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The start of a new year brings with it the chance to start fresh with new beginnings, new dreams, and new goals.
Some of those goals may be personal in nature, some may be financial, some may be more career-related, and some may be a combination of all three.
For a lot of us, these goals are intertwined together and often pursuing certain career goals may actually help us achieve our personal and financial goals as well.
While the start of a new year is certainly not the only opportunity to create these new goals for your future, it’s definitely a great way to start it off on the right foot!
This is a sponsored post on behalf of ChildCare Education Institute. I am being compensated for my time, however, all text and opinions are my own.
As early childhood educators, we’re constantly looking for ways to improve our teaching abilities.
Whether that be in a classroom or in an after school environment, we want to be able to give the children that we teach on a daily basis the very best education that we can.
One of the most effective ways of doing this, of course, is to make sure that we, as the teachers, are constantly learning as well.
How do I set professional development goals?
Make goals that you can achieve.
Examine your day-to-day schedule and see how many courses are doable with your schedule. If you sent an unattainable number of courses, the task will become daunting and you’ll never reach your goal. Setting specific and realistic goals will help you to stay on track with what you need to accomplish to reach your goals.
CCEI has education coaches readily available to help you anytime you need it. They also offer a personalized dashboard where you can track the professional development courses you have taken.
Determine what you want your end goal to be.
You need an end goal or incentive so you have something to work towards. What do you want to achieve when working on your professional development.
With over 150 courses to choose from in English and Spanish, CCEI gives you the flexibility to decide what you want to work on with courses in categories like health and safety, nutrition and foodservice, child development, inclusion and special needs, guidance and discipline, administration and management and more.
Get your co-workers to join.
Encourage your school and co-workers to work on their professional development too!
CCEI’s courses are designed for teachers, child care provider staff and directors. Your school or a select group of teachers can receive free school supplies from Discount School Supply (of equal value to the subscription) when they purchase a professional development individual or center-based annual training subscription (limited time offer).
For $99, a child care professional can purchase an Individual Annual Professional Development Subscription. The subscription allows unlimited access to CCEI’s professional development course catalog for the year of the subscription.
The Child Care Center-Based Annual Subscription is the most manageable, accessible and cost-effective method for a center to provide its staff with training to meet annual licensing professional development needs.
CCEI offers two child care center-based subscriptions; 20 user or 50 user subscriptions. For more information on subscriptions, click here.
New Year, New You with CCEI
If professional development or obtaining a certification like the CDA is one of your goals for the new year, ChildCare Education Institute, the leader in online professional development, is making it easy for you to meet your professional goals and work to becoming a new and improved version!
If you choose CCEI for your professional development in 2020, here are the benefits:
- One free trial course for new CCEI users (with over 150+ professional development courses in English and Spanish to choose from)
- IACET CEUs for completed coursework with certificates printed on demand at no additional cost
- Free school supplies from Discount School Supply (of equal value) when you purchase a professional development individual or center-based annual training subscription (limited time offer)
- Obtain CDA coursework from a Gold Standard Comprehensive provider
What types of courses do they offer?
Something for everyone!
In addition to courses to meet licensing, recognition program, and Head Start requirements, CCEI also has online certification programs that provide the coursework requirement for national credentials including the CDA, Director and Early Childhood Credentials.
There are courses like CUR120: Trouble-Free Transitions that Teach that present practical and fun methods for reducing the stress of daily classroom transitions and there’s a course on caring for allergies, CCEI119: Food Allergies in the Early Care Setting, that can help you make your classroom a safer place for every child that comes through your door.
With web-based coursework that is available 24/7/365, you can continue your education whenever and wherever.
They’re currently adding 30 hours of new content each year which means there’s always something new to learn and once you finish those courses, IACET CEUs are awarded for completed coursework at no additional cost to you!
So, what are you waiting for?
Not only have over five million online course hours been completed through CCEI’s online platform, but 99% of their students say that they would recommend CCEI to others.
I, myself, am one of those.
The courses that I have taken through CCEI have all proven to be well thought out, informative, useful, and extremely easy to navigate.
In a nutshell, they made continuing my education effortless and I was able to do it all from the comfort of my own home.
It doesn’t get much better than that when it comes to pursuing your professional goals.
So, take control of those dreams, those goals that you set for yourself this year and visit cceionline.com and start your 2020 journey today!
