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Keeping infants and toddlers safe while trying to prevent injuries inside a classroom can be a daunting and overwhelming task, but The Academy at NHSA is here to help. Whether you’re looking for ways to prevent and reduce injury, or trying to better understand the importance of teaching safety, our Keeping Infants and Toddlers Safe course is here for you! In just one month, you will gain a 360-degree understanding of safety inside the classroom and why it is so important. This course is the ideal onboarding for staff who are new to serving preschoolers. 

At its core, Keeping Infants and Toddlers Safe is all about our concern for the students and teachers. Our course covers everything you need to know about safety inside the classroom. It will provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to confidently support and advocate for the children and families you serve. 

Course Information

• Start Date: Available on-demand
• Course Level: Beginner
• Requirements/Prerequisites: Only for staff who have not completed the CDA course with The Academy
• Target Audience: Instruction and Effective Practice, Leadership and Management, Parents and Families, Program Operations, Support Services
• Course Meeting Times: None
• Completion Timeline/Duration: One month

Alignment with Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF)

• This course for teachers aligns closely with Head Start Early Learning Outcome Framework (ELOF). It provides strategies for promoting language development, social-emotional learning, and cognitive growth in the classroom. Educators gain tools for fostering literacy, empathy, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills among students. We also emphasize the importance of family engagement in the learning process. By addressing these key areas, our course equips educators to meet Head Start standards effectively, nurturing the holistic development of their students.

Learning Objective:

• Learn how to provide a safe environment to prevent and reduce injury.
• Know the importance of teaching children about safety.

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Course Author

Zuly Vazquez

Zuly Vazquez is the senior manager of Early Head Start Professional Development. She has worked with Head Start and Early Head Start programs for over a decade, specializing in training, mentoring, coaching, facilitation, curriculum implementation, and management. She worked for several years in the classroom, providing high-quality education to children from different cultures, traditions, and ethnicities. She is a former Head Start parent and has vast experience supporting and providing technical assistance to teachers, family child care providers, education specialists, and families in large programs in Florida and Georgia. Over her career, she designed a supplemental Christian early childhood curriculum, bilingual online lessons, and classroom observation tools and has facilitated early childhood education courses in English and Spanish at the college level. As an active early childhood advocate, she is part of the advisory committee of her local NAEYC affiliate, the Family Child Care Home Alliance of Georgia, and Latinas United for the Children of America.