Learning Through Play & Interactions in Centers
Hands-on early childhood professional development focused on what children can learn during classroom centers and free play. Practical strategies for play based learning, observation, and intentional interactions that support early education outcomes.
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Professional development training for childcare staff focused on active supervision beyond basic monitoring. Covers safety-minded strategies and practical techniques to prevent incidents and improve child engagement in early childhood settings.
Professional development training for childcare staff focused on active supervision beyond basic monitoring. Covers safety-minded strategies and practical techniques to prevent incidents and improve child engagement in early childhood settings.
Professional development training for childcare staff focused on active supervision beyond basic monitoring. Covers safety-minded strategies and practical techniques to prevent incidents and improve child engagement in early childhood settings.
Hands-on playground safety training focused on spotting hazards, assessing risk, and supporting safer outdoor play spaces. Designed for childcare professionals and caregivers who oversee kids’ learning environments.
Hands-on playground safety training focused on spotting hazards, assessing risk, and supporting safer outdoor play spaces. Designed for childcare professionals and caregivers who oversee kids’ learning environments.
Hands-on playground safety training focused on spotting hazards, assessing risk, and supporting safer outdoor play spaces. Designed for childcare professionals and caregivers who oversee kids’ learning environments.
Discussion-based professional development on what separates an early childhood educator from “just a babysitter,” including core workplace qualities, expectations, and career-minded practices. Designed for childcare providers to share perspectives and build local professional connections.
Discussion-based professional development on what separates an early childhood educator from “just a babysitter,” including core workplace qualities, expectations, and career-minded practices. Designed for childcare providers to share perspectives and build local professional connections.
Discussion-based professional development on what separates an early childhood educator from “just a babysitter,” including core workplace qualities, expectations, and career-minded practices. Designed for childcare providers to share perspectives and build local professional connections.

Hands on training on SIDS prevention and infant sleep safety for childcare providers, featuring evidence-based safe sleep practices, risk reduction strategies, and interactive scenarios to improve facility policies and on site infant care.

Hands on training on SIDS prevention and infant sleep safety for childcare providers, featuring evidence-based safe sleep practices, risk reduction strategies, and interactive scenarios to improve facility policies and on site infant care.
Hands on training on SIDS prevention and infant sleep safety for childcare providers, featuring evidence-based safe sleep practices, risk reduction strategies, and interactive scenarios to improve facility policies and on site infant care.
Structured spring training day delivering interactive workshops, skill building sessions, and peer networking for early childhood educators and child care providers, led by Child Care Connections of Burke County.
Structured spring training day delivering interactive workshops, skill building sessions, and peer networking for early childhood educators and child care providers, led by Child Care Connections of Burke County.
Structured spring training day delivering interactive workshops, skill building sessions, and peer networking for early childhood educators and child care providers, led by Child Care Connections of Burke County.
Professional development session on North Carolina Foundations of Early Learning and Development, focusing on early childhood standards and child development best practices. Ideal for childcare providers and educators to learn, discuss implementation, and connect with local peers.
Professional development session on North Carolina Foundations of Early Learning and Development, focusing on early childhood standards and child development best practices. Ideal for childcare providers and educators to learn, discuss implementation, and connect with local peers.
Professional development session on North Carolina Foundations of Early Learning and Development, focusing on early childhood standards and child development best practices. Ideal for childcare providers and educators to learn, discuss implementation, and connect with local peers.
Evidence-based overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and North Carolina childcare licensing requirements, combining risk-reduction strategies, safe-sleep guidance, and regulatory compliance for childcare providers in an in-person workshop.
Evidence-based overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and North Carolina childcare licensing requirements, combining risk-reduction strategies, safe-sleep guidance, and regulatory compliance for childcare providers in an in-person workshop.
Evidence-based overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and North Carolina childcare licensing requirements, combining risk-reduction strategies, safe-sleep guidance, and regulatory compliance for childcare providers in an in-person workshop.
Interactive, skills-based training that helps caring adults spot signs of youth mental health challenges and practice supportive responses. Emphasizes confident, compassionate communication and knowing when to connect youth with appropriate help.
Interactive, skills-based training that helps caring adults spot signs of youth mental health challenges and practice supportive responses. Emphasizes confident, compassionate communication and knowing when to connect youth with appropriate help.
Interactive, skills-based training that helps caring adults spot signs of youth mental health challenges and practice supportive responses. Emphasizes confident, compassionate communication and knowing when to connect youth with appropriate help.
Hands on food safety manager training with practical applications, followed by a proctored certification test and focused skills practice to prepare learners for manager level compliance and on the job implementation.
Hands on food safety manager training with practical applications, followed by a proctored certification test and focused skills practice to prepare learners for manager level compliance and on the job implementation.
Hands on food safety manager training with practical applications, followed by a proctored certification test and focused skills practice to prepare learners for manager level compliance and on the job implementation.

Imaginative movement and story based play for preschoolers combining songs, prop driven storytelling, and playful dance games to develop gross motor skills, social imagination, and early literacy at Black Mountain Center for the Arts.

