Join the Family Childcare & Center Enrichment Foundation for a transformative four-day retreat designed specifically for childcare providers and educators. From June 5-8 in Winston-Salem, immerse yourself in workshops and activities that will rejuvenate your professional practice, physical wellbeing, and spiritual purpose. Connect with a community that understands your challenges and celebrate the vital work you do. Return to your childcare setting refreshed, inspired, and equipped with new strategies to thrive personally and professionally.
Men in ECE: Transforming Early Childhood Education Through Diversity
Join Smart Start of Forsyth County and the M.A.L.E. Initiative on June 26, 2025, for an engaging Smart Table Talk on “Convening Men in Early Childhood Education.” Featured speaker Dr. Jawan Burwell from NC A&T State University will lead a discussion on encouraging gender equality, promoting positive masculinity, and breaking barriers in the teaching profession. This lunch-hour event (12:00-1:30 PM) at Goodwill Industries’ Self Reliance Hall will explore how increasing male representation in early childhood settings benefits children’s development and strengthens the profession. Registration required.
This training addresses playground safety hazards, playground supervision, maintenance and general upkeep of the outdoor learning environment, and age and developmentally appropriate playground materials and equipment.
Self-care is all about taking care of your health and making sure that you have everything you need to thrive as a teacher. Without taking care of yourself, you won’t have the energy to help your students. Because teaching is such an intensive job, educators can greatly benefit from learning about and practicing self-care at work and at home and how to relieve stress even in the workplace.
Smart Start of Forsyth County is the proud provider of First Aid, CPR and AED Training. Be sure to register early, spaces are limited. Participants must attend for the entire training session to receive the certificate.
Adults providing care for infants, 12 months or younger, are required to be trained in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction Practices. The Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction in Child Care (ITS-SIDS) is an approved training that provides an understanding of how to implement safe sleep practices.
Early childhood trauma generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur in children ages zero – six. Because infants’ and young children’s reactions may be different from older children’s, and because they may not be able to verbalize their reactions to threatening or dangerous events, many people assume that young age protects children from the impact of traumatic experiences. Come Learn about the signs of traumatic stress, its impact on children, treatment options, and how caregivers can help.
In this training we will define Positive interactions. Discuss why they are important and how we can develop positive interactions in difficult situations.
Infusing classrooms with physical activity—or at least the option of some movement, at student discretion—isn’t just good for kids’ bodies, it’s also a powerful tool for improving learning and focus and reducing classroom management issues. Physical activity that amplifies learning can have a powerful effect on retention and engagement—it’s also fun. Come learn ways to integrate more movement in your lessons.
