That memo specified 10 hours of continuing education was required, but has since been reduced to 5 hours in DCF 202.08 (1) (b)5. Effective 4/1/18 pre-service training and continuing education shall be entered in WISCCRS in the Individuals Module for certified family and in-home child care.
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All Care Courses are accepted by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) toward the continuing education training requirements and in-service training requirements for those who work in group child care centers, family child care centers and day camps.
Continuing education must be in a topic broadly or specifically related to health and safety or child development and may be non-credit or credit-based education. Types of training acceptable may include workshops, conferences, seminars, lectures, correspondence courses, home study courses and independent reading/viewing of educational materials.
This includes DCF training for administrators, center directors, child care teachers, employees, assistant child care teachers, providers, emergency back-up providers, counselors, volunteers, substitutes, and food service personnel. Care Courses are approved Tier Training through the Wisconsin Professional Development Approval System.
Regular certified child care operators must complete continuing education annually. Continuing education must be in a topic broadly or specifically related to health and safety or child development and may be non-credit or credit-based education.
In these cases, the individual would have been issued a DPI completion certificate. The ACCT course is equivalent to the Introduction to the Child Care Profession. In addition to the ACCT course, completion of Fundamentals of Family Child Care and CPR training is also required.
The coursework completed to earn a degree in Early Childhood Education meet s the requirements of the Introduction to the Child Care Profession. If the degree also included a business/administration course, that course meets the requirements for the Fundamentals of Family Child Care. A transcript must be reviewed to determine if the applicant/provider has completed a business/administration course or if the non-credit course, Fundamentals of Family Child Care, training in child abuse and neglect and CPR training must also be completed to meet preservice training requirements.
If the certificate of completion does not have a date specifying the length of time for which it is valid, the CPR training must be renewed every year.
effective September 2001. If an operator / provider completed this course after September 2001, s/he has met the SIDS training requirement.
Anyone who cares for children less than 12 months of age in a certified child care program must be trained on SIDS risk reduction methods. This requirement pertains to the certified operator and any other providers, including substitutes, volunteers, helpers, employees and emergency back-up providers.
High school credit in child development (or child care) does not meet the preservice training requirements unless the individual has completed the Assistant Child Care Teacher Certification (ACCT) (link is external) course through a high school. In these cases, the individual would have been issued a DPI completion certificate.
Any continuing education program approved, sponsored, or co-sponsored by a presenter approved by the Committee for the Approval of Continuing Education Sponsors of the American Psychological Association.
The remainder of the 30 CE hours may be obtained from any CE program approved, sponsored, provided, endorsed or authorized by the following, as long as the hours relate to the license holder's area of practice: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) or affiliated divisions.
Social Workers are required to successfully complete 30 hours of CE in the first full biennium after they are licensed.
Use our courses toward a CDA as well as to renew your CDA, NAC or CCP.
All Care Courses are accepted by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) toward the continuing education training requirements and in-service training requirements for those who work in group child care centers, family child care centers and day camps.
For those of you interested in starting a day care or home-based child care facility in Wisconsin, please contact your state licensing using the contact information below. The licensing agency can give you advice on the requirements, rules and regulations of your state.