Professional Development Courses

Becoming an In-Charge Team Member 2025

This course is to help team members advance from teachers to director and administration roles within a center.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Building a Safer Playground: Best Practices for Educators 2025

This comprehensive online course is designed for childcare educators and caregivers to understand the critical aspects of playground safety. The course will cover safety guidelines, risk assessment, supervision techniques, and strategies to create a safe and stimulating playground environment for young children.

Hours: 2

CEU's: 0.2

Professional Development Courses

CACFP and Nutrition for Childcare: Building Healthy Foundations 2025

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides vital nutrition assistance for children in childcare settings, ensuring they receive balanced, nutritious meals. This course is designed for childcare providers to enhance their understanding of the CACFP program, its guidelines, and the role of nutrition in fostering healthy development in children. Participants will gain insight into the planning, preparing, and delivering meals that meet CACFP requirements and support children’s overall well-being.

Hours: 2

CEU's: 0.2

Professional Development Courses

Creating an Optimal Environment for Children’s Development 2025

This course explores how educators, caregivers, and parents can design and implement environments that foster both play and learning, which are key to supporting a child's overall development. The course consists of five comprehensive lessons, each focusing on different aspects of creating an optimal environment for children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth. This summary provides an in-depth overview of each lesson, highlighting the core concepts and strategies discussed throughout the course.

Hours: 2

CEU's: 0.2

Professional Development Courses

Creating In-Charge Team Members 2025

This course is designed to develop leadership and autonomy within team members, empowering them to take ownership of their roles and responsibilities. Participants learn strategies to build confidence, enhance problem-solving skills, and foster accountability. The course covers effective decision-making, time management, and communication techniques that enable team members to contribute proactively and lead initiatives.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Driving Peak Performance In An Organization 2025

In this course you will learn how to drive peak performance from your early childhood education staff.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Embracing Uniqueness: Celebrating Every Child's Individuality 2025

Every child is unique in their own way. Throughout this course you will learn to identify different behaviors and learning styles. You will learn how to adapt your teaching to accommodate all students. 

Hours: 3

CEU's: 0.3

Professional Development Courses

Encouraging Family Relationships 2025

Families are a big part of how your school functions. Throughout this course, you will learn how to create valuable relationships with your students' parents, handle complex barriers, manage conflicts, and communicate effectively with your families in the center. 

Hours: 3

CEU's: 0.3

Professional Development Courses

Engaging The Adult Learner: Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning 2025

Adult learners bring diverse experiences, motivations, and challenges to the learning environment. Understanding their unique needs can greatly enhance teaching strategies and outcomes. This course is designed to help educators, facilitators, and trainers develop a deeper understanding of how adults learn and how to create effective, engaging learning experiences for them.

Hours: 2

CEU's: 0.2

Professional Development Courses

Level Up to a Happy Workplace 2025

This course focuses on creating a positive, productive, and engaging work environment for staff. Participants learn strategies to improve team morale, foster open communication, and effectively recognize and address workplace challenges. Topics include building trust, celebrating successes, promoting work-life balance, and implementing practices that enhance job satisfaction and collaboration.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Nurturing The Nurturer: A Self-Care Guide 2025

Without adequate self-care, caregivers risk experiencing stress, burnout, and emotional fatigue, which can ultimately diminish the quality of care they provide. This course equips caregivers with essential tools and strategies to prioritize their well-being, manage stress, build resilience, and seek support, ensuring they thrive both in their caregiving role and personal lives.

Hours: 3

CEU's: 0.3

Professional Development Courses

Protecting Our Students: Reporting Child Concerns Responsibly 2025

Reporting child concerns is a crucial responsibility that educators must be equipped to handle. By recognizing the signs of distress, documenting concerns properly, and communicating sensitively with families and authorities, educators can provide the support children need in a timely and effective manner. This course has provided you with the tools and knowledge necessary to confidently and competently report child concerns, ensuring that every child’s well-being is safeguarded.

Hours: 2

CEU's: 0.2

Professional Development Courses

Scheduling: The Secret Sauce to Staff Engagement 2025

This course focuses on creating effective and equitable staff schedules that boost morale, enhance productivity, and reduce burnout. Participants learn strategies for balancing workload, accommodating individual needs, and ensuring coverage while fostering a collaborative team environment. Topics include optimizing scheduling processes, managing conflicts, and using scheduling to promote job satisfaction and team cohesion. This course equips leaders with practical tools to create schedules that support staff engagement and organizational success.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

SIDS and Safe Sleep Habits: Reducing Risks for Infants 2025

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of death among infants under one year of age. While its exact causes are still not entirely understood, many studies have shown that safe sleep practices can significantly reduce the risk.

Hours: 2

CEU's: 0.2

Professional Development Courses

Skyrocketing Enrollment 2025

This course will provide teachers, administrators, and directors with the necessary tools to maximize enrollment opportunities by converting leads to enrolled students. It will give everyone a window into how best to engage leads from a variety of sources and give them specific processes that will lead to successful enrollment.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Smart Staffing Part 1 Recruiting and Interviewing 2025

This course covers the best practices for recruitment and staffing to prepare your center for all needs.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Smart Staffing Part 2 Completing the Hiring Process 2025

This course is part 2 of our Smart Staffing course. It covers how to complete the hiring process.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Supporting Strong School Enrollment 2025

This course focuses on the role school staff and teachers play in supporting enrollment. Staff and teachers are the faces of a school; they are the people who interact with children and families daily. These interactions influence a family’s desire to keep their child enrolled at a school, and also impact their willingness to refer a school to another family.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Time Management: The Art of Getting Things Done 2025

This course equips participants with practical tools and techniques to maximize productivity and reduce stress. Topics include prioritizing tasks, setting achievable goals, overcoming procrastination, and managing interruptions effectively. Participants learn to create actionable plans, delegate efficiently, and maintain focus in a busy environment.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1

Professional Development Courses

Tour Like a Rockstar: Part 1 2025

This course will walk you through one of the most important aspects of school enrollment: how to successfully generate leads that turn into scheduled tours of your school.

Hours: 1

CEU's: 0.1