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Early Childhood Education and Training Program

e-Learning trainings are a convenient way for all child care providers in New York State to meet their required training hours at no cost.

Funding is available to help child care providers obtain professional development and education, to help facilities offset the cost of MAT training.

Virtual Classes offer interactive online training on early childhood education topics. Classes are instructor-led and feature video, interactive discussion, activities and resources. Classes can be taken on a desktop computer, smart phone, tablet or other device.

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Mar 18, 2024

Directors and Trainers— Are you looking for in-service training opportunities? 

On-Demand Training gives you 24/7 access to 22 training topics. They include handout materials, activities, and directions for conducting On-Demand Training sessions. Directors and/or qualified trainers in child day care centers, school-age child care programs, enrolled legally exempt group programs, and qualified trainers in CCR&Rs and can apply to become On-Demand Trainers. Learn more about On-Demand Training!.


Mar 11, 2024

March 18 is Global Recycling Day! 

Global Recycling Day is a day to spread awareness about the need for recycling to help save the planet. This year's theme of Global Recycling Day is #RecyclingHeroes.

To celebrate, you can have individual children or the group design their own recycling superhero:

  • What do they look like?
  • What do they wear?
  • What are their superpowers?
  • Do they have a special catch phrase or slogan?

Have children draw their version of a Recycling Hero to share with the group, post on a bulletin board or feature in a newsletter. You could make this a longer project by writing and illustrating a class book to share with families. Maybe you could even turn their book into a small play they put on for other classes and families to help spread the importance of recycling. This could even turn into a fundraiser to purchase supplies, such as recycling containers and posters, to start a program-wide recycling initiative if you don't already have one in place.

Other things you can do are:

  • Set up a recycling center in your dramatic play area where children can practice sorting the different types of clean recyclable materials (paper, plastic, etc.). To reduce children's exposure to allergens during this activity, avoid using containers that contained food.
  • Put containers in the program to collect items that have a 5-cent deposit and take them to a redemption center. You could donate the proceeds to local charity or to a program initiative to purchase needed books or art supplies or to help fund the cost of a field trip.

Happy recycling!


Mar 06, 2024

Time to spring forward! Daylight Saving time begins on Sunday, March 10. 

That means it's time to move those clock hands ahead one hour so that daylight begins an hour later in the morning and lasts an hour longer in the evening.

This is a great time to:


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OCFS Reviewed Distance Learning Courses

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Distance Learning (e-Learning) Courses

This video describes how to use the OCFS Reviewed Distance Learning Courses page, clarifies what courses count for training credit and which ones do not, and tells how to determine when a distance learning course can be used by providers to help them fulfill their required training hours.


The New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Bureau of Training offers FREE 24/7 online Mandated Reporter Training in Child Abuse and Neglect/Maltreatment Identification.

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