I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education over 9 years ago. Since graduating, I have learned so much from real-life teaching experience, teaching conferences, and online courses. I think it is so important for educators to stay up-to-date with current best practices. Recently, I found a new way to continue learning and growing as an educator and I am super excited to share it with you!.
Have you heard of ChildCare Education Institute?
CCEI is the industry leader for online professional development. They have helped hundreds of thousands of child care professionals across the nation and can help you this summer. They are accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), offer IACET approved CEUs, AND they offer a free trial course so you can give it a try without breaking the bank. Also, their courses are self-paced and offer beginner, intermediate and advanced level training courses.
Professional Development Around Your Schedule
Finding the time to fit in professional development can be the hardest part. That is why I loved taking these courses from CCEI. No need to find a babysitter, or travel long distances. I worked during my free time at home — what a seamless way to further your education. If something comes up at home while you’re taking your course then you can pause it. You can simply log back in and pick up right where you left off.
I recently completed ChildCare Education Institue’s course CUR113-STEAM: Enhancing STEM Education with the Arts and loved it! I learned ways to implement STEAM education in the classroom. With the growing demands for STEAM related jobs in society, it is so important for educators to provide quality STEAM education in the classroom. I highly recommend taking this course because it provides great ways to enhance your STEAM education by integrating the arts into your lessons and providing more opportunities for students to use critical thinking, make predictions, and experiment. CCEI’s coursework is efficient, effective and I love that I can take it from anywhere!
Bringing STEAM to Your Classroom
Children are natural scientists, they use their curiosity to explore and learn from the world around them. I loved how CCEI’s course helped establish a STEAM mindset, that can be used in anything I am teaching. This course teaches you how to apply the concepts of STEAM to other aspects of your teaching that will promote inquiry and critical thinking. STEAM allows students to think and create! CCEI provides other courses pertaining to STEM, like CUR106: STEM in Early Childhood.
STEAM is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. All of these things are so important and have the potential to lead to thousands of different future careers for the little ones we are teaching. Providing quality STEAM education allows students to discover their potential and possibly ignite a spark that could provide them the opportunity to find a passion that could make a huge impact on the world.
This course goes over so many ways to bring STEAM into your classroom and make it valuable for all of your students. It gives you examples of how to make STEAM interesting to different students and easily add it into your current curriculum. CCEI is super impressive on how they have laid out their courses so that you understand it easily. The content makes it easy to digest so I can easily implement these practices into my classroom and teaching method. In addition to STEM and STEAM courses, CCEI offers many other awesome courses that are research-based and designed with both teachers and students in mind. CCEI also provides over 150 courses in English and Spanish. They include lesson plan guides, activity enrichments, and long range goals linked to key standards.
What I Love About CCEI
Convenience
I love that I can take these courses anytime my busy schedule allows. I don’t have to find a babysitter for my kids and I can still get high-quality training from the comfort of my own home during their nap time. If I need help on a course, CCEI provides qualified Education Coaches to assist you online — oh the beauty of technology!
Course Options
There are so many amazing courses ranging from health and safety, to administration and management, to guidance and discipline and many more. I have already taken 2 courses and have a list of other courses that I want to take next!
Quality Information
CCEI is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) and ensures that the information is well researched and up-to-date. You can check to see that your state accepts the courses right on their website. You can print your completion certificate immediately after completing each course so that you get your credits upon completion. And CCEI is accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET so you can rest assured your hard work will count toward your state approved training hours requirement.
Want to Learn More About ChildCare Education Institute?
ChildCare Education Institute® provides high-quality, online training courses and programs, applicable to those who work in an array of child care settings, including center-based care, Head Start, family child care, prekindergarten classrooms, after school environments and more. Over 150 English and Spanish training courses are available to meet licensing, recognition program, and Head Start Requirements. CCEI also has online certification programs that provide the coursework requirement for national credentials including the CDA, Director and Early Childhood Credentials. CCEI, a Council for Professional Recognition CDA Gold Standard℠ training provider, is nationally accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) and is accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
- 99 percent of students say they would recommend CCEI to others
- Over 5 million online course hours completed
- Graduated over 13,000 early childhood professionals from CDA and other certificate programs
- Web-based coursework, available 24/7/365
- 30 hours of new content added each year
- IACET CEUs awarded for completed coursework at no additional cost
