2020 Universal Precautions for Iowa Early Childhood and School-age Professionals

Learn ways to prevent the risk of infection in child care and how to protect yourself and others using Universal Precautions.  Discover how to access, develop, and use an Exposure Control Plan, a requirement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Access from a computer, tablet, or smartphone!

  • Free, self-paced course
  • Participate online at any time, 24/7
  • Receive a certificate for 1-hour of training.
  • This training meets Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) licensing requirements for Universal Precautions training requirements.
  • Self-enroll if you already have an existing Moodle account (e.g., used for other Moodle Early Childhood Education (ECE) courses).

Essentials Child Care Preservice Online Series 2017-2019

The Essentials Child Care Preservice Series provides useful information for creating safe and healthy early childhood and school-age care environments. This series also includes helpful information on child development, cultural diversity and homelessness.

 

This is an online, self-paced class. And it is free!

  • Participate online at any time, 24/7
  • Choose to complete only one module or all modules in the entire series
  • Complete the modules in any order.
  • Receive up to 12-hours of professional development credit and a certificate for each module completed.
  • This training meets Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) licensing requirements for Child Care Preservice training requirements.
  • Essentials Child Care Preservice must be renewed every 5 years. Credit is valid for 5 years from date of module certificate.

To participate in the online training … Read the detailed login instructions.

Iowa Early Learning Standards 3rd edition Orientation

Receive a detailed overview of the Iowa Early Learning Standards (IELS) 3rd edition Orientation. Learn how to use the IELS to plan developmentally appropriate activities and lesson plans. Discover why the IELS are important to impact child development.

Access from a computer, tablet, or smartphone!

  • Free, self-paced course
  • Participate online at any time, 24/7
  • Receive a certificate for 2-hr training.
  • This training is approved by Iowa of Human Services (DHS) for Child Care Professional Development Credit.

  • Self-enroll if you already have an existing Moodle account (e.g., used for other Moodle Early Childhood Education (ECE) courses).

2018-2019 Universal Precautions for Iowa Early Childhood and School-age Professionals

This Universal Precautions course is now closed to new enrollees. The updated 2020 Universal Precautions course can be found at: https://moodle.extension.iastate.edu/course/view.php?id=160


Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale - third edition (ECERS-3)

The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale 3 is a nationally recognized scale that evaluates the quality of preschool-age programs. In this 4-part series participants will learn about the ECERS-3 and how to use it for self-assessment. Participants will evaluate their own program and begin to create an action plan to make quality changes in their preschool program environment. Each registered participants MUST attend all 4 online live sessions and complete all out-of-class activities. If you miss an online live session you have dropped the course and must retake the entire series. Center program directors/ supervisors can earn points on the Iowa Quality Rating System (QRS) by attending this series.

Better Kid Care NSO

School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale

The School-Age Environment Rating Scale- update edition (SACERS) is a nationally recognized scale that evaluates the quality of school-age care programs. In this 4-part series participants will learn about the SACERS and how to use it for self-assessment. Participants will evaluate their own program and begin to create an action plan to make quality changes in their school-age program environment. Each registered participants MUST attend all 4 online live sessions and complete all out-of-class activities. If you miss an online live session you have dropped the course and must retake the entire series. Center program directors/ supervisors can earn points on the Iowa Quality Rating System (QRS) by attending this series.

Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-3)

The Infant-Toddler Environment Rating Scale - Revised is a nationally recognized scale that evaluates the quality of infant/toddler programs. In this 4-part series participants will learn about the ITERS and how to use it for self-assessment. Participants will evaluate their own program and begin to create an action plan to make quality changes in their infant/toddler program environment. Each registered participants MUST attend all 4 online live sessions and complete all out-of-class activities. If you miss an online live session you have dropped the course and must retake the entire series. Center program directors/ supervisors can earn points on the Iowa Quality Rating System (QRS) by attending this series.