DIEEC offers opportunities for program-wide Quality Assured (QA) professional development to take place at your program for your entire staff. The following professional learning experiences (PLEs) are aligned with state-identified priority key practices and are available to be delivered onsite. Each PLE includes a workshop session and a follow-up component designed to support implementation.

PCHQ-KP1: Incorporates a whole-child approach, intentionally supporting children through positive interactions

• Bridging the Connection Gap: Individualizing Relationships
• Relationship-Based Care for Infants and Toddlers
• Implementing Teaching Strategies Gold
• Rock Solid Foundations: Building Relationships
• Rock Solid Foundations: Responsive Environments
• 5 Strategies for a Happy and Healthy Classroom

PCHQ-KP2: Uses culturally responsive and identity-affirming practices to build meaningful connections and foster a sense of community in the classroom 

• Bridging the Connection Gap: Individualizing Relationships
• Understanding Children’s Behavior as Communication
• Promoting Language as Cultural Heritage: Benefits and Strategies 
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Anti-Bias Education: Identity
• Anti-Bias Education: Diversity

PCHQ-KP5: Implements inclusive practices and provides environments that are responsive to the developmental needs of all children enrolled in the program

• Understanding Children’s Behavior as Communication
• The Importance of ‘I’ in IEP: Individualizing in Early Childhood
• Rock Solid Foundations: Building Relationships
• Rock Solid Foundations: Responsive Environments
• 5 Strategies for a Happy and Healthy Classroom

Onsite requests require a minimum of 10 participants and must be submitted at least 60 days in advance. Further details are outlined on the On-Site Training Request Form. Once your request is submitted, we will contact you to discuss DIEEC’s availability.

The following three trainings can be accessed through DIEEC using an online platform called Canvas.

Please note that the timing for this process has changed—you’ll now need to allow up to 48 hours between registering for one of these three courses and beginning it. We appreciate your patience as we all navigate this new process together.

Steps to get started:

1. Register for a course:
   • Health & Safety Training for Child Care Professionals
   • Administration of Medication Certification
   • Maintaining Equity in Early Childhood: Suspension / Expulsion Prevention
2. Within 24 hours, you will receive an email titled “UD Guest Account Invitation” from ziadakir@udel.edu. Follow the instructions in the email to set up your account.
   • Video tutorial: Creating Your Canvas Account
3. Within 24 hours after setting up your account, you will receive an email titled “Course Invitation” from Instructure Canvas. Click the “Get Started” button in this email to log in to Canvas and begin your course.

NOTE:  With your active guest account, you will be able to enroll in any future Canvas courses.

The Office of Early Learning (OEL) has prepared a chart to guide you in accessing trainings similar to the others formerly available through DEPDNow. These can be accessed through the Office of Head Start’s Individualized Professional Development (iPD) Portfolio.

iPD hosts free, online, self-paced courses designed for early care and education staff. Courses are available that may be used toward becoming qualified for early care and education positions and annual training hours for licensing. Once you complete a course, you can print certificates showing course completion. To register for an ECLKC (iPD) account, follow these steps.

Login Assistance | ECLKC (hhs.gov)

We have replaced the face-to-face school age training package with this self-paced series that allows you to complete interactive online trainings anytime, anywhere. 

These trainings can be purchased as a bundle (all 70 hours and must be completed within one year of purchase), or as individual 14, 16 or 18 hour modules (School Age: Youth Development, School Age: Social Emotional Wellness, School Age: Learning Environment and Curriculum, and School Age: Family and Community Partnerships). Additional courses for directors are available. Bundles are $70 and modules are $45 ($55 for the director’s series).

Click here to access the school age training series. Simply click on the training in which you are interested, enter your username and password (the same as your registry login information) and then finalize your training selections. Make sure you login prior to registering for online trainings.

The school age training is not to be taken as individual courses and should only be taken as a bundle/module. To receive credit on your transcript, you must complete the total hours in each bundle. Taking individual courses out of sequence, not within a bundle, will not be recorded on your transcript.