ECE Professional Learning
The Arizona Department of Education Early Childhood Education (ECE) division offers a comprehensive list of synchronous (live) and asynchronous (on-demand) professional learning opportunities. All ADE-ECE professional learning opportunities meet requirements for continuing education units (CEUs).
ECE Comprehensive List of Professional Learning Opportunities
FY23 Live Training Schedule
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022 8:30AM - 11:30AM
Program Guidelines: Daily Routines & Schedules (2-hr)
When establishing a structure for consistent, predictable classroom routines and schedules, the needs of children are taken into consideration to ensure the environment is interesting, stimulating, and inviting. This session explores best practices and what that looks like in early care and education settings.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Program Guidelines: Family Engagement & Support (2-hr)
In a high-quality early education program, frequent two-way communication is established and maintained, and families are presented with multiple opportunities to participate in activities and decisions that concern their children. This session will explore what that looks like in practice and will allow participants to clarify expectations and define best practices within their program.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 6:00PM-8:00PM
Challenging Behaviors (2-hr)
Explore what challenging behaviors and identify some of the causes as well as be able to implement proactive strategies to help prevent and reduce challenging behaviors in the classroom.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 9:00AM-11:00AM
Strengthening Families Protective Factors: Introduction (2-hr)
Provides an overview of the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors Framework and how to implement a strength-based theory using the five protective factors to improve outcomes for all children and families.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 9:00AM-12:00PM
ACEs and Trauma Module 1: Understanding ACEs (2-hr)
Participants will learn to identify examples and categories of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), explain the significance of the ACEs study, understand how a high ACE score might be a strong predictor of later health problems in adults, and understand the story of ACEs told through national and Arizona data.
Introductory Online Courses (30 min)
Intro to Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) (30-min)
This course provides an introduction to the five domains of the Infant and Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) and how to use the guidelines to provide responsive caregiving and quality learning experiences for all children birth to 3 years of age in early care and education settings.
Intro to Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) (30-min)
This course provides an introduction to the eight standards within the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) and how to use the standards to provide an instructional foundation for all children 3-5 years old in early care and education settings.
Intro to Program Guidelines for High Quality Early Education (30 min)
The course provides an introduction to the Program Guidelines for High Quality Early Education: Birth through Kindergarten and will help participants develop a working knowledge of the guidelines to support their program be better prepared to help young children succeed.
CURSOS INTRODUCTORIOS EN LÍNEA (30 MIN)
Introducción a las Directrices para el Desarrollo del Bebé y del Infante (ITDG) (30 min)
Este curso proporciona una introducción a las Pautas de desarrollo para bebés y niños pequeños (ITDG) y cómo usar las pautas para proporcionar cuidado receptivo y experiencias de aprendizaje de calidad para todos los niños desde el nacimiento hasta los 3 años de edad en entornos de atención y educación temprana.
Introducción a los Estándares de Aprendizaje Temprano de Arizona (AZELS) (30 min)
Este curso proporciona una introducción a los ocho estándares dentro de los Estándares de Aprendizaje Temprano de Arizona (AZELS) y cómo usar los estándares para proporcionar una base de instrucción para todos los niños de 3 a 5 años de edad.
1-hour Online Courses
ITDG Social Emotional Development (1-hr)
This course focuses on the Social & Emotional Development Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including early brain research in relation to social and emotional development and how to create a social-emotionally rich environment for infants and toddlers.
ITDG Approaches to Learning (1-hr)
This course focuses on the Approaches to Learning Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including an introduction to early brain research in relation to approaches to learning and how to foster initiative, creativity, and problem solving skills in infants and toddlers.
ITDG Language Development & Communication (1-hr)
This course focuses on the Language Development & Communication Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including an introduction to early brain research and how to build the language and communication skills of listening, speaking, and emergent literacy in infants and toddlers.
ITDG Cognitive Development (1-hr)
This course focuses on the Cognitive Development Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including a connection to early brain research and how to foster exploration, build memory skills, and support reasoning and problem-solving through imitation and symbolic play.
AZELS Social Emotional Development (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of the Social & Emotional Development Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) and an introduction to the Pyramid Model to provide behavior supports, along with strategies to foster positive social and emotional development in children age 3-5.
AZELS Approaches to Learning (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of the Approaches to Learning Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster curiosity, confidence, creativity, and problem solving skills in children age 3-5.
