All training classes are state approved by Bright from the Start (BFTS). We offer training classes that would enhance your professional development while gaining training hours. All participants must pre-registration one week before class date.

2 hour training $35.00

4 hour training $50.00

6 hour training $60.00

8 hour training $90.00

10 hour training $110.00

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Trainer Credentials

✓ Trainer Designation: Trainer Level III, Director Trainer, and Child Development
Associate (CDA) Instructor: by Bright from the Start (BFTS) www.decal.ga.gov, Georgia Professional Development System for Early Childhood Education  (GaPDS) www.gapds.decal.ga.gov
✓ Professional Development Specialist (PDS) with the CDA Council
www.cdacouncil.org
✓ First Aid & CPR Instructor for the American Heart Association (AHA)
www.atlas.heart.org

BFTS Approved 6 Hour Trainings

1st Saturday
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BFTS 6hrs Training-March 7, 2026
BFTS 6hrs Training-April 11, 2026
BFTS 6hrs Training-June 13, 2026
BFTS 6hrs Training-July 11, 2026
BFTS 6hrs Training-October 24, 2026
BFTS 6hrs Training-November 14, 2026

BFTS Approved Health and Safety Orientation 12 Hour Training

(You MUST attend both days to receive your Training Certificate)
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BFTS 12hrs Training Feb 7-Feb 21, 2026
BFTS 12hrs Training May 30-June 6, 2026
BFTS 12hrs Training Sept 26-Oct 3, 2026

Training Class

Training Class approved by The Georgia Training Approval: Bright from the Start website www.decal.ga.gov

Professional Development Specialist (PDS) with the CDA Council www.cdacouncil.org First Aid & CPR Instructor for the American Heart Association (AHA) www.atlas.heart.org Trainer Designation: Trainer Level III, Director Trainer, and Child Development Associate (CDA) Instructor

1. 40-Hours Director Training: What It Takes to Become an Early Child Care Director – (Webinar 12 hours & Independent study 28 hours) – 40 hours
2. All Children are Unique: What does Inclusion mean in Early Childcare Education – 2 hrs.
3. A Strong Child Care Program Builds a Successful Learning Establishment – 2 hrs.
4. Building Positive Relationships with ALL Families: Understanding Diversity- Intermediate – 2 hrs.
5. Child Abuse: Detect, Suspect, and Report – 2 hrs.
6. Child Development Associate (CDA) – 120 hrs. (Webinar, Face-to-Face, Virtual)
7. Children with Challenging Behaviors – 2 hrs.
8. Children with Challenging Behaviors become Champion Achievers – Intermediate 4 hrs.
9. Classroom Management: Knowing it all – Intermediate 2hrs.
10. Contracts, Policies, and Procedures: Important Documents – 2 hrs.
11. Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP): Effective Teachers Planning Curriculums – Intermediate 4 hrs.
12. Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP): Makes Perfect – 2hrs.
13. Early Childhood Theorists: Who they are – 2 hrs.
14. ECE Ethical Responsibilities – 2 hrs.
15. ECE Ethical Dilemmas – Intermediate 4 hrs.
16. Health & Safety I: Infection, Disease Control, and Bloodborne Pathogens – 2 hrs.

17. Health & Safety II: Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Environment – 2 hrs.
18. Health and Safety Orientation Training – 12 hrs.
19. I Can See You: Observations in ECE – 2 hrs.
20. Language Development: Building Blocks to Reading – 2 hrs.
21. Language Development: Early Learning Domains (Preschool) – 2 hrs.
22. Language Development: Infants and Toddlers Literacy Learners (Infants & Toddlers) -Intermediate 4 hrs.
23. Language Development: Leading Early Literacy Learners (Preschool) – Intermediate 4 hrs. (Participants need to bring art supplies)
24. Language Development: All Literacy Learners 0-5 Years Old – Intermediate 4 hrs. (Participants need to bring art supplies)
25. Learning Standards + Developmental Domains = Lesson Plans – 2 hrs.
26. Learning Standards + Developmental Domains = Lesson Plans – Intermediate 4 hrs.
27. Let’s Play! It’s How We Learn – 2 hrs.
28. Let’s Play! It Helps Us Develop: Better Brains for Babies – Intermediate 4 hrs.
29. Nutrition: Good Food, Good Body, Good Feeling- 2 hrs.
30. Nutrition: Planning, Preparing, Serving, and Much More – Intermediate 4 hrs.
31. Positive Guidance: Giving Constructive Directions- 2 hrs.
32. Positive Guidance: Leading Enthusiastic Children – Intermediate 4 hrs.
33. Professionalism in Early Childhood Education – Intermediate 2 hrs.

34. See, Plan, Execute: Observations and Assessments in ECE – Intermediate 4 hrs.
35. Sudden and Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUIDS): Now You Lay Me Down To Sleep – 2 hrs.
36. Stimulating Environment Stimulates the Brain: Better Brains for Babies – 2 hrs.
37. Stimulating Environment that Develops the Brain’s Hemispheres: Better Brains for Babies – 2 hrs.
38. Stimulating Environment that Develops the Brain’s Hemispheres: Better Brains for Babies – Intermediate 4 hrs.
39. Strengthening Families Georgia: An Effective Approach to Supporting Families and Communities – 2 hrs.
40. Strengthening Families Georgia: Through Concrete Support in Times of Need – 2 hrs.
41. Strengthening Families Georgia: Through Knowledge of Child Development – 2 hrs.
42. Strengthening Families Georgia: Through Parental Resilience – 2 hrs.
43. Strengthening Families Georgia: Through Social Connections – 2 hrs.
44. Strengthening Families Georgia: Through the Promotion of Social and Emotional Competence in Children – 2 hrs.
45. Stress Management for Childcare Professionals: Relax; Release; Rejuvenate – 2 hrs.
46. Theorist Theories Connected to ECE – Intermediate 4 hrs.
47. Time Management: Having an Accomplish Day – Intermediate 2 hrs.
48. Transportation Safety-The Wheels on the Bus – 4 hrs.
49. Unique Exceptional Children: Inclusion Services and Technology – Intermediate 4 hrs.