Early Childhood Directions Online Training Center

Our training courses are designed to help child care professionals complete annual training requirements or acquire required training hours for those seeking a CDA or national credential. Our courses provide a variety of engaging topics designed specifically for the child care professional.

Courses are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! Take the courses you need or want when YOU want to!

Enroll now and pay on-line by credit card to receive your user name and password.

Now available: Online training for CDA credential renewal.
We are pleased to announce the addition of a 45-hour course catalog specifically designed to meet the requirements for CDA credential renewal. This is an exciting opportunity to conveniently complete credential renewal training online. The cost for a one year subscription to this course catalog is $129. For more information call 800-261-6248 or email info@smarthorizons.org.

Click here to download the Downloadable Brochure for Online CDA Assessment

Click here to watch the Presentation for Online CDA Assessment

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If you have questions about this program, please review our FAQs. For further information, call 1-800-261-6248, or e-mail info@smarthorizons.org.

Child Care facility managers purchasing 10 or more subscriptions are eligible for special billing options. For billing information, call 1-888-248-0321, ext. 199 or e-mail business-center@dcmsnet.info.

Attention Facility Managers:

Receive a free subscription for each group order of five subscriptions for the $199 CDA catalog. Examples:
Buy 5 and receive 1 free for a total of 6 subscriptions.
Buy 20 and receive 4 free for a total of 24 subscriptions.
Buy 19 and receive 3 free for a total of 22 subscriptions.

Credential Training GRCMA Early Childhood Directions Online Training Center Annual Individual Subscription View Course Catalog	$199 Qty:
Credential Renewal Training GRCMA Early Childhood Directions Online Training Center Annual Individual Subscription View Course Catalog	$129 Qty:
GRCMA Alabama 12-Hour Provider Introductory Course GRCMA Early Childhood Directions Online Training Center Annual Individual Subscription View Course Catalog	$59 Qty:

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To place your credit card order by telephone call 800-261-6248 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central Time

For more information, visit our FAQs or view the course catalog.

To view CDA requirements, click here.

To view the CDA Renewal process, click here.

To view a course sample, click on the appropriate image.(Must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater and Flash Player 7.0 or greater)

This sample provides an opportunity to view various courseware topics found in the Child Care Professional Training Series. The intent is to provide a preview of the type of material and presentation methods found in the courseware.	Esta muestra da una oportunidad de ver varios temas de cursos de entrenamiento encontrados en los series de entrenamiento de profesionales de pre-kinder. La intención es dar una vista previa de el tipo de material y métodos de presentación encontrados en el curso de entrenamiento.