Course Length: 12 hour/s (2 days)

Course Cost: $375.00 member

                     $425.00 non-member

Course Number: LIT228

Course Description: The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales (ECERS) Training is a quality assessment training designed for preschool, kindergarten, and child care classroom staff serving children 2-and-a-half through 5 years of age.  The course provides students with the how's and when's to use each tool, the scoring process and practice in scoring a variety of items. The course will also encompass the expanded ECERS- R which consist of 43 items.  Students will learn about the changes that include new interaction items, additional curriculum items such as use of electronic media and promotion of acceptance of diversity, more inclusive and culturally sensitive indicators, and more items focusing on staff needs. The training will be cover the following modules: (1) space and furnishings; (2) personal care routines; (3) language-reasoning; (4) activities; (5) interaction; (6) program structure; and (7) parents and staff. Each of the 43 module is expressed as a 7-point scale ranging from inadequate to excellent. Student will be give notes for clarification and questions for selected modules.

Prerequisite: None

Learning Objectives: Upon completion, you will be able to:

• Understand and use of the Environment Rating Scales

• Use the tools to assess and improve early learning environments,

•  Use ECERS to define and measure quality,

•  Conduct research on the Environment Rating Scales,  

•   Understand and get more focus on  the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-R.

Target Audience: This course is designed for all teaching and education staff.  Those staff responsible for conducting observation and assessment of children will benefit from this training.