Any Quality Matters, consortium meetings, orientations, or workshops hosted by Santa Clara County Office of Education or FIRST 5 Santa Clara County will be accepted for the 21 hours of training for both QRIS Ratings and the Quality Matters Stipend Program.
Early Childhood Conferences
Early Childhood Conferences that are conducted by nationally and regionally recognized early childhood organizations or training groups such as:
- FIRST 5 Infant Conference
- National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) • Reggio Emilia Alliance
- Zero to Three
- Peninsula Association for the Education of Young Children (PAEYC)
- California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
- Painting the Future Conference – Pacific Oaks College
- Inclusion Collaborative State Conference – Santa Clara County Office of Education
Common Organizations or Trainings
Below is a list of common organizations/trainings that count towards the 21 hour PD requirement.
- Santa Clara County Office of Education
- FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
- California Collaborative on the Social and Emotional Foundations in Early Learning (CA CSEFEL)
- California Early Childhood Online (CECO)
- California Early Childhood Mentor Program – Mentor Seminars and Director Mentor Institutes only
- California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN)
- CCDAA Training and Meetings
- Desired Results Developmental Profile© (DRDP© 2015)
- Developmental Screening Using Ages and Stages (FIRST 5 Community of Learning Calendar)
- Early Childhood Investigations Webinars – Earn a certificate by attending in real time or viewing a recording.
- edWeb – Earn a certificate by attending in real time or viewing an edWebinar. Must be ECE related edwebinars.
- Outdoor Classroom Project Training
- Pre-K Glad (Orange County Office of Education)
- Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC)
- Quality Assist Inc. Trainings (online)
- SEEDS of Early Literacy
- Teaching Pyramid
- Teaching Strategies Training
- Teachstone (i.e., myTeachstone, CLASS trainings)
- The Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework (National Alliance of Children’s Trust & Prevention Funds)
- Transforming Challenging Behaviors
- Center for Optimal Brain Integration trainings (Julie Kurtz) • Safe spaces
