As a child care provider in Michigan, you play a vital role in shaping young minds. You provide a #safe and nurturing environment where children can learn, grow, and thrive. But to ensure you're offering the best possible care, ongoing professional #development is crucial. ChildCareEd is here to support you in this journey with a comprehensive range of child care training courses specifically designed for Michigan providers.
Meeting Michigan's Training Requirements
The Michigan Department of Human Services, Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing (BCAL), mandates annual in-service training for child care center #staff, family child care #homes, and group child care homes. ChildCareEd's courses are approved by the Michigan Registry (MiRegistry), ensuring they fulfill these requirements. This means you can be confident that your training is relevant and up-to-date with the latest regulations and best practices.
Preservice requirements for Child Care Center employees and Family Child Care owners and staff.
Lead Caregiver Training to meet the 9 CEUs or 90 hours from MiRegistry requirement for #lead caregivers.
Infant and Toddler Lead Caregiver Training to meet the 4.5 CEUs or 45 hours of MiRegistry-approved infant and #toddler development training requirement.
Director Training to meet the 3.0 CEUs in child care administration requirement for program directors.
A Diverse Course Catalog Tailored to Your Needs
ChildCareEd offers a wide variety of training courses covering various topics essential for child care professionals. Here's a glimpse into what you can find:
- Child Development: Gain a deeper understanding of children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development across different age groups. Courses cover topics like #language acquisition, play-based learning, and positive discipline techniques.
- Health and Safety: Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to ensure a safe and #healthy environment for children. Courses cover CPR and First Aid, preventing the spread of infectious diseases, and maintaining a clean and safe learning space.
- Curriculum Development and Implementation: Learn how to create engaging and age-appropriate curriculum that fosters children's exploration, creativity, and critical thinking skills. Explore topics like integrating #developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) and utilizing technology effectively.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Develop your skills in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all children and families regardless of race, ethnicity, #culture, ability, or background. Courses address topics such as recognizing unconscious bias, fostering cultural competency, and promoting social-emotional learning.
- Guidance and Behavior Management: Learn strategies for promoting positive behavior and addressing challenging situations effectively. Courses cover topics like understanding children's behavior, developing clear and consistent expectations, and promoting self-regulation skills.
Benefits of Online Training with ChildCareEd
At ChildCareEd, we understand that your time is precious. That's why we offer a convenient and flexible online learning platform. Here are some of the advantages you'll enjoy:
- Self-Paced Learning: Learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere with an internet connection. This allows you to fit training into your busy schedule.
- Variety of Formats: Choose from online courses, webinars, and downloadable resources to suit your learning style.
- Cost-Effective: Our competitive rates make professional development accessible and affordable.
- Unlimited Access for One Year: With one enrollment, you gain access to all ChildCareEd courses for a full year. This allows you to explore a wide range of topics and continuously expand your knowledge base.
Beyond Compliance: Investing in Your Career Growth
While fulfilling licensing requirements is essential, ChildCareEd empowers you to take your #career to the next level. With ongoing training, you become a more confident, qualified, and valuable childcare professional. This can lead to increased career opportunities and potentially, higher compensation.
Getting Started with ChildCareEd
Visit the ChildCareEd website to explore the full course catalog and find training that aligns with your specific interests and professional goals. We offer #free trials, allowing you to experience the platform and course quality before enrolling.
Investing in your professional development is an investment in the children you care for. Become a stronger, more effective provider with ChildCareEd's comprehensive training courses designed to support your success in Michigan's childcare landscape.
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Courses & Classes related to Michigan
Online Trainings
- 1,2,3, Eyes on Me: Classroom Safety
- 1-Hour Abuse and Neglect Training
- 45-Hour Coaching and Mentoring
- 45 hour Growth and Development Birth-age 12 ONLINE
- 45-Hour Infant and Toddler Curriculum
- 45-Hour Preschool Curriculum
- 45 Hours Director-Administration ONLINE
- 9 Hour Communication Course
- A Better Space for All
- Abuse and Neglect: Signs and Reporting
- Access for All: Inclusion and the ADA
- ACEs and Resilience in Child Care
- A Closer Look into Developmental Theories
- Administration of Medicine
- A Great Place for Education Includes All ONLINE
- A Guide to Effective Communication
- Anxiety: Signs & Strategies
- Appropriate Precautions in Transportation of Children
- A Thoughtful Approach to Children's Mental Health
- Autism Awareness in Child Care
- Baby Steps to Milestones ONLINE
- Balance Act: Teacher & Child ONLINE
- Balancing Act: Schedules and Routines
- Basics 101: Coaching & Mentoring
- Behind the Scenes: Baby Routines ONLINE
- Be Loud, No Bullying Allowed
- Bienvenido! Welcoming All Families
- Brain Building
- Brain Injury Awareness in Young Children
- Bridging Intent and Response: Communication
- Brighter Futures: Social Emotional Development
- Building and Physical Premises Safety
- CDA: A Closer Look at Assessments
- CDA: Approaches to Learning
- CDA: Communication: Keep It Simple
- CDA: Curriculum Alignment & Materials
- CDA Family Child Care Credential with Portfolio Review
- CDA Family Child Care Renewal
- CDA Home Visitor Credential Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 1 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 1 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 1 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 2 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 2 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 2 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 3 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 3 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 3 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 4 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 4 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 4 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 5 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 5 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 5 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 6 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 6 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 6 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 7 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 7 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 7 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 8 Part 1 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 8 Part 2 Birth to 5
- CDA Home Visitor Subject Area 8 Part 3 Birth to 5
- CDA Infants/Toddlers: Lesson Planning Made Easy
- CDA Infant/Toddler Credential with Portfolio Review
- CDA Infant/Toddler Renewal
- CDA Introduction
- CDA Preschool Credential with Portfolio Review
- CDA Preschool Renewal
- Child Care Administration
- Children at the Wheel ONLINE
- Children's Keepers: Building Childhood Resilience
- Classroom Arrangement: The Second Teacher
- Classroom Designers ONLINE
- Classroom Management is Collaboration!
