Standard as well as strategies to support executive function skills and cognitive flexibility in children age 3-5.

AZELS Language & Literacy (2-hr)

This course provides a closer look at the Language & Literacy Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to build language, emergent literacy, and emergent writing skills and how to design a literacy-rich environment for preschool age children.

AZELS Mathematics (2-hr)

This course takes a closer look at the Mathematics Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster counting, operations, measuring, and geometry skills along effective strategies for implementing math skills in all standards of early learning for preschool age children.

AZELS Science (2-hr)

This course takes a closer look at the Science Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster scientific inquiry and application skills, as well as strategies for designing a science-rich environment for preschool age children.