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Online Child Care Training Approved in Minnesota

Anyone, anywhere is welcome to enroll in one of our online child care classes. If your state does have a training approval process, that information is detailed below. Your state may not specifically approve trainings toward the required hours of professional development that you need each year. If so, you may use these classes! Please note that you may also use these class hours towards 120 hours needed for the CDA certificate.

Minnesota

• Classes can be approved for any center provider, per the Director, toward Ongoing Training hours in Minnesota.
• Trainer Joni Levine has been approved with the Minnesota Registry for Professional Development as Master Trainer ID 47185. Classes need to be individually approved by the Registry. Please check back for updates on which classes are approved.
  
  Classes that are approved by the MNCPD Review Committee:
  AJL1-Positive Discipline (6 clock hours)
  AJL2-Using Books and Stories with Young Children (3 clock hours)
  AJL3- Proud to Be a Professional! (3 clock hours)
  AJL4- The Anti-bias Approach (12 clock hours)
  AJL5- Infant and Toddler Care (4 clock hours)
  AJL6- Preschool Science (4 clock hours)
  BJL1- Promoting Family Partnerships (10 clock hours)
  BJL2- Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Choosing toys and art activities (4 clock hours)
  BJL3- Managing Mixed Age Groups in a Child Care Setting (5 clock hours)
  BJL4- Learning Through Play (5 clock hours)
  BJL5- Separation Anxiety (3 clock hours)
  CJL1- Taming Temper Tantrums (6 clock hours)
  CJL2- Becoming Part of a Professional Team (2 clock hours)
  ASZ1- Caring for Yourself as a Child Care Provider (3 clock hours)
  DJL1- The Impact of Violence on Young Children (3 clock hours)
  DJL2- Recruiting Child Care Staff (4 clock hours)
  DJL4- Marketing Your Child Care Program (6 clock hours)
  EJL1- Tranquil Transitions (3 clock hours)
  EJL2- Reporting Concerns (3 clock hours)
  EJL3- Preschool Math (3 clock hours)
  FJL1- Bullies: How to Manage and Prevent Their Behavior (2 clock hours)
  FJL2- Social and Emotional Skills Spell School Success and Readiness (2 clock hours)
  GJL1- Toddlers: Terrific or Terrible? (2 clock hours)
  HJL1- Every Child is Unique (3 clock hours)
  
• For family child care providers, training has to be approved each specific county. Currently, our classes for family child care providers are approved by the following counties:
  Crow Wing County
  Dakota County
  Sibley County
• Classes Available: All of Child Care Lounge classes are available in Minnesota. View the directory of all online classes.
• Upon completion of a class, we will send you a certificate reflecting the class title, student name, hours of training, and date of completion.



• If you are a provider interested in starting an in-home child care program or looking to get started working in the child care field, please contact your state licensing agency for the specific requirements, rules and regulations of your state. Minnesota's licensing website can be found here.