Articles tagged with Training

Your Questions Answered: Professional Development Requirements

May 2, 2025

July brings summer heat, fireworks and cookouts. This year, it also brings changes to professional development (PD) requirements for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ)-rated programs. Keep reading for the changes and what you’ll be required to complete by June 30.

All SUTQ lead and assistant teachers are required to complete 10 hours of professional development training by June 30 every year regardless of their program’s rating. For a list of upcoming training opportunities, click here.

Register for the April Training Blitz

March 5, 2025

Join us in April as we celebrate The Week of the Young Child with a month-long training blitz! In addition to having the opportunity to attend some amazing Ohio Approved training sessions that focus on collaboration, art, music, family and nature, each participant will also receive:

$10 off regular training cost of each session (Costs listed below reflect the $10 savings)
A small gift and be eligible for a door prize worth $25 at each training

Explaining the Changes to Step Up To Quality

June 18, 2024

Starting July 7, the new Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) standards will go into effect. All currently rated programs will have until July 1, 2025, to begin implementing the new SUTQ standards.

Quality rating banners will feature Bronze, Silver and Gold awards. This rating system change is being made throughout Ohio.

Providers: Biennium Deadline is Approaching

May 2, 2023

The current professional development (PD) biennium comes to an end on June 30, 2023.

This means all administrators, lead teachers, assistant teachers and family child care providers working in Step Up To Quality star-rated programs must have completed 20 hours of Ohio Approved training.