Professional Development
The Association for Child Development (ACD) offers valuable, convenient professional development opportunities for child care providers who participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. We periodically host live, interactive webinars, which allow participants to discuss relevant topics pertaining to child care, ask questions, and earn continuing education credit. Keep an eye out for upcoming webinars as they are announced on our calendar. Our providers may also earn training credit for reading our monthly health and nutrition newsletter, Potpourri, and successfully completing the corresponding quizzes.
In addition, we encourage our providers to explore the following online courses offered by other organizations.
Illinois
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Michigan
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Resources
Gain access to training, educational articles,
current guides, healthy recipes and a vast
library of online and printable resources.
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Virtual Training
Institute of Child Nutrition E-Learning
Certificate provided, FREE! More than 20 hours of on-demand e-learning regarding child care nutrition, meal planning, and food safety. Check with your state to see if these webinars are acceptable as continuing education credits for child care licensing.
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Better Kid Care On Demand Distance Education
Eligible for clock hours, $5.00 per class (typically two credit hours). Professional development online anytime you are ready to learn! These trainings are accepted by child care licensing agencies in all 50 states.
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Early Childhood Investigations Webinars
Certificate provided, FREE! An ongoing series of webinars for early childhood educators. Check with your state to see if these webinars are acceptable as continuing education for child care licensing.
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KidKare Webinars
Certificate provided, FREE! Learn about the online reimbursement claiming program, KidKare. Check with your state licensing consultant to see if these webinars are acceptable as continuing education credits for child care licensing.
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Illinois Training
These in-person and online training opportunities are only available in Illinois:
Illinois Extension Healthy Child Care Environment Training
Eligible for Illinois clock hours, FREE! Programming is Gluten-Free designed to empower providers to make changes that support a healthier child care environment.
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Illinois Child Care Training (Gateways)
Eligible for Illinois clock hours, prices vary. In-person and distance courses throughout the state of Illinois.
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Illinois State Board of Education CACFP Training
Eligible for Illinois clock hours, FREE! In-person courses on cooking and nutrition.
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Michigan Training
These in-person and online training opportunities are only available in Michigan:
MSU Extension Healthy Child Care Environment Training
Eligible for Michigan clock hours, FREE! Virtual coaching to help child care providers create healthier child care environments.
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Michigan Child Care Training
Eligible for Michigan clock hours, prices vary. In-person and distance courses throughout the state of Michigan from Great Start to Quality.
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Michigan Child Care Matters
Eligible for one Michigan clock hour, FREE! Topical information regarding young children in licensed child care settings. Providers must read about three issues and receive at least 80% on the tests.
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