Location: Statewide
Training Type: Online Real Time
Total Hours: 45
Level: Introductory
Cost: $ 50
Scholarship: No
Ammie Collins
802-828-2953
ammie.collins@ccv.edu
Fundamentals For Early Childhood Professionals July 22, 2025
This 45-hour training includes broad introductory content designed specifically for early childhood professionals related to eight core knowledge areas: child development, families and communities, observing and assessing, how we teach, what we teach, healthy safe environments and nutrition, professionalism, and program organization.
Please Note: This section of Fundamentals will be piloting an updated version of the curriculum. Participants in this section will also need to register for a free Introduction to Licensing training sometime this fall. Your trainer and Resource Advisor will support you with this after the Fundamentals training begins.
For additional information, please visit our Fundamentals training page.
- Child Development & Learning
- Family & Community Partnerships
- Developmentally Appropriate & Inclusive Practices
- Curriculum & Learning Environments
- Observation & Assessment
- Professionalism & Ethical Practice
- Youth Engagement, Voice, and Choice
- Safety & Wellness
- Program Planning & Development
- Infant/Toddler
- Preschool/PreK
- School-Age
Please Note: This section of Fundamentals will be piloting an updated version of the curriculum. Participants in this section will also need to register for a free Introduction to Licensing training sometime this fall. Your trainer and Resource Advisor will support you with this after the Fundamentals training begins.
As part of the 45 hours, there are 15 training sessions conducted on Zoom (see training dates above). Participants must have an Internet connection and computer, laptop, mobile device or tablet with a camera, audio, and mic. If you have questions about using Zoom, contact your Northern Lights Resource Advisor or visit: https://northernlightsccv.org/training/training-types-and-criteria/zoom-resources/
If you have completed a college course (with at least a C-) that covered child development, please check with your resource advisor before registering for this training.
Your trainer will email a Zoom link to you prior to the start of the training.