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Get Assistance Renewing Your CDA
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. To celebrate this anniversary, the Council for Professional Recognition is offering a special limited-time CDA Renewal Amnesty Program.
The program allows individuals with CDA expiration dates (going back as far as January 1, 2020) the chance to renew and reactivate their credentials. Early Learning Indiana (ELI) is committed to supporting educators renewing their CDA credential this year through a guided program and financial assistance.
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Update to the CCDF Enrollment Reporting Survey
The Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL) will launch the IN Kids system this fall, which will store your private pay rates. Programs that accept Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and/or On My Way Pre-K (OMWPK) subsidies are being asked to share private pay rates by age group to allow the overages to be accurately reflected on a child's voucher.
Storing private pay rates in the IN Kids system will eliminate the requirement of completing the Provider Information Page for each family. It will also enable the system to display the correct difference between your private pay rates and the provider reimbursement rate, to be paid to you by the family as an "overage."
A survey link will be shared next week via email and will be open Tuesday, May 13-Friday, May 16. Programs that fail to complete the survey by the deadline will have vouchers reflecting no overage or $0, as the system will apply the provider reimbursement rate as the private pay rate. Programs will have another opportunity to enter their private rates after the IN Kids system goes live on September 2, 2025.
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Register for Upcoming Group Coaching Opportunities
Let our coaches meet you where you're at with SPARK Group Coaching. Register for an opportunity with Coach Claire, Coach Jennifer, or Coach Izzy. Gain professional development in areas including Paths to QUALITY™, Infant Toddler, Accreditation, and Active Supervision.
Mark your calendar for these upcoming opportunities:
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PTQ Nivel 3: miércoles a 6:00 p.m. ET 14 de mayo a 18 de junio (en Español)
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Infant Toddler for Facilities: Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from May 15 to June 12
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Supervisión Activa: Jueves a 6:00 p.m. ET 15 de mayo a 26 de junio (en Español)
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PTQ Level 3 Advancement for Homes: Mondays at 1:30 p.m. ET from May 19 to June 30
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Infant Toddler for Homes: Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from May 20 to June 17
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Active Supervision for Facilities: Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. ET from May 20 to June 17
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Active Supervision for Homes: Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from May 22 to June 26
- PTQ Level 3 Advancement for Facilities: Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from May 27 to June 24
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Gain Support and Grow with INAEYC
The Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (INAEYC) has several upcoming opportunities for child care providers:
Workforce Training
Join the INAEYC Workforce Systems Team for these online training opportunities:
Upcoming CDA webinar:
The Indiana CDA Navigation team will provide an overview of how to obtain a CDA with support from INAEYC, Workforce Indiana, and TEACH. Join us on May 14 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. ET. No registration is needed, join the meeting (Meeting ID: 868 1161 6525 | Passcode: j5meT1). If you have questions, email pd@inaeyc.org.
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Discover Everyday Ways to Build Literacy
Join Maya Payne Smart, author of Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. ET on May 19 for the Beyond Storytime: Everyday Ways to Build Literacy at Home webinar.
Hosted by the Indiana Department of Education, this session will focus on practical strategies educators and families can use to support early literacy through everyday conversations and routines for children from birth to age 6.
This webinar will be recorded and available in the on-demand section of the Indiana Learning Lab. Contact the Office of Kindergarten Readiness for additional information.
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Attend Upcoming SPARK Learning Lab Trainings
Explore upcoming training opportunities through SPARK Learning Lab. See a full list of upcoming face-to-face training, live webinars, and live resources, plus read training descriptions and find registration instructions at IndianaSpark.com/training.
This week's training schedule includes:
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