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Born to Learn® Training

This training is designed for professionals who will return to their communities ready to implement the Parents as Teachers model of service, either as a stand-alone program or as part of another early childhood program such as Early Head Start, Healthy Families America or Even Start.

Each Institute focuses on personal visits, group meetings, screenings, community resources, as well as child development and parenting information. Participants who complete training are certified as Parents as Teachers parent educators, a status that is maintained through annual recertification. Institutes are offered through the United States on an ongoing basis and on-site by special arrangement for groups of 12 or more.

BORN TO LEARN TRAINING

Born to Learn Institute, Prenatal to 3 Years

This five-day Institute prepares early childhood and human service professionals to implement the four components of a Born to Learn program using the Born to Learn Curriculum Prenatal to 3 Years. Download a sampler of this curriculum here. [English] [Spanish]

The Institute covers:

  • neuroscience research on early development and learning (prenatal through age 3)
  • sequences of early childhood development
  • effective instructional personal visits
  • facilitation of parent-child interaction
  • ideas for parent group meetings
  • ways to provide connection to community resources
  • service to diverse families
  • red flags in areas of development, hearing, vision and health
  • recruitment and program organization

Your New Program Plan must be approved prior to registering for training. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Born to Learn Institute Follow Up

This online technical assistance training is designed to support the work of all new parent educators who have been implementing the model for several months, and provides six hours of professional development credit. The training will:

  • Enhance skills used in delivering personal visits to a variety of families.
  • Address challenges and learn techniques for facilitating screenings and offering group meetings and resources to families.
  • Improve recordkeeping skills.
  • Provide an opportunity for parent educators to network with others and discuss challenges in their work
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Parents as Teachers Introductory Supervision Training

This training is for those new to the role of supervising parent educators in a Born to Learn program. Focus is placed on balancing administrative, education and supportive functions using a relationship-based model of supervision. Participants will join in discussions about the roles, responsibilities and styles of supervision. This training can be accessed in several ways:

  1. Attend a full Born to Learn Institute Prenatal to 3 Years. You will experience the complete training parent educators receive, observe a personal visit with a family, and increase your familiarity with the Born to Learn Curriculum and all components of service delivery. On Tuesday afternoon, you will join other supervisors in a special session focusing on supervision and administration of Parents as Teachers programs and review the Supervisor's Manual and Program Administration Guide. Highly recommended for all new supervisors.
  2. Attend only the Monday and Tuesday sessions of any Born to Learn Institute Prenatal to 3 Years. This provides an overview of the program components, an introduction to the curriculum and involvement with other supervisors in the Tuesday afternoon session where you will review the Supervisor's Manual and Program Administration Guide.
    Required for those supervisors unable to attend 5 days of training.
  3. Attend only the Tuesday afternoon introductory supervision session of Born to Learn Institute Prenatal to 3 years. Supervisors will join with other supervisors to walk through of the new Supervisor's Manual and Program Administration Guide provided in this 3½ hour session. Recommended only for supervisors who want a refresher and have not attended the Born to Learn Institute Prenatal to 3 years Supervisor's training in the last 5 years, or for parent educators who have been serving families and are now becoming supervisors of a Born to Learn program.

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Born to Learn Institute, 2 Years to Kindergarten Entry

This six-day Institute is designed for programs serving families with children 2 years old to kindergarten entry. This may include child care centers, Title 1, Head Start or pre-K programs. This training covers the same content as the Born to Learn Institute: Prenatal to 3 Years, but does not include developmental information or parent handouts relating to children prenatal to 2 years of age. Participants receive the Born to Learn Curriculum: 2 Years to Kindergarten Entry containing developmental handouts and personal visit plans for this age.

Your New Program Plan must be approved prior to registering for training. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Quality Assurance Guidelines (February 2010)

New Program Plan (February 2010)

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Born to Learn Training, 3 Years to Kindergarten Entry

This training prepares Parents as Teachers-certified parent educators to successfully extend Parents as Teachers services to families with children ages 3 years to the age of kindergarten entry. This two-day training is available only to parent educators already certified in the Born to Learn Curriculum: Prenatal to 3 Years. The training covers intellectual, language, social-emotional, and motor development of children 3 to 5 years old, and covers techniques for facilitating parent-child interaction during personal visits. The curriculum contains 11 units of personal visit plans and parenting information. Training topics include:

  • latest neuroscience information relating to 3- to 5-year-olds
  • all elements of literacy, including reading, writing, listening and speaking
  • the value of play and the adult's role aspects of motor development, including gross and fine motor skills, nutrition, health and safety development
  • aspects of social-emotional development such as social relationships and attachment
  • aspects of intellectual development such as how children gather and process information
  • parent group meetings that include topics related to development and parenting issues of children 3 to 5 years old
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Self Assessment Orientation

The self-assessment orientation will help you get ready to complete a self-assessment of your program using the Parents as Teachers standards. It will increase your understanding of the key decisions and steps you will take during the process, answer frequently asked questions, and provide real world examples of how staff completes the self-assessment process. Because you can revisit the orientation as often as you want, it serves as an ongoing reference during your program?s self-assessment. Topics include:
  • The Parents as Teachers standards
  • The quality indicators
  • The six steps of the self-assessment process
  • Benefits of completing the self-assessment process
  • Supporting resources
  • Frequently asked questions, real world examples, and a program profile

While this course does not offer credit hours, parent educators can earn professional development hours toward re-certification after your program completes the self-assessment process.

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