SPA 200 Child Development & Family Partnerships


This course is restricted and only available to the University of Nevada Reno Extension Spiral Up Academy participants.

This training will focus on increasing an understanding of children development and milestones, strategies for supporting growth and development, recognizing developmental differences, and building family partnerships.

SPA 300 Creating Connections with Young Children

 

This training focuses on how teachers prioritize time for connections and relationship-building with all young children and their families. Four strategies are introduced: increasing positive time, meaningful conversations, join in play and responsive interactions.

SPA 400 Promoting Learning Through Play


This course is restricted and only available to the University of Nevada Reno Extension Spiral Up Academy participants.

This training will focus the importance of play, how children learn through play, the different types of play, creating play experiences that foster development, and providing developmentally appropriate materials to engage children in play.

SPA 500 Schedules, Routines, Transitions and Expectations


This course is restricted and only available to the University of Nevada Reno Extension Spiral Up Academy participants.

In this topic, we will explore how the following big ideas work together to create an effective learning environment for young children: Developing daily schedules and routines, Planning and implementing transitions and teaching expectations and rules.

SPA 600 Effective Teaching Strategies for Social Emotional Development


This course is restricted and only available to the University of Nevada Reno Extension Spiral Up Academy participants.


This training will identify what, when and how to teach social emotional skills and present strategies for positive guidance. Learning strategies for teaching children how to problem solve will be presented and discussed.

SPA 700 Bringing Joy into Early Childhood Classrooms


This course is restricted and only available to the University of Nevada Reno Extension Spiral Up Academy participants.

This training focuses on professional development andfinding joy working with children and co-workers.