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All Pyramid Model Trainings must be completed consecutively, beginning with the "Introduction to the Pyramid Model" recorded training.
All Pyramid Model Trainings must be completed consecutively, beginning with the "Introduction to the Pyramid Model" recorded training.
Pyramid Model Micro-Trainings are brief, targeted sessions designed to help you master specific evidence-based strategies.
Each micro training focuses on a single Key Practice—such as Managing Transitions or Teaching Friendship Skills—and includes implementation resources like classroom visuals, checklists, and family handouts.
Additionally, you have access to the Preparing for the Pyramid: Classroom Essentials Checklist and the Pyramid Model Practices Implementation Checklist to use for self-reflection and action planning.
How to Access:
To begin, simply click on the topic name of the training you wish to view. This will take you directly to the session and its accompanying resources.
Reach out to the RTC if you need assistance.
Click here to access Pyramid Model Micro-Trainings and Resources
Process & Play: The Power of the Arts
Process & Play: The Power of the Arts
What happens when we stop making 23 identical penguins and start making space for thinking, exploring, and creating?
Arts experiences in early childhood are far more than crafts and cute products — they are powerful pathways to creativity, expression, and deep learning. In this interactive session, participants will explore how process-driven, play-based arts experiences support problem-solving, communication, emotional expression, and cognitive growth.
Through hands-on exploration and engaging activities, we will experience how open-ended art, music, movement, and dramatic play invite children to make choices, take risks, represent ideas, and construct meaning. Together, we’ll examine how the arts strengthen language development, social connections, and standards-based learning in authentic and purposeful ways.
Grounded in Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) and aligned with the Kentucky Early Childhood Standards, this session highlights how arts-rich experiences support the whole child while advancing learning across domains including language, social-emotional development, creativity, cognition, and approaches to learning.
Participants will leave with practical strategies for shifting from product-focused activities to rich creative experiences — creating environments where children think deeply, express freely, and learn with joy.
When: June 9th
Where: Morehead Convention Center
Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Lunch will be provided
Book Study meeting dates:
June 11th
June 18th
June 25th
July 2nd
July 9th
July 16th
We will meet 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. each session!
Click here to register!
Conscious Discipline:
Conscious Discipline:
"Building Resilient Classrooms" Book Study
"Building Resilient Classrooms" Book Study
Join our exciting 6-week book study on “Conscious Discipline,” dedicating just one hour each week!
We're diving into the amazing "adult first" approach to discipline that emphasizes adult self-regulation to enhance kids' social and emotional intelligence. Join in your PJs with your coffee or Alani or from the beach~ it will more like a chat amongst friends than a “work thing.”
Conscious Discipline is all about moving away from punishment-focused methods and embracing connections, safety, and problem-solving. We will explore the seven key skills that make this method so effective in fostering a vibrant and inclusive classroom community.
Plus, we'll see how these skills align perfectly with the Pyramid Model Framework, offering even more insight into building a supportive and collaborative educational environment. What better way to get a full day of PD before the school year starts? Get ready for a journey of personal and professional growth, where you'll gather valuable tools to cultivate a warm and united classroom community! Those of you who already use Conscious Discipline, please join and share your expertise.
It is my belief that early childhood educators learn the most from each other...real experiences, real challenges, real success stories.
Intended Audience: This book study is appropriate for everyone~any grade level, whether you work with students or adults~teachers, assistants, related service providers, administrators.
6 hours professional learning credit and EILA.
ECE-TRIS credit available upon request.
Reach out if you have any questions.
On-Demand Training Sessions
Administering and Scoring the DIAL-4
Administering and Scoring the DIAL-4
This self-paced learning session provides an overview of the DAL-4, as well as information about how to administer and score the assessment. This session is divided in to 3 parts. Each part requires the participant to view a video and answer questions related to content. Once completed, participants will receive a certificate awarding 1 hour of professional learning credit.
Click HERE to access.
How to Write an Effective IEP (Self-Paced Training)
The objective of this training is to assist early childhood educators with effectively developing and implementing IEP's in order to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.
This training will also provide participants with clear instructions and examples for the process of developing an IEP that meets all federal and state guidelines.
Use the following links to access these self-paced trainings. Following each session is a series of questions to "test your knowledge." Your certificate of completion will arrive in your email once you complete the questions accurately.
Use the following links to access these self-paced trainings. Following each session is a series of questions to "test your knowledge." Your certificate of completion will arrive in your email once you complete the questions accurately.
After completing ALL sessions, evaluate the series HERE
PRINCIPALS OF PRESCHOOL SERIES
Power of Play - Curriculum in Early Childhood
Partnering with Families
TASK ANALYSIS
Learn all about task analysis, a teaching process that breaks down complex activities into a series of simple steps that students are able to learn more easily. This session is an introduction to task analysis and will answer questions such as when and with whom to use task analysis, how to complete a task analysis, and how to teach a task analysis.
Use the following link to access this self-paced training. Once you have completed the pre-test, training, and post-test, you will receive a certificate for 1 hour of training credit.
In this on-demand session, participants will learn developmentally appropriate practices for technology use in the preschool classroom. Participants will learn new strategies to embed technology use and digital media into classroom learning experiences.
Please contact the RTC if you have any questions or have difficulty accessing this training.
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