Questions, answered

Reggio Emilia is an early childhood philosophy from Reggio Emilia, Italy, that sees children as capable and curious, treats the classroom environment as a 'third teacher,' and builds learning around children's real interests. Camille trained in the approach at Boulder Journey School, and it grounds every workshop — turning a research foundation into practice you can use the next morning.

Each session pairs a research foundation — Reggio Emilia, play schemas, loose parts, multiple intelligences, emergent curriculum — with practical strategies you can use the next morning. Theory always lands in something you can do in your own room.

Both. I deliver in-person training across Metro Atlanta and live, interactive sessions online for programs further afield or teams that prefer to join from their own site.

Yes. After a short conversation about your goals, ages served, and current challenges, I shape the content around what your team actually needs rather than a fixed script.

Georgia requires 10 hours of approved professional development per year for most early-childhood staff. The exact total can vary by role, so check your current requirement with your program director.

Yes. Camille is a Bright from the Start (DECAL)-approved trainer, holds an M.A. in Educational Psychology, and brings 30+ years of early-childhood experience.

Approved training counts whether it's delivered live online or in person. The key is that the session is approved and that you receive proper documentation of your hours, which is provided for every workshop.

South Carolina requires 15 clock hours of training per year for child care staff and 20 hours for directors and operators, tracked in SC Endeavors. Up to 5 unused hours can carry over to the following year.

North Carolina's annual ongoing-training requirement varies by role and credential — commonly between 5 and 20 hours a year — and is recorded through DCDEE and the NCICDP registry. Specific topics such as health and safety may be required in addition to your general hours.

No. Training approval does not transfer between states. DECAL-approved hours count in Georgia; to count in South Carolina they are recognized through SC Endeavors (usually via an Individual Training Request), and in North Carolina the training must be delivered in a DCDEE-approved format.

It depends on your state. Georgia hours post to your GaPDS profile as Bright from the Start (BFTS) credits; South Carolina hours are recorded in SC Endeavors, where outside training is added with an Individual Training Request; North Carolina hours are handled through DCDEE Works and the NCICDP registry. We publish a step-by-step guide for each system in the Methods journal.

A clock hour is one hour of approved professional development, and it's the unit states use to count your annual requirement. In early childhood, 'CEU' (continuing education unit) is often used loosely to mean the same approved training time. Every Armstrong session issues a dated certificate documenting the hours you earned.

Single self-paced DECAL courses start around $19 each, and the annual 10-course pack that covers a full Georgia DECAL year is $129 — about $12.90 per CEU hour. Live group training is quoted per session and per teacher, and gets cheaper per head as your group and hours grow. You can build a per-teacher and total quote in about a minute on the pricing page.

Pricing is built around the session and your group rather than a flat per-head rate, so training a whole team is far more cost-effective than sending individuals out. Share your group size and topics and you'll get a clear quote.

Longer sessions go deeper, but the planning, travel and setup are largely fixed regardless of length. A 3-hour workshop spreads that fixed work across more learning time, so it costs less per hour than a single short session.

In-person sessions carry a $280 minimum, and a travel fee may apply outside the core service area. Schools can be invoiced with net-30 terms. All of this is confirmed in writing before you commit.

Online training is delivered live and interactive — the same hands-on, discussion-rich experience as in-person, just over video so your team can join from one screen or several.

In-person workshops are available across Metro Atlanta. If you're outside that area, live online training reaches you with no travel fee.