AZELS Language & Literacy (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of the Language & Literacy Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to build language, emergent literacy, and emergent writing skills in preschool age children.
AZELS Mathematics (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of the Mathematics Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster counting, operations, measuring, and geometry skills in preschool age children.
AZELS Science (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of the Science Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster scientific inquiry and application skills in preschool age children.
AZELS Physical Development Health & Safety (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of the Physical Development, Health & Safety Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to promote healthy physical development, appropriate hygiene practices, and safety measures in the environment and the classroom for preschool age children.
HQPG: Family Engagement & Support (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of Program Guideline 5: Family Engagement & Support from the Program Guidelines for High Quality Early Education: Birth through Kindergarten including specific ways to more fully and effectively engage with families involved in your program.
AZ School Readiness Framework (1-hr)
This course provides an overview of the Arizona School Readiness Framework and its key components such as research-based curriculum and assessment, high-quality kindergarten transitions, and the importance of family engagement.
Ongoing Progress Monitoring (1-hr)
This course is designed to show the importance of ongoing progress monitoring within the early childhood education system. The four stages of the assessment cycle are outlined to include high-quality practices that support children’s outcomes, family engagement, and programmatic decision making.
2-hour Online Courses
ITDG Language Development & Communication (2-hr)
This course takes a closer look at the Language Development & Communication Domain of the Infant Toddler Developmental Guidelines (ITDG) including the connection of early brain research to language and communication development and provides effective strategies for supporting listening, speaking, and literacy-rich experiences for infants and toddlers.
AZELS Social Emotional Development (2-hr)
This course provides a closer look at the Social Emotional Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including the tiers of the Pyramid Model to provide behavior supports, and instructional strategies for fostering positive social emotional development in in children age 3-5.
AZELS Approaches to Learning (2-hr)
This course provides a closer look at the Approaches to Learning Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to implement the strands within the Standard as well as strategies to support executive function skills and cognitive flexibility in children age 3-5.
AZELS Language & Literacy (2-hr)
This course provides a closer look at the Language & Literacy Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to build language, emergent literacy, and emergent writing skills and how to design a literacy-rich environment for preschool age children.
AZELS Mathematics (2-hr)
This course takes a closer look at the Mathematics Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster counting, operations, measuring, and geometry skills along effective strategies for implementing math skills in all standards of early learning for preschool age children.
AZELS Science (2-hr)
This course takes a closer look at the Science Standard from the Arizona Early Learning Standards (AZELS) including supports to foster scientific inquiry and application skills, as well as strategies for designing a science-rich environment for preschool age children.
The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Early Childhood Education (ECE) division offers a comprehensive list of professional learning opportunities. To best meet the needs of the field, the professional learning courses range from 30 minutes to 4 hours and are available in both synchronous (live) and asynchronous (on-demand) sessions.
ADE ECE Comprehensive Professional Learning Opportunities
To register for an ADE-ECE course, visit the ECE Professional Learning webpage. Click on the course name/title to go to the registration link for the Event Management System (EMS). Click the green "Register Now" button. You will need to log into your ADEConnect account or create a new account. Please use the same email address to sign up for ALL registered events. This will help you keep track of all training certificates in one place.
The Event Management System (EMS) is the platform utilized for all Arizona Department of Education (ADE) professional learning opportunities. These opportunities include in-person trainings, virtual trainings, webinars, online courses, and conferences. Anyone wishing to participate in ADE professional learning opportunities must register for an ADEConnect account that will be associated with their registered events in EMS.
Log into your EMS account using the same email address used for registration. Click on the three lines on top right and click "Home."
On the My Events page click on "Registered" to view a list of registered courses.
If you do not see the course in your "Registered" list in EMS, please check in your "Attended" list. Sometimes courses are automatically moved from "Registered" to "Attended" even if they have not yet been launched.
Live training (synchronous) sessions are presented by ADE Early Childhood Education (ECE) staff and are scheduled for specific dates/times. Participation in the entire live training session is required for full credit.
Currently, all live training sessions are offered in a virtual platform. Participants are strongly encouraged to join training sessions via computer/laptop and to download Microsoft Teams. This allows participants to have access to the chat, video presentations, and training activities. Joining training sessions via cell phone is NOT recommended as it significantly limits access and participation.
