Explore the Individualized Professional Development (iPD) Portfolio. It is a learning management system created to support ongoing professional development for staff in Head Start and child care settings.
Learn about tips to help you select online professional development based on content type and learning style. Explore the Individualized Professional Development Portfolio to find free or low-cost trainings.
Explore these 15-minute In-service Suites, a professional development resource for busy staff. Find ways to implement curriculum and teaching practices for children birth to age 5 in various learning domains.
Explore the Family Engagement in Early Care and Education Learning Series. Find ways to partner with families to support children’s healthy development and learning.
Discover how to use the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) tools to plan professional development. Find ways to help staff in supporting children’s development and learning in the ELOF domains.
Use these learning modules in professional development or within higher education course of study. Increase knowledge, skills, and practice about engaging families in early childhood settings.
Find information for states and territories working to meet the 2016 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations. These regulations are related to the six key professional development framework components.
Standardized training procedures offer initial and ongoing support to education staff as they learn to implement a curriculum with fidelity. Materials include resources that come with a curriculum to help education staff learn how to use it.
These learning modules are highlights of higher education courses from the EarlyEdU Alliance®. They go a bit deeper since they combine theory and the latest early childhood education research with students’ field-based learning.
These tools, for new and experienced staff, address science-informed practices for early childhood health staff. Each is indicative of an attitude, knowledge, or skill. Use this for professional development.