Educational Solutions

The Educational Solutions program is designed as a professional development. In addition to traditional lectures, our trainers use a combination of educational methods of instruction, including rotations, seminars, workshops, role-playing, and experiential learning to prepare our participants.

The YVR Educational Solutions professional team identified three core competencies educational providers, including early childhood educators, will need to practice in the 21st century. These core competencies can help faculty rethink curriculum.

• Care for the community’s health
• Participate in a racially and culturally diverse society
• Expand access to effective service.

YVR Educational committee -- consisting of faculty from colleges, mental health, and social work, recently identified five goals for culturally and linguistically trained educators:

• Self-awareness. This includes understanding one’s own personal cultural values and beliefs and their impact on their students and families and their teaching delivery.
• Cross-cultural knowledge. This includes understanding how beliefs, cultures, and ethnic practices influence students behavior and community involvement status.
• Language diversity. This addresses the need to provide or advocate for information, referrals, and services in the language appropriate to the students and their families as well as the interpreters, when needed.
• Competence to deliver. The ability to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate and competent services, programs, and interventions that meet the needs of the community of interest.
• Advocacy. The willingness to advocate for public policies that promote and support culturally and linguistically responsive services and the inclusion of representation and participation of individuals who reflect the diversity of our communities.

YVR Business Visions revised private and non-profit curricula to link educational techniques, the social and behavioral sciences, and cultural competency to well-designed practical experiences and service learning opportunities.

YVR use the various courses and strategies described below to meet their educational goals. These will be updated as the school progress. Early childhood schools and staff will be assessed and skilled on their behavioral sciences, communication skills, cultural competency training, and instructive courses and strategies. The training extends to how to prepare professionally so that educators look at the training as an opportunity to hone educational skills through activities and hands on assignments that encourage reflection on their experiences to reinforce experiential lessons.

Below are some of the various professional development courses and strategies currently taught:

Communications Skills-CS2006:The teaching of communication skills is included as a part of two courses in the Behavioral Science course sequence. Fundamental communication skills are taught in the second session followed by a video taping assignment. Staff learn tools to assist students with challenging behavior such as communicating through non-verbal cues, and explore student/teacher relationships through the viewing and discussion of video presentations.

Curriculum Development-CD2006:Designing programs that are good for children and families. Learn how to program for the Whole Child. Programming activities and guiding staff to learn about stimulate in children healthy emotions, sound physical development and fit intellectual growth.

CDA Home Study Program- CDA2007:CDA Home-Study Course (4Modules) (120 clock-hours is a great choice for the aspiring Early Childhood Educator, Teacher Assistants, Home Child Care Provider, Childcare Center Owners, or for those that simply want to learn more about child development in the comfort of their own home.  Study at your own pace! Lessons are easy to understand and our counselor are available online to answer any questions that you may have. All our counselors and instructors are Master-level Instructors trained by representatives of The Council for Professional Recognition in Washington, D.C. You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each level. Order your full package today. $400.00 total package including shipping and handling.Price includes textbook, course manuals, exit letter and certificate of completion. For more information call 201-393-0120

CDA Renewal Home Study Program- CDAREN2007: CDA Home Study Renewal package( Complete Module of 45 Hrs.) You will receive a certificate of completetion of 4.5 CEU's and an exit letter with transcript. Complete your full CDA renewal at your own pace. Full course $225.00  including manual and test evaluations plus shipping and handling.

Director and Supervisor Training-ECEDS2007: