Helpful Hearts Overview (On-Demand)

Helpful Hearts is the social-emotional program for the Every Child Ready curriculum. Its purpose is to support equitable, culturally responsive, safe, and joyful classroom communities. In this course, you will: 

1. 1. Examine the Helpful Hearts framework, instructional strategies, and best practices to foster well-being in prekindergarten classroom communities throughout the ECR school day,
   2. Identify and reflect on classroom lessons and resources included in the Every Child Ready Helpful Hearts curriculum, and
   3. Formulate instructional and planning strategies to teach, reinforce, and respond to children’s behaviors in the classroom using the Helpful Heart Action Plan.

To enroll in a course, you must be logged into your AppleTree Canvas account using your campus email. If you forgot your password you can click “Forgot Password?” on the login screen. 

If you do not have an AppleTree Canvas account, you can contact ECR Support or your ECR representative to request an AppleTree Canvas account. 

AppleTree Institute is an authorized provider of the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) as well as many state-run Professional Development (PD) registries. Practitioners can earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and/or PD hours that can often go towards teaching certification renewals and other accreditation upon meeting the requirements for completing a course.