Early Learning and Development Standards Professional Development
Training is available on Ohio's Early Learning and Development Standards through the Ohio Professional Registry. A general overview course is available as well as additional trainings in a new series including a workshop about selecting curriculum and assessment. Look also for age-specific training around standards in the context of developmentally appropriate practices with infants and toddlers, family child care and mixed-age groups, and preschool.
Overview Training
This training is designed for early childhood professionals who work with infant through preschool age children in Ohio. This training must be completed before you can register for additional courses in the Early Learning and Development Standards training series. This is an engaging training with multiple videos and activities to help you explore and understand the structure, purpose, guiding principles, and domains of the Early Learning and Development Standards. Once you register for this course, you will access the training through your OCCRRA Profile by clicking the Access Training button which will take you to the Learning Management System. During this training, you will need an electronic or paper copy of the Early Learning and Development Standards, available at www.education.ohio.gov/elds. Please allow 2 hours to complete this module.
Target Audience: early childhood educators, administrators, higher education faculty, state support team early childhood specialists, resource and referral agencies, principals, early childhood intervention specialists, other agencies
Design: asynchronous module, on-demand, 2 hours, free
Ohio Approved Hours: 2
Registration: registry.occrra.org/
Standards in the Context of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Preschool
This training is for early care and education professionals who work with preschool-age children. Participants will explore the Early Learning and Development Standards in more detail, with a focus on developmentally appropriate practices in settings that serve preschool-age children.
Target Audience: Caregivers, educators, and administrators who work with preschool-age children
Design: Synchronous, virtual or face-to-face, free
Ohio Approved Hours: 3
Registration: registry.occrra.org/
Standards in the Context of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Infants & Toddlers
This training walks participants through the Early Learning and Development Standards in more detail, with a focus on implementing the standards in the context of developmentally appropriate practice, within a setting that serves infants and toddlers.
Target Audience: Caregivers, educators, and administrators who work with infants and toddlers
Design: Synchronous, virtual or face-to-face, free
Ohio Approved Hours: 3
Registration: registry.occrra.org/
Standards in the Context of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Family Child Care/Mixed Age Groups
This training walks participants through the Early Learning and Development Standards in more detail, with a focus on implementing the standards in the context of developmentally appropriate practice, within a setting that serves a mixed age group, infant through preschool.
Target Audience: Family child care providers, teachers, and administrators who work in a mixed age setting
Design: Synchronous, virtual or face-to-face, free
Ohio Approved Hours: 3
Registration: registry.occrra.org/
Selecting Curriculum and Assessment
This training is for program administrators of licensed early care and education programs in Ohio that serve children birth through the end of preschool who are in the process of selecting and obtaining a curriculum and/or assessment.
Target Audience: Administrators of licensed early care and education programs
Design: Face-to-face workshop, free
Ohio Approved Hours: 3
Registration: registry.occrra.org/
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