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T.R.A.I.N.E.R - Palm Beach State College IEECE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
Communicating with trainers just became a little easier. T.R.A.I.N.E.R, a newsletter
designed for Palm Beach County Registry-approved trainers, recently debuted on the Institute
of Excellence's website. The newsletter will be published on the website quarterly and
e-mailed to all Registry-approved trainers with e-mail addresses on file.
T.R.A.I.N.E.R. is an acronym for Trainer Resource for Announcements, Information, and News
that Enhance Results. The newsletter will allow the Institute to communicate pertinent and
relevant information to trainers, as well as offer tips and suggestions for designing
outcomes driven training.
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Center Trainer Manuals Now Available for Check Out - October 28, 2010
Any registry-approved Center Trainer may check out Center Trainer Manuals. Click here to read the complete announcement. Click here or go to the Forms & Docs page for the Check Out form.
Assessment Required for Registry-approved Trainings - April 10, 2010
Recently, the Trainer/Training Approval Committee reviewed and approved a policy change that requires most Registry-approved trainings to include a written Knowledge and Skill Assessment. The policy change was made as part of the Palm Beach County Registry's ongoing commitment to ensure quality trainings. A Knowledge and Skill Assessment will be required of all single session trainings and training series that require Quality Assurance Goal Sheet and PACES forms for approval. Click here to read the complete announcement.
SEEK Scholarship Awards and Registry-approved Trainers — Fee Schedule
The SEEK Scholarship program is available to support practitioners pursuing education and
training in Palm Beach County. As a Registry-approved trainer providing Registry-approved
training, you are in the fortunate position of offering training to practitioners who can
access SEEK Scholarships to attend your training events.
Your established trainer level with the Registry determines the amount of SEEK Scholarship
awarded to practitioners. Our effort to maximize the availability of scholarship funds has
required establishing a new schedule of awards.
To help you determine the amount of SEEK awarded to practitioners to attend your training
please refer to the schedule of awards.
Click here to view schedule of awards.
Trainer-Training Qualifications & Standards Early Child Care & Education.
The Trainer-Training Standards, an outgrowth of the Core Competencies, ensure that professional development workshops address these competencies through quality instruction that focuses on the needs of the early child care and education workforce and the goals of their programs. These standards also outline training agency supports for quality. The Trainer-Training Standards were reviewed in 2007 by a focus group comprised of Palm Beach County stakeholders in early child care and education. The group unanimously agreed on the standards and their importance to the quality of informal trainings. To learn more about the Training-Trainer Standards, click here.
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Learn how to create training plans driven by Palm Beach County Core Competencies using activities
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Read our Guiding Principles for Training
Procedures for Training Approval
Community-based training is training that is provided by Registry-approved independent trainers. The training may be provided to one center or it may be a training event that is open to the community of early childhood practitioners. The training approval procedure for community-based training requires that the Training Approval Request form be submitted by the Trainer. To assure the quality of the training, we encourage you to provide Registry-approved trainings. A list of Registry-approved trainers is available to you from the Registry upon your request. In addition, please be advised that CEUs (Continuing Education Units) can only be awarded by trainers or agencies authorized by IACET or other national CEU organization. For more information about CEUs, please visit the IACET Fact Sheet.
Please use the Registry Sign-In sheet to record attendance. At the completion of the training, please have the participants complete the Training Evaluation form. The Trainer Evaluation forms along with the training sign in sheet must be returned to the Registry.
With regard to advance time requirements, please keep in mind that the SEEK program has its own requirements for advance notice, and those must be adhered to if SEEK funds will be requested by attendees.
Click here for more information about SEEK.
Trainer Update Form
In order to consistently track current and accurate information on an active trainer in the Palm Beach County Early Childhood Registry, a trainer must continuously update his/her information with the Palm Beach County Early Childhood Registry. There are several ways a trainer can update his/her information:
1. The trainer may fax any new certificates, transcripts, change of address and/or contact information, etc. to (561)868-7042.
2. The trainer may mail or deliver in person any new certificates, transcripts, change of address and/or contact information, etc. to: Palm Beach County Early Childhood Registry, 812 Fern Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
To further assist you, an email will be sent to you every six (6) months to remind you to send any updated information to the Palm Beach County Early Childhood Registry.
Please click here for the Registry Update form.