Imaginative movement and story based play for preschoolers combining songs, prop driven storytelling, and playful dance games to develop gross motor skills, social imagination, and early literacy at Black Mountain Center for the Arts.
Imaginative movement and story based play for preschoolers combining songs, prop driven storytelling, and playful dance games to develop gross motor skills, social imagination, and early literacy at Black Mountain Center for the Arts.
Trauma-informed training on intimate partner violence impacts, with a focus on how trauma affects survivors, children, and family systems. Designed for helping professionals to build practical, sensitive approaches to safety planning and support.
Trauma-informed training on intimate partner violence impacts, with a focus on how trauma affects survivors, children, and family systems. Designed for helping professionals to build practical, sensitive approaches to safety planning and support.
Trauma-informed training on intimate partner violence impacts, with a focus on how trauma affects survivors, children, and family systems. Designed for helping professionals to build practical, sensitive approaches to safety planning and support.

Interactive online training for formal and informal community leaders navigating post crisis support. Learn simple, practical strategies for reconnecting with others, offering steady help, and strengthening community resilience during hard times.

Interactive online training for formal and informal community leaders navigating post crisis support. Learn simple, practical strategies for reconnecting with others, offering steady help, and strengthening community resilience during hard times.
Interactive online training for formal and informal community leaders navigating post crisis support. Learn simple, practical strategies for reconnecting with others, offering steady help, and strengthening community resilience during hard times.
Career-focused data analytics certification training built around setting achievable business goals and applying data skills in real workplace scenarios. Held at a Regus business center with opportunities to connect with other professionals and learners.
Career-focused data analytics certification training built around setting achievable business goals and applying data skills in real workplace scenarios. Held at a Regus business center with opportunities to connect with other professionals and learners.
Career-focused data analytics certification training built around setting achievable business goals and applying data skills in real workplace scenarios. Held at a Regus business center with opportunities to connect with other professionals and learners.

Hands on workshop exploring Yiddish song traditions and Ashkenazi cultural history through group singing, listening, and discussion. Learn melodies, pronunciation, and musical context in a community arts center setting.

Hands on workshop exploring Yiddish song traditions and Ashkenazi cultural history through group singing, listening, and discussion. Learn melodies, pronunciation, and musical context in a community arts center setting.
Hands on workshop exploring Yiddish song traditions and Ashkenazi cultural history through group singing, listening, and discussion. Learn melodies, pronunciation, and musical context in a community arts center setting.

Interactive preschool story time with picture books, singalong songs, playful rhymes, and simple activities geared to ages 3–5. A cozy library program that builds early literacy and listening skills in a group setting.

Interactive preschool story time with picture books, singalong songs, playful rhymes, and simple activities geared to ages 3–5. A cozy library program that builds early literacy and listening skills in a group setting.
Interactive preschool story time with picture books, singalong songs, playful rhymes, and simple activities geared to ages 3–5. A cozy library program that builds early literacy and listening skills in a group setting.

A hands-on lecture and listening session focused on identifying Western North Carolina frogs by visual traits and distinct breeding calls. Learn seasonal calling patterns and how monitoring changes can signal climate impacts for citizen-science reporting.

A hands-on lecture and listening session focused on identifying Western North Carolina frogs by visual traits and distinct breeding calls. Learn seasonal calling patterns and how monitoring changes can signal climate impacts for citizen-science reporting.
A hands-on lecture and listening session focused on identifying Western North Carolina frogs by visual traits and distinct breeding calls. Learn seasonal calling patterns and how monitoring changes can signal climate impacts for citizen-science reporting.

Hands-on positive reinforcement puppy training focused on socialization, bite inhibition, house training, and basic manners for puppies aged 8 to 16 weeks; class capped at 12 participants.

Hands-on positive reinforcement puppy training focused on socialization, bite inhibition, house training, and basic manners for puppies aged 8 to 16 weeks; class capped at 12 participants.
Hands-on positive reinforcement puppy training focused on socialization, bite inhibition, house training, and basic manners for puppies aged 8 to 16 weeks; class capped at 12 participants.
Hands-on workshop teaching how to grow, preserve, and cook with culinary herbs, covering planting, harvesting, drying, and simple kitchen techniques like sauces and infused oils.
Hands-on workshop teaching how to grow, preserve, and cook with culinary herbs, covering planting, harvesting, drying, and simple kitchen techniques like sauces and infused oils.
Hands-on workshop teaching how to grow, preserve, and cook with culinary herbs, covering planting, harvesting, drying, and simple kitchen techniques like sauces and infused oils.

Hands-on textile summer camp where kids explore the journey from farm fibers to finished fabric through playful weaving, dyeing, and simple sewing projects. Emphasis on sustainability, creativity, and making skills in a community studio setting.

Hands-on textile summer camp where kids explore the journey from farm fibers to finished fabric through playful weaving, dyeing, and simple sewing projects. Emphasis on sustainability, creativity, and making skills in a community studio setting.
Hands-on textile summer camp where kids explore the journey from farm fibers to finished fabric through playful weaving, dyeing, and simple sewing projects. Emphasis on sustainability, creativity, and making skills in a community studio setting.

Hands-on Access Consciousness body process training centered on receiving and gifting bodywork while deepening intuitive listening to bodily signals. A gentle, exploratory space for restoring communion with the earth and embodied awareness.

Hands-on Access Consciousness body process training centered on receiving and gifting bodywork while deepening intuitive listening to bodily signals. A gentle, exploratory space for restoring communion with the earth and embodied awareness.
Hands-on Access Consciousness body process training centered on receiving and gifting bodywork while deepening intuitive listening to bodily signals. A gentle, exploratory space for restoring communion with the earth and embodied awareness.