Early Childhood Workforce Development 2024

Child Developmnet: Birth to three Years 

This module will focus on the first three years of a child's life, when there is an enormous amount of growth and development. Our role in supporting children's progress is critical. What each of us does makes a difference. Topics include: Brain Development, Developmental Domains, the Role of the Teacher and Positive Interactions. 

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For Technical support email: campushelp@extension.org

Instructor email: cpeshlakai@unr.edu

Early Childhood Workforce Training 2024

Child Development: Three to Five 

This module will focus on the preschool years ages three to five, when there is an enormous amount of growth and development. Our role in supporting children's progress is critical. What each of us does makes a difference. Topics include: Brain Development, Developmental Domains, the Role of the Teacher and Positive Interactions. 

Click on the title of the course above, then go to "enroll me" and click to begin the course.

For Technical support email: campushelp@extension.org

Instructor email: cpeshlakai@unr.edu

** This course is updated annually on January 1st. If you take the course multiple times, the certificate will show the original completion date and cannot be altered.

EC Workforce Training 2025

Medication Administration and the Prevention of and Response to Food and Other Allergies in the Child Care Environment

This course is designed to provide childcare providers with information that will help  safely administer medications to children in your program. This course is for childcare providers who administer medication to children but are not licensed health care professionals. 

Click on the title of the course above, then go to "enroll me" and click to begin the course. 

For Technical support email campushelp@extension.org

Instructor email: cpeshlakai@unr.edu

** This course is updated annually on January 1st. If you take the course multiple times, the certificate will show the original completion date and cannot be altered.

Early Childhood Workforce Training 2025

Recognize and Report Child Abuse and Neglect

The focus of this course is to help childcare providers become familiar with the difficult subject of child abuse and neglect. In this course you will learn about: 

• Four general types of child maltreatment 
• Possible indicators of abuse and neglect 
• When and where to report suspected child abuse or neglect 
• What to include in a report of suspected child maltreatment 
• How to respond when a child discloses abuse or neglect 
• Important policies regarding child abuse and neglect in childcare setting

Click on the title of the course above, then go to "enroll me" and click to begin the course. 

For Technical support email campushelp@extension.org

Instructor email: cpeshlakai@unr.edu

** This course is updated annually on January 1st. If you take the course multiple times, the certificate will show the original completion date and cannot be altered.

EC Workforce Training 2025

Building and Physical Premises Safety Including the Storage and 

                      Handling of Bio-Contaminants and Hazardous Materials                                                    

This training can be taken to meet the initial training requirement for Building and Physical Premises Safety approved by NV Registry. 

Click on the title of the course above, then go to "enroll me" and click to begin the course.

For Technical support email: campushelp@extension.org

Instructor email: cpeshlakai@unr.edu

eLearn Urban Forestry is a self-led, online, distance learning program geared speciifcally toward beginning urban foresters and those allied professionals working in and around urban and urbanizing landscapes, including service foresters, natural resource planners, landscape architects, city officials and public works employees.  The program is comprised of ten learning modules:  The Benefits and Costs of the Urban Forest; Tree Growth and Development; Urban Soils; Site, Tree Selection and Planting; Arboriculture; Assessing and Managing Tree Risk; Tree Disorder Diagnosis and Management; Trees and Construction; Public Policy and Urban Forestry; and Urban Forest Management.

For more information or to enroll, contact Leslie Boby, Southern Regional Extension Forestry, University of Georgia at lboby@sref.info.

For more information contact Kathy Anderson, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, at kanderson1@unl.edu

The fee for this course is $10.  To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button.

If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20. 

Why is good pasture important to horses? Well, because horses should consume at least 1-2% of their body weight each day in forage (hay or pasture). A 1000 lb horse will need from 2 - 3 acres to provide enough pasture to meet its total nutrient requirements.

The fee for this course is $10.  To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button:

If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20. 

A course for Extension staff at North Dakota State University, this provides a self-paced guide to evaluating extension programs, materials, and communications.

For more information or to enroll contact robert.bertsch@ndsu.edu

For more information or to enroll contact: Mike Goatley, Turfgrass Extension Specialist / Professor Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech at goatley@vt.edu

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 6: Deer Wintering Areas

Speaker: Dan Hill, Deer Habitat Biologist-Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Managing forest lands with consideration for our wintering deer herd.

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 11: Forest Pest & Disease Update

Speaker: Michael Parisio-Maine Forest Service

An update on what forest pests and diseases are still a threat to the health and vigor of our forests, and ideas on how to manage for them.

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 1: Mechanized Operators Course Presentation 

A description of the course outline, progress to date, future plans moving forward.

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 5: New Markets for Low-Grade Forest Products

Speaker: Shane O'Neill, Forest Industry Business Development Manager-UMaine

A discussion of some potential/new markets for low-grade forest products based on research and testing ongoing at the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center.