- Classroom Positivity
- Community and Family Engagement in Childcare
- Confidentiality Is a Must!
- Coordinating with Community in Child Care
- Creating the Natural Outdoor Classroom
- Cultures in the Classroom
- Curriculum Planning
- DAP for Preschool
- Designing Your School-Age Classroom ONLINE
- Developing Program Tranquility
- Diverse Perspectives in Child Care
- Early Learning with Infants and Toddlers
- ECE Programs Through History
- Effective Coaching & Mentoring in ECE
- Emergent Learning & Development
- Engaging Indoor Activities for Inclement Weather
- Enhancing Life and Development
- Expect the Unexpected: Infants and Toddlers
- Family (or Parent) Conferencing: Developing Trust ONLINE
- Getting on the Right Path to Teaching
- Going Head-to-Head with Challenging Behavior
- Handling and Storage of Hazardous Materials
- Healing Young Hearts: Stress and Grief
- Health and Nutrition
- Heart-to-Heart Communication: Challenging Behaviors
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Depression in Young Children
- How To Keep A Healthy Class for Infants/Toddlers
- How To Keep A Healthy Class: Six Tips for Germ Control
- How to Manage Chronic Illness with Infants/Toddlers
- Inclusive Lessons for Preschoolers
- Individual Needs & IEPs for School Age
- Injury Prevention: Their Safety Is In Your Hands
- Intentional Safety for Infants/Toddlers
- Introduction to Coaching & Mentoring
- Keeping Them Safe: Infants & Toddlers
- Key Elements of an After School Age Program ONLINE
- Lesson Planning for Preschoolers
- Lesson Planning to Meet School Age Needs
- Letter & Number Planning in Child Care
- Mandated Reporters
- Matchmaking for Mentors
- Meaningful Lesson Planning for Infants/Toddlers
- Mental Health in Early Childhood
- Milestones: By Leaps & Bounds
- Mind's Medicine: Music in Early Childhood
- Montessori Assistant Training
- Montessori in Context: Decoding Educational Theories
- Moving About the Classroom: Effective Transitions for Everyday
- Mysteries of Challenging Behavior Solved
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Child Care
- No Such Thing as Boring Math
- Observations And Goal Setting in Childcare
- On My Plate: Children's Nutrition
- Open Ears: Listening in Child Care
- Open Heart, Open Art
- Opportunity for Growth: Emotional Development
- Ouch! Biting & Hitting Hurts
- Pillars of Health and Safety in Child Care
- Playful Spaces for Infants & Toddlers
- Playing with a Purpose: Infant/Toddler Lesson Planning
- Play, Learn, Grow Online Version
- Play Safe, Think Big: Literacy Through Play
- Positive Attention: Infants and Toddlers
- Power of Art: Bldg Self-Esteem & Positive Behavior for ALL Abilities ONLINE
- Preschool Assessments & Observations
- Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
- Prevention of and Response to Allergic Reactions
- Prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Use of Safe Sleep Practices
- Professional Integrity in Child Care
- Professional Partnerships & Practices
- Resources: Building Blocks to Excellence
- Responding to Emergencies
- Roadmapping Preschool Curriculum
- Role of Play in Learning
- Rooted in History: Early Childhood
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shoo, Germs! Don't Bother Me!
- SIDS: Saving Babies: A Change of Position, A Change in Tradition
- Spaces that Support Discovery
- Special Needs: From Referral to Inclusion
- Spicing Up the Classroom: Learning Centers
- Stay Alert! Steps to Emergency Prep Online Version
- Staying Positive: Guidance for Preschoolers
- Strength in Differences: Cultural Diversity
- Success in Safety for Babies
- Super Special School Agers ONLINE
- Supporting Children's Independence
- Supporting Little Hearts: Divorce and Separation in the Child Care Setting
- Supporting Social Learning: Creating Classrooms that Care
- Tailoring Instruction to Children's Needs
- Teacher & Me Playtime
- Teachers, Assemble! Building Up Staff in Child Care
- Teach with Respect ONLINE
- Technology as a Classroom Tool
- The Best Promotion is Play
- The Ethical Code of Child Care
- The First Year: Feeding Infants
- The Foundations of Coaching & Mentoring
- Theories on How I Grow
- Theory of Learning
- The Right Kind of Influence for Young Children
- The Super Hero in Us All
- Toddlers and Theories
- Tomorrow's Einsteins: Infant and Toddler Science
- Training Guide for Families from Diverse Language and Cultural Backgrounds
- Transportation Safety
- Typical & Atypical Development in ECE
- Understanding Montessori's Approach to Child Development
- Understanding Print Knowledge in Preschool
- Universal Language of Coaching & Mentoring
- Using Toys to Support Learning
- Viewing Guidance in a Positive Light
- Watch Me Grow: School Age Development ONLINE
- Ways to Serve: Leadership
- Working With Mixed Age Groups
- You're Not My Friend Anymore: Learning Conflict Resolution
In-person/blended trainings