Professional development requirements and college coursework
Are you taking college classes while working in child care? Good news—those classes may already count toward your annual professional development (PD) requirements. If your coursework is from an accredited college or university, it can be applied toward the training hours required by the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) and Department of Economic Security (DES). That means you may be closer to meeting your requirements than you think. College credits vs. clock hours College programs measure learning in credits,…