# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
The following is a list of colleges with coursework and degrees in Early Childhood Education and Child Development in Santa Clara County. Scroll below the list to view the colleges on an interactive map.

The system in each college can be slightly different. The following strategies may be of use at any college.

Visit your college's CD/ECE website and view your course catalog.

Make an appointment with an academic advisor at your college.

Ask a Child Development instructor or Chair of the department.

For the Child Development Permit Matrix and most child development degrees, three core courses are required:

Child Development

Child Family and Community

Curriculum

The California Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) identified a lower division program of study that includes 8 courses, including the three core courses.

Upload your unofficial grade or unofficial transcripts to California Workforce Registry.
Note: Unofficial transcripts are accepted.

If you completed the class after July 2021 then YES, it will count.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
College Coursework and Permit Information for Early Childhood Educators

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The following is a list of colleges with coursework and degrees in Early Childhood Education and Child Development in Santa Clara County. Scroll below the list to view the colleges on an interactive map. The system in each college can be slightly different. The following strategies may be of use at any college.

# data[].attributes.headline
CA Early Care and Education Workforce Registry

# data[].attributes.subject
CA Early Care and Education Workforce Registry

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
California Early Care & Education Workforce Registry

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The CA ECE Workforce Registry is a state, regional and local collaboration designed to track and promote the education, training and experience of the early care and education workforce for the purpose of improving professionalism and workforce quality to positively impact children.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Inclusion Collaborative Resources – Selpa 1 CAC

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Inclusion Collaborative is an amazing local resource within the Santa Clara County Department of Education with lots of information for parents.

# data[].attributes.headline
Inclusion Collaborative Training and Coaching

# data[].attributes.subject
Inclusion Collaborative Training and Coaching

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
The Calming Kit

The Calming Kit is a group of tools that provide sensory strategies and emotional supports to assist children with regulating their bodies and emotions so they can be ready to learn.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Calming Kit The Calming Kit is a group of tools that provide sensory strategies and emotional supports to assist children with regulating their bodies and emotions so they can be ready to learn.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
CDTC accepts applications for all levels. If you have difficulty accessing any material when completing the Child Development Permit Stipend application because of a disability, please contact us via email at:

CDTC-Permits@yosemite.edu and we will further assist you in this application process. Please include "reasonable accommodation" in the subject line.

Participation is optional. Funding for permit stipends is first come, first served.
Child Development Permit Info Flyer in English Child Development Permit Info Flyer in Spanish

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Child Development Training Consortium (CDTC) provides services, training, technical assistance, and resources to students and professionals working with and for children.

# data[].attributes.headline
STIPEND ELIGIBLE: Free trainings on California Early Childhood Online (CECO)

# data[].attributes.subject
STIPEND ELIGIBLE: Free trainings on California Early Childhood Online (CECO)

# data[].attributes.headline
List of approved training accepted for QRIS Ratings and Quality Matters Stipend Program (QMSP)

# data[].attributes.subject
List of approved training accepted for QRIS Ratings and Quality Matters Stipend Program (QMSP)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Para cambiar este texto a español, vaya a SELECT LANGUAGE (SELECCIONAR IDIOMA) y seleccione Español en la esquina superior izquierda de esta página.

These are approved trainings by topic areas. If you do not see a training listed below and wish to have a training approved, please complete this form.

Below is a list of organizations that offer certificates after completing the training/webinar.

Self-paced or webinars (DO NOT NEED AN ACCOUNT)

Self-paced or webinars (MUST HAVE/CREATE AN ACCOUNT)

Please check with each organization to learn about trainings offered in your area. Be sure to find out how many hours are offered for each training. Not every training on this list is currently available.

If you do not see a training listed and wish to have a training approved, please complete this form.
Trainings Offered By Local Partners
Each link will take you to the organization's training page

Any Quality Matters, consortium meetings, orientations, or workshop hosted by WestEd E3 Institute or FIRST 5 Santa Clara County will also be accepted for the 21 hours of training for both rating and stipend program. In addition Santa Clara County Local Early Education Planning Council meetings are also accepted.

