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Child Care In Ohio

Research confirms that formal education and on-going

professional development are linked to positive outcomes for children.  As a result, Ohio has included specialized training as one of the five benchmarks that programs must meet in order to achieve a star rating.  To assure high quality training opportunities for staff who are in programs participating in Step Up To Quality, all instructors and trainings must be approved by ODJFS before they can be counted toward meeting the specialized training benchmark.
  1. How to become an approved instructor
    1. Instructor Application
    2. Specialized Training Content Plan
    3. Conference/Special Request Approval Form
    4. Conference Approval Training Matrix


The following information describes Specialized Training requirements including  pre-requesites and other approved training:  

  1.  Specialized Training Guidance
  2.  Specialized Training Matrix

Pre-requisites:

  1. Administrator Rules Training
  2. Infant/Toddler Guideline Training
  3. Preschool
    1. Pre-K/Kindergarten SIRI, CORE Curriculum & Ohio Early Learning Content Standards Traning Sessions (Offered by EC Q-Net)
    2. Ohio's Early Learning Content Standards and Language and Literacy training provided by the local Resource and Referral Agencies
    3. ODJFS approved Ohio's Early Learning Content Standards training

Upon completion of the pre-requisites, staff can take any of the approved trainings listed below in order to fulfill annual specialized training requirements based upon the individuals professional development plan.   The trainings are categorized below based on content area.

  1.  Administrative Topics
  2.  Infant/Toddler Topics
  3.  Preschool Topics
  4.  Schoolage Topics
 
 
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