Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals is a 45-hour training series designed to build a foundation of knowledge and best practice skills for professionals working with groups of children ages birth to eight years old. This training series is based on Vermont’s Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: Level I.
Northern Lights at CCV offers sections of Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals every fall, spring, and summer. To view any sections of Fundamentals that are currently open for registration, please CLICK HERE. If there are no sections of Fundamentals currently open for registration, you can fill out an interest form and we will notify you when any additional sections are open for registration.
Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals is designed to including multiple benefits for participants. This training series:
- Offers one way to meet the coursework requirements for Level I of the Vermont Early Childhood Career Ladder
- Includes the Basic Specialized Care training required for all Specialized Child Care programs
- Includes Introduction to Child Care Licensing
- Incorporates components of the Child Development Associate (CDA) – both training in required subject areas and practice in CDA components (see modules and the back of letter of completion)
- Includes an opportunity to practice planning, being observed, and getting specific responsive, positive feedback about working with young children, and
- Introduces and provides practice in creating an Individual Professional Development Plan.
Northern Lights at CCV monitors and supports the Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals training series. An organization who wishes to offer Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals must meet three criteria:
- The Instructor must be a Certified or Master instructor in the Vermont Instructor Registry (or be willing to join);
- The Sponsor and the Instructor must use the established Fundamentals curriculum materials; and
- The Sponsor and Instructor must maintain contact with Northern Lights including completing the provided evaluations.
Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals is offered by Northern Lights at CCV in all regions of the state at least once per year, and additional sections can be added based on need. For information about current and upcoming trainings, visit the Northern Lights training calendar.
If you are interested in offering a Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals training series at your Career and Technical Education center or other location, please see the links on the right for more information and contact your Resource Advisor for support. Please note that you must be pre-approved to offer the Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals training series and you must have a current agreement on file with Northern Lights at CCV.
