early childhood professional development 
Resources
SEEK Scholarship Application Process — Access applications online!
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Register for the Online Core Competencies Introduction course
Click here to register for the Online Core Competencies Introduction course.
Professional Development and Teacher Resources Flyer
A comprehensive listing of current face-to-face and online training opportunities for directors, teachers, assistants and parents offered by the Florida Department of Education, Office of Early Learning and the Florida Department of Children and Families. Other teacher resources, including those listed below, are highlighted. Click here for more information.
Information on Early Childhood Programs at Local Universities
Florida Atlantic University
Lynn University
Nova Southeastern University
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Univeristy of Florida Palm Beach County Extension
The 10-hour Special Needs Appropriate Practices Course
The 10-hour Special Needs Appropriate Practices Course is now available both online and instructor-based. The online course can be accessed by going to http://www.myflorida.com/childcare - select "Training Requirements" and then "Online Training Courses." The cost of the course is $10. Click here for details.
Online CDA, CDA Renewal, & Director Credential Renewal Trainings Available!
It's a new day for childcare training! Obtain or renew your credential! More than 150 hours of IACET CEU-certified training is now available ONLINE! Visit the Child Development Education Alliance web site for more information about this exciting opportunity: http://www.cdealliance.org or call 904-573-8831/33. For more information, please click here.
First Words Project
The First Words Project is a model early identification and intervention project based in the Department of Communication Disorders, Florida State University Research Foundation. Please click here for more information.
CLASP: Center for Law and Social Policy
CLASP promotes child development from birth in State early care and education initiatives. Please click here for more information.
Resource Library at Family Central
The library provides pre-school and school-age teachers the opportunity to enhance their curriculum. It can also help parents encourage a love of books and reading in their children. Please click here for more information.
Resource Depot
Resource Depot is a non-profit organization that distributes safe, reusable materials to the Palm Beach
County community for creative learning experiences while preserving the environment. Resource Depot has,
on site, a tractor trailer of donated boxed palletized file folders (2 pallets, 3000 + pounds),
brand new, all colors, plus hanging file folders.
Resource Depot
3560 Investment Lane, Suite 103
Riviera Beach, FL 33404
561-882-0090
www.resourcedepot.net
Child Care Resources
Child care training is an essential component of child care licensing. The goal of the training program is to provide childcare personnel with the tools necessary to ensure quality care in our child care programs. To achieve this goal, the Department of Children and Families mandates minimum introductory training requirements along with annual continuing education for professional development. For more information about child care training, please click here.
naeyc / naccrra
The Early Childhood Education Professional Development: Training and Technical Assistance Glossary is composed of global definitions that embrace what NAEYC and NACCRRA believe define the current best practice ideals for training and TA. The definitions were developed for those who provide PD, state policy makers, early education advocates, and program administrators working to connect PD activities and initiatives into an integrated system.
Childcare Exchange
Childcare Exchange Allows you to subscribe to a free, daily newsletter sent to your e-mail address. Look on the left side of the web page to subscribe free to ExchangeEveryDay.