NAEC® Courses

We can come to you!

All NAEC® courses and workshops can be brought to your location.  See In-Service Workshop and Mentoring Booking for more information.

 

CDA and Directors’ Academy
NAEC® is approved to provide the coursework necessary to meet state requirements for the Child Development Associate (CDA) and Directors’ Academy (New Jersey State Provider #5410).  Please see our additional links for more information on these courses.

 

NAEC® Workshops
Built on over 30 years of experience and a commitment to quality, NAEC® workshops are designed to provide an educational environment that supports and enables preschool teachers and caregivers to learn, grow, focus, and implement their energy and knowledge through positive developmentally appropriate practices.  Our highly trained and experienced consultants utilize the highest of standards to guarantee that each teacher will have a positive and enriching impact, raising the bar for education and overall care to each family.  Most NAEC® workshops meet the requirements to fulfill CDA course study hours.  Please see Schedules for course locations, fees and registration instructions.  NAEC® offers workshops in the following areas:

Child Development
• Child Development I-IV
• Not So Terrible Twos
• Simple Activities for Infants
• Toilet Training

Families
• Communication
• Culture
• Developing a Bond
• Families
• Making Connections

Health and Safety
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• First Aid
• Health and Safety
• Nutrition
• Pediatric CPR

Learning Environment
• Beyond the Playground
• Classroom Management
• Learning Environment I & II
• Make-N-Take

• Nature in the Classroom
• Positive Guidance
• Positive Interaction with Children
• Promoting a Positive Classroom
• Sensory is Fun
• Technology in the Classroom
• Transitions

Observing and Recording
• Observing and Recording I-III

Physical and Intellectual Development
• Cognitive Development
• Creative Movement for Toddlers
• Early Literacy
• Exploring Early Literacy in Young Children
• Fun With Phonics
• How to Inspire Young Writers
• Literacy
• Marvelous Math
• Music and Movement
• Phonemic Awareness
• Physical Development
• Pinocchio and Friends
• Play
• The Cooking Curriculum
• Young Scientist at Work

Professionalism
• Professionalism
• Special Needs

Program Management
• Program Management
• Stress Management
• Time Management

Social and Emotional Development
• Social and Emotional Development
• The Clown in Me
• Creativity
• Diversity
• Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
• Open Ended Art
• Story Time
• Self