Training and Information Sessions
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Events/Conferences - SSDC Board and Community Meetings
To register for any of the following trainings: Please call 249-6688.
So that all participants can receive the full benefit of the trainings, please be mindful of the following:
- Trainings, unless otherwise noted, are currently free of charge. Please register only if you know you can attend.
- Trainings begin and end at the time listed. To receive credit for any training, participants must be present no later than 15 minutes after the starting time.
- For those participants who will be picked-up after the training, please make sure the driver is here when the workshop ends.
- Each individual participant must call to reserve their own space - please no calling for other people.
August 2010
- 3rd - Parent Orientation: Smart Start Scholarship
- Location: Smart Start Office
- Offered at 6:30PM
- Designed for parents in the scholarship program
- Call (336) 249-6688 to register
- 17th -Parent Training: Love Languages of Children
- Location: Smart Start Office @ 6:30PM
- Join us to learn how to understand and speak your child's love language!
- Call (336) 249-6688 to register.
- Trainer: Erin Beck
- 19th - SIDS
- Location: Smart Start Office from 6:30-8:30
- Trainer: Sherry Brannon
- 2 hours of inservice credit
- State mandated safe sleep training for teachers working with infants
- 24th - CPR/First Aid
- Location: Smart Start Office from 5:30-8:30
- Cost is $25, checks made payable to trainer
- Trainer: Ella Bunting
- 3 hours of inservice credit, if applicable
- 26th - Parent Training: The Importance of Play
- Location: Smart Start Office @ 6:30PM
- Parents will learn activities and strategies for using play for learning.
- Trainer: Megan Ewing
- Call (336) 249-6688
September 2010
- 1st - SACERS (School Age) Training
- Location: Work Family Resource Center
- Flyer with more Info
- 9th - Parent Training: Bringing the Outdoors In
- Location: Smart Start Office @ 6:30PM
- There are many activities that children can do with nature indoors. Join us to learn how.
- Trainer: Megan Ewing
- Call (336) 249-6688
- 14th - Parent Orientation: Smart Start Scholarship
- Location: Smart Start Office
- Offered at 6:30PM
- Designed for parents in the scholarship program
- Call (336) 249-6688 to register.
- 16th - Preschool Foundations
- Location: Smart Start Office from 6:30-8:30PM
- Guidelines, Development, Learning for NC Children 3 years, 4 years and Pre-K
- Trainer: Stephanie Nelson
- 2 hours of inservice credit
- 21st - Infant/Toddler Foundations
- Location: Smart Start Office from 6:30-8:30PM
- Guidelines, Development, Learning for NC Infants and Toddlers
- Trainer: Gina Collins
- 2 hours of inservice training
- 23rd - Fire Safety
- Location: Smart Start Office
- Cost of training is $10. Checks payable to trainer
- Trainer: Darren Draughn
- 2 hours of inservice training
- 25th- Parent Education Conference
- Location: Landmark Pentecostal Church, Lexington
- This is a day dedicated to parent education
- There will be 3 parent education seminars, including a Question and Answer Session with a panel of Childhood Experts!
- Call (336) 249-6688 or email for more information
- 28th - NAEYC Code of Ethics
- Location: Smart Start Office from 6:30-8:30PM
- Come learn and experience how the Code of Ethics influences the many daily decisions you make regarding young children.
- 2 hours of inservice training
October 2010
- 5th - Parent Orientation: Smart Start Scholarship
- Location: Smart Start Office
- Offered at 6:30PM
- Designed for parents in the scholarship program
- Call (336) 249-6688 to register
- 21st -Parent Training: Everyday Activities for School Readiness
- Location: Smart Start Office @ 6:30PM
- In the Grocery Store, in the car, at the beach...we will learn how to use every possible learning opportunity.
- Call (336) 249-6688 to register.
- Trainer: Erin Beck
November 2010
- 2nd - Parent Orientation: Smart Start Scholarship
- Location: Smart Start Office
- Offered at 6:30PM
- Designed for parents in the scholarship program
- Call (336) 249-6688 to register
- 11th -Parent Training: Love Languages of Children
- Location: Smart Start Office @ 6:30PM
- Join us to learn how to understand and speak your child's love language!.
- Call (336) 249-6688 to register.
- Trainer: Megan Ewing
March 2011
- 26th- Early Childhood Professional Conference
- Location:First Baptist Church, Lexington
- This is a day dedicated to teacher education
- Time: TBA
- Call (336) 249-6688 or email for more information


