CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Center for Early Childhood Professional Development at The University of Oklahoma Outreach provides a wide variety of high quality training for childcare workers, administrators, and facility owners. Our mission is to support the professionals in the field of early care and education to enhance quality interactions with children.

Important Update from the Oklahoma Professional Development Registry

Important Update: We will no longer mail renewal reminder postcards for the Oklahoma Director's Credential (ODC) and Professional Development Ladder (PDL). Email reminders will continue to be sent starting two months before your credential expiration date, with additional reminders as the date approaches. Please make sure your email address is up to date in your Registry profile to ensure you receive these notifications.

Free Training Course Descriptions:

April - Emergency Preparedness

This course will address emergency situations and health concerns in child care centers and family child care homes, including on field trips. The participants will learn to write comprehensive emergency plans for their programs that will incorporate licensing regulations.

May - Hope in the Classroom

This course applies current research on measuring and teaching hope to early childhood education. Starting as early as ten months, children have the capacity for goal setting and are actively creating pathways and practicing agency. Throughout this course, Early Childcare Educators will gain an awareness of developmentally appropriate ways to teach children goal setting and critical thinking skills that combine to create hopeful thinking patterns. Educators can teach cognitive patterns of hope in the classroom that benefit children throughout their education and in every sphere of life.

Free Training Check the training calendar for the following courses:
April 2026	May 2026
Emergency Preparedness - Classroom and Online.	Hope in the Classroom - Classroom and Online.
Pyramid Training - focus on social and emotional learning in Infant Toddlers, Preschool, and Birth to Five. Available online only. Clock hours vary by topic. Visit Prosolutions Training for more details.	Pyramid Training - focus on social and emotional learning in Infant Toddlers, Preschool, and Birth to Five. Available online only. Clock hours vary by topic. Visit Prosolutions Training for more details.
Pyramid Training Spanish- focus on social and emotional learning in Birth to Five. Available online only. Clock hours vary by topic. Visit Prosolutions Training for more details.	Pyramid Training Spanish- focus on social and emotional learning in Birth to Five. Available online only. Clock hours vary by topic. Visit Prosolutions Training for more details.
Pyramid Training Español- enfoque en el aprendizaje social y emocional en Birth to Five. Disponible sólo en línea. Las horas reloj varían según el tema. Visita Prosolutions Training para más detalles.	Pyramid Training Español- enfoque en el aprendizaje social y emocional en Birth to Five. Disponible sólo en línea. Las horas reloj varían según el tema. Visita Prosolutions Training para más detalles.

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Reflecting Oklahoma's commitment to high quality early care and education by providing professional development that produces results.

Holiday Schedule

CECPD will be closed for the following:

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