The Live Training schedule (including training topics, dates, and times) is carefully planned based on annual survey data from the field and ECE staff capacity. Trainings are scheduled months in advance to allow sufficient time for registration and planning.
Participants are required to attend an entire live training session and are expected to participate during the session to get full credit. At the end of a live training session, participants are asked to complete a short survey. This survey functions as attendance validation and provides valuable feedback regarding the trainings. The training facilitator will use the survey attendance to mark participants completed in EMS. Please allow approximately three business days to be marked completed. After being marked completed for the course, you will receive a confirmation email from ADE.
Log into your EMS account using the same email address used in registration. Click on the Home button and then on "Completed" to view a list of courses/trainings you have completed.
You will need to complete the required standard EMS Survey to access your certificate. Once you complete the EMS Survey, click "Print Certificate" next to the desired course. You can print a hard copy or print files to Adobe PDF to save a copy of your certificate. You can also click "Print Transcript" to see a list of all completed courses.
It is highly recommended that you download and save ALL certificates for your personal records.
Do not worry if a live training session you attended is showing as "Missed." The EMS system automatically moves courses to "Missed" after the scheduled date/time for the event has passed. Please allow approximately 3 business days after attending a live training session for the facilitators to mark your course "Completed."
If it has been several weeks after a training and your course is still showing as missed, please reach out to your training facilitator(s). You can find contact information on the ECE Team webpage.
Online courses are available on-demand (asynchronously) and can be completed at any time. There are two sessions available for each online course during the fiscal year (FY). Session one is July 1 - Dec 31 and session two is Jan 1 - Jun 30.
Log into your EMS account using the same email address used for registration. Click on the three lines on top right and click "Home."
On the My Events page click on "Registered" to view a list of registered courses.
If you do not see the course in your "Registered" list in EMS, please check in your "Attended" list. Sometimes courses are automatically moved from "Registered" to "Attended" even if they have not yet been launched.
Click on the course URL to launch.
After launching the online course URL, if you receive an error message or do not have access to Blackboard, please email the Course Contact (found in the registration email) and include the following information:
- Online Course Title (Ex: Intro to ITDG, AZELS Social Emotional 2-hr, etc.)
- Request to "Synchronize Participants" to Blackboard
Occasionally when automatic updates occur, the EMS and Blackboard systems need to be manually "synchronized" for certain courses. Please provide accurate information in the email and allow for a short processing time for this synchronization to occur.
After watching the Online Course presentation video and studying course materials, you will need to complete a short course assessment with a passing score of 80% or above. You will have three attempts to successfully pass the assessment. Please open and utilize the course materials (i.e. AZELS, ITDG, Program Guidelines) during the assessment. After successfully passing the assessment, a completion confirmation email will be sent from ADE within approximately 24 hours.
Log into your EMS account using the same email address used in registration. Click on the Home button and then on "Completed" to view a list of courses/trainings you have completed.
You will need to complete the required EMS Survey to access your certificate. The final question on the EMS Survey will be a link to complete our ECE Participant Survey. This survey provides important data specific to ECE and provides valuable feedback to help us improve our professional learning opportunities.
Once you complete the EMS survey, click "Print Certificate" next to the desired course. You can print a hard copy or print files to Adobe PDF to save a copy of your certificate. You can also click "Print Transcript" to see a list of all completed courses.
It is highly recommended that you download and save ALL certificates for your personal records.
The Event Management System (EMS) connects with the AZ Workforce Registry and certificates are set up to automatically upload to the Registry with identical email accounts. If you have a different email account with the Registry than your ADEConnect account, please call our ADE Help Desk at 602-542-2222 to transfer and/or merge your ADE Connect account(s).
While the Registry is an ideal place to help users manage their career profile with the goal of keeping a record of trainings and credentials all in one place, it is highly recommended that you download and save all certificates in your own personal files to access later if necessary.
If you have multiple ADEConnect accounts (more than one email address), please call our ADE Help Desk at 602-542-2222 to transfer and/or merge your ADE Connect account(s).
Information from ADE Educator Certification:
- Requirements for Early Childhood Education Certificate, Birth-Grade 3 or Age 8
- Requirements for Early Childhood Special Education, Birth-Grade 3 or Age 8
- ADE Certificates & Requirements
ADE Career & Technical Education (CTE)
Yes, please click below to view an online pdf guide to answer questions about the Event Management System (EMS).