Professional Development Opportunities
Calendar Acronyms
and Color Code
Red: Child and Adult Care Food Program Specialists (CACFP)
Blue - Child Care Health Consultants (CCHC)
Green - Early Childhood Coaches (Coaches)
Purple - Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants (ECMH)
Pink - Expanding Quality (EQ) Infant Toddler Specialist Network
Teal - Early Intervention (EI)
Magenta - Early Learning Licensing and Administration (ELLA)
Orange - Peer Mentors and Apprenticeship Mentors (PAM)
Applying for a Coaching Credential
Here you will find information on How to Apply for a Coaching Credential and applying for a Credential Extension.
Relationship Based Professional Development
This coaching-specific training meets the training requirement for the Colorado Coach Credential. Topics covered include characteristics of coaching in early childhood settings, working with adult learners, coaching skills, reflective practice, and tools to support the coach and coaching partner in continuous quality improvement. Sign Up
Pyramid Colorado Facilitator Certification
Pyramid Facilitator Certification is an intentional development pathway designed to support professionals in their efforts to improve and support the capacity of state systems and local programs to implement the Pyramid Model, an early childhood multi-tiered system of support to improve the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children, birth to five years of age
Transformational Coaching
The Transformational Coaching Course offers coaches, professional development specialists, mentors and leaders ‘principles to practice’ on how to effectively facilitate change, broaden and deepen professional practices of educators or administrators, and intentionally support sustainable habits of reflection, problem-solving, and lifelong learning. This course is based on Constant Hine’s book Transformational Coaching for Early Childhood Educators.
Dynamic Coaching Systems
The Coaching Certificate Program supports the development of a coaching mindset grounded in the understanding of equity, behavioral sciences, and systemic educational practices. Each Cohort engages in shared learning and reflective dialogue as they examine, analyze, and refine their coaching competencies. This is the only early childhood coaching certificate program in the US that enhances universal coaching competencies as developed by the International Coaching Federation and fully research- and evidence-based.
Provides experiential learning in best coaching practices for teacher-leaders, coaches, directors, principals, home childcare providers, early interventionists, special education staff, or anyone looking to strengthen their coaching competencies and understanding of systems thinking.
Course Title: Intro to Relationship-based Mentoring (EDU 2251) & Intro to Relationship-Based Mentoring Techniques (EDU 2255)
Course Description: Mentoring is helping people to develop more effectively. It is a relationship designed to build confidence and support the mentoring partner so they are able to take control of their own development and work. Mentoring is listening and asking questions that will challenge the mentoring partner to identify the course of action they need to take in regard to their own development.
In partnership with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), the Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance (ECCLA) is offering a scholarship opportunity for early childhood professionals seeking an Early Childhood Coaching Credential. Applicants may choose between several CDEC-approved coaching programs.
Facilitation Reflective Supervision/Consultation
Reflective supervision and consultation (RSC) is a relationship that supports professional development and growth through regular, collaborative reflection between two consistent partners or a group of consistent partners. This partnership builds reflective capacity and program quality as the individuals discuss strengths, vulnerabilities, and attend to the interconnected relationships surrounding the child.