ChildCare Education Institute's Online Child Care Training Courses Receive Approval in North Dakota

DULUTH, Ga., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET approved, nationally accredited, distance training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care industry, is proud to announce the approval of courses by the Growing Futures Professional Development Registry to provide online child care training to North Dakota's child care and education professionals.

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North Dakota child care professionals are required to take training approved by the Growing Futures Registry in order to meet annual licensing requirements. Training becomes Registry-approved after receiving an approval notification and code from the Registry. The CCEI Professional Development Course Catalog contains courses from all the major early childhood competency areas plus coursework in the following popular training categories: Administration and Management, Eco-friendly Child Care, Early Literacy, Inclusion and Special Needs, Nutrition and Food Service, Social and Emotional Development, and more. In addition to the professional development course library, ChildCare Education Institute's CDA Certificate program may be used to fulfill the education requirements for the CDA National Credentialing Program required by the Council for Professional Recognition.

"CCEI has applied an immense amount of dedication and persistence to be approved in 48 states for child care training," says Maria C. Taylor, President and CEO of CCEI. "We are very proud to have our first few courses approved in North Dakota and look forward to adding many more to serve early care professionals in North Dakota and, as a result, the children and families who depend on them."

For additional information on approved CCEI training in North Dakota, view the North Dakota State Approval page at www.cceionline.edu.

About CCEI

ChildCare Education Institute is an online child care training institution with quality professional development programs for continuing education. Over 100 English and Spanish child care training courses are available online to meet annual licensing requirements, in addition to online certificate programs such as the Online Child Development Associate (CDA), Online Director Credential options, and several others. CCEI is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council, approved by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training to award IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs), and authorized under the Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990, license number 837.

For more information on CCEI, visit www.cceionline.edu or call 1.800.499.9907.

SOURCE ChildCare Education Institute