Early Childhood Conferences that are conducted by nationally and regionally recognized early childhood organizations or training groups such as:

FIRST 5 Infant Conference

National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Reggio Emilia Alliance

Zero to Three

Peninsula Association for the Education of Young Children (PAEYC)

California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)

Painting the Future Conference - Pacific Oaks College

Inclusion Collaborative State Conference - Santa Clara County Office of Education

If you do not see a conference listed above and wish to have it approved, please complete this form

Common Organizations or Trainings
Below is a list of approved training that satisfy the 21-hour requirement.

If you do not see a training listed and wish to have a training approved, please complete this form.
Trainings Offered by Individuals

Holly Elissa Bruno

Shalek Chappill-Nichols

SEEDS of Early Literacy (Kidango only)

Julie Kurtz

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Para cambiar este texto a español, vaya a SELECT LANGUAGE (SELECCIONAR IDIOMA) y seleccione Español en la esquina superior izquierda de esta página. These are approved trainings by topic areas. If you do not see a training listed below and wish to have a training approved, please complete this form.

# data[].attributes.headline
STIPEND ELIGIBLE: Trainings/Workshops offered by FIRST 5

# data[].attributes.subject
STIPEND ELIGIBLE: Trainings/Workshops offered by FIRST 5

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The FIRST 5 Child Signature Program, formerly known as the Power Preschool, has been providing high-quality early learning opportunities for Santa Clara County children since...

# data[].attributes.headline
Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns

# data[].attributes.subject
Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.provider_name
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Introduction to this Course

As an early care and education provider, you play a critical role in the health and wellbeing of children. You are also very well positioned to help identify children who might need extra help in their development. This FREE, online training course, Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns, helps you fulfill this role by providing tools and best practices for monitoring the development of children in your care and talking about it with their parents.

This 1-hour, 4-module course focuses on:

Why monitoring children's development is important

Why you have a unique and important role in developmental monitoring

How to easily monitor each child's developmental milestones

How to talk with parents about their child's development

Learning objectives for the training include:

List three developmental concerns that early care and education providers should monitor.

Identify at least three developmental milestones for class's age group.

Describe how to use "Learn the Signs. Act Early." resources in early care and education work with children and parents.

Describe two communication strategies to use when talking with families about their child's development.

How to Get Continuing Education

In order to receive continuing education (CE) for WB4552- Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps before August 1, 2024.

1. Complete the activity

2. Complete the Evaluation at cdc.gov/GetCE

3. Pass the posttest at 80% at cdc.gov/GetCE

FEES: No fees are charged for CDC's CE activities.

About This Course

Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's " Learn the Signs. Act Early." Program in partnership with the Administration on Children and Families, the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, American Academy of Pediatrics' Healthy Child Care America program, Head Start National Center on Health, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Child Care Aware, and the Yale Child Study Center.

FACULTY/
CREDENTIALS:

Katie K. Green, BS MPH, CHES
Health Communications Specialist, Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Karnesha Slaughter, BS MPH, Health Communications Specialist,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, and content experts wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from any ineligible company for this continuing education activity.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Porter Novelli are jointly providing the CEUs for this activity.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.

Developmental monitoring is easy with CDC's free milestones checklists and other resources

Learn more about child development, developmental monitoring, and developmental screening

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
one hour course on developmental monitoring

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
one hour course on developmental milestones

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
CDC's FREE, online training course, Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns, helps early childhood educators by providing tools and best practices for monitoring the development of children in your care and talking about it with their parents.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.provider_name
National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Upcoming Webinars - National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

# data[].attributes.headline
Child Development Permit Professional Growth Manual

# data[].attributes.subject
Child Development Permit Professional Growth Manual