ONLINE TRAININGS OFFERED BY OTHER AGENCIES:

Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment Training

This 2-hour training is required by the Division of Child Development and Early Education for new teachers within 90 days of employment and needs renewed every 5 years thereafter. FREE.

North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project

This link provides options for pre-recorded contact hour trainings and upcoming live event trainings. All trainings are related to ITERS-R/ECERS-R/SACERS-U. FREE.

Childcare Educational Services Trainings

This organization offers virtual trainings for a FEE and has been approved by DCDEE.

TRAINING POLICIES

• Pre-registration is required. Use the links on the Smart Start of Davie website to register. Training links will be closed 2 days before the training. All registrants must have an individual email address.

• Classes are subject to cancellation unless a minimum number of attendees are registered 48 hours before the class.

• Trainings will be offered virtually via ZOOM platform or in-person.

• For virtual trainings, links will be sent within 24 hours of the class. If you have not received a link by the day of the class, please contact our office at 336-751-2113 or email info@daviesmartstart.org. Host and/or trainer direct information will be included in this email. This link should not be shared with others. Individuals who are not registered will not be allowed to join online trainings. Download Zoom at https://zoom.us.download .

• For virtual trainings, cameras need to be on. If cameras are not able to be on, participants must actively participate by coming off mute or engaging in chat.

• Two “no-shows” with no explanation in one fiscal year will result in being put on the waitlist for future trainings.

• Admittance is not allowed after the first 15 minutes of class.

• Kindness and respect for one another and the presenter are expected.

• Please be courteous and turn off your cell phone during the training. If you must take a phone call, please leave the training area.

• Children are not allowed in the training area & must be accompanied by an adult in the lobby at all times. Prior approval for extenuating circumstances needed.

• Trainings should not be attended while working in the classroom, taking attention away from supervising young children. Teacher/child ratio in the classroom should be maintained at all times.

• Certificates not issues the night of training will be issued 48-72 hours after a training is completed. Participants MUST complete all surveys/evaluations necessary to be eligible to receive a certificate. The exception to this is CPR, which can take up to 2 weeks to receive.

  CPR trainings are typically scheduled in the months of August, November, February, and May.

  ITS-SIDS trainings are typically scheduled in the months of October, January, April, and June.

TRAINING PAYMENT INFORMATION

Smart Start of Davie County will continue to provide FREE training for teachers who serve children birth to five in Davie County, unless otherwise noted below (please note, there is a $10 fee for teachers who serve children outside of Davie County):

CPR & FIRST AID

$35: Davie County Providers ; $80: Out of County Providers

(Smart Start of Davie County pays a portion of the fees for educators who live OR work in Davie County)

(Please indicate on your sign up your preferred method of payment.)

• If you must cancel, please remove yourself from the training sign up and contact the Smart Start Office at 336.751.2113 or info@daviesmartstart.org at least 3 business days prior to the meeting.

• A $10 no-show fee will be charged to those that sign up for a class but do not attend. Space is limited in each class and no-shows take a training opportunity away from another child care professional.

• This fee must be paid before signing up for any other class through Smart Start of Davie County.