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coaching for quality improvement. - Nebraska Early Childhood Pyramid Model for Supporting Social/Emotional Competence (EC-PBIS). The Pyramid model training is done program-wide through an Implementation Academy, followed by implementation training and coaching through a train-coach-train model. School districts and Head Start programs have participated in this process. - Nebraska has a coach coordination team that meets regularly to plan training and ensure that programs are aligned and resources are being used wisely. - Licensing required training- State Legislation requires licensed child care providers to take the following training series which have been developed by state staff from NDE and DHHS as well as outside experts in the respective fields.

1. Safe with You 2. Getting Down to Business – for family child care, or Management Training – for directors of centers 3. Early Learning Guidelines - Early Childhood Training Center/( NDE/DHHS) created training 1. Curriculum 101: a face to face training designed to help child care providers understand active learning, ways to identify an appropriate curriculum, and how to implement curriculum in their program. 2. First Connections: an online multifaceted comprehensive training offering education about infants and toddlers and is available to teachers, caregivers, parents and others. 3. Nebraska Home Visiting Core Practices and Principles: and online training consisting of seven core modules for working with families in the home 4. Project PARA: a web-based training program for paraeducators to assist them in developing core knowledge and skills needed for effectively assisting a teacher with early childhood classroom instruction. 5. Read for Joy: Early Language and literacy training for parents and early childhood professionals. 6. School-Age Connections : online training designed to assist providers in the development and implementation of school-age programming for out-of-school time. 7. Supervision of Children: training that will assist child care providers understand the importance of appropriate supervision of young children and assist early childhood staff in improving the safety and security of children in their care. Two versions are available. One version is for child care centers and home providers who want to improve their skills. The other version is for child care centers or home providers who have had a verified lapse in supervision and are being required to take the training to ensure that children are safe in the care of the program. 8. Working with Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness: training that will assist child care providers to understand the nature of homelessness and needs of homeless and near homeless children and their families. - Early Childhood Training Center Approved training: 1. By statute, the ECTC must approve training that is used to satisfy child care licensing criteria for required training, annual in-service, and training needed for participation or advancement in Step Up to Quality. Trainers wishing to provide Nebraska Page 254 of 314