Care Courses

[Josiegirl]

I know online trainings have been discussed a lot, I've always been interested but have shied away from them. I finally got my feet wet by taking the 30 minute free one through Care Courses.
Now I'm more interested. Have many of you taken their courses? Which ones? Was it worth it, did you enjoy them? Are they easy enough? Do they take as long as the hours you'll get credited for them?

I never liked school, I did okay but always stressed over knowing there was going to be a test.

Thanks for any info you can share with me.

[sahm1225]

Start with the shorter ones (sun safety, nutrition, potty training one, etc). Now they let you do the test online with instant results which is nice. I've done a lot of their courses and they are good. The longer courses tend to be lots of dry reading material and can be hard. It usually takes me a little bit less of the hours that they say it should, but I'm
A speed reader, so that could be why.
Good luck!

[DaveA]

I do them- they're handy for me because I can do them early morning or nights when DW is on call after our kids go to sleep. For me it's worthwhile because time is just as important as $ sometimes. It always seems the local R&R's classes are at really bad times for me. I tend to do them in about 1/2-3/4 of the time allowed but I read fast. Plus they have a ton of classes so you can pretty much find something that interest you.

On trick that helps me: I like to print out the unit tests first thing. As I read through the sections I fill it out. That way when I get to the tests they're done & I just have to put in the answers online. Saves time going back and looking something up.

[Second Home]

I have taken many .I sit and do them while the dck are napping .


One trick that helps me: I like to print out the unit tests first thing. As I read through the sections I fill it out. That way when I get to the tests they're done & I just have to put in the answers online. Saves time going back and looking something up.


This is exactly what I do , but my dd said it's cheating . ::

[Blackcat31]

My state now offers ALL it's required trainings online. It's an awesome option as most of the courses (not all) are done on your time and don't require logging in to chat at specific times.

I've never done CARE courses but they sound like a great option!

[Alwaysgreener]

I was introduce to webed they do free webnairs. You can participate live or watch later. They give certificates too.
Some food program host have free classes also.

[midaycare]

Maybe I'm not understanding the Care Courses correctly ... But how can a 12 hour class only equal 1.2 CEU's? Is that different from what we need?

I know I need a minimum of 20 hours for my STARS program, and 10 for the state, but do I go by actual hours or CEU's?

[Blackcat31]

Maybe this is more helpful:

"The terms CEU and clock hour are not synonymous. One clock hour is literally 60 minutes engaged in the learning activity. A CEU is defined by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) as consisting of 10 clock hours.

During each five-year certification cycle, National Certified Counselors (NCCs) must complete 100 clock hours of continuing education (CE) that meet NBCC requirements. NBCC further requires that CE credit awarded by ACEPs be recorded in CE clock hours on the certificate of attendance or completion. CEUs may be listed in addition to CE clock hours, but this is optional.

CE credit is listed correctly in the following examples:
o 23 CE clock hours (2.3 CEUs);
o 17 CE clock hours (1.7 CEUs);
o 9 CE clock hours (0.9 CEU); and
o 4.5 CE clock hours (0.45 CEU).

If you award 8 CE clock hours for an event, you cannot also award 8 CEUs. Rather, you should award 0.8 CEU. Similarly, 5 CEUs could not be awarded for a half-day event because 5 CEUs are equivalent to 50 clock hours.

Continuing education credit terms that are synonymous with clock hour include contact hour, CE credit and CE hour."

[midaycare]

Maybe this is more helpful:

"The terms CEU and clock hour are not synonymous. One clock hour is literally 60 minutes engaged in the learning activity. A CEU is defined by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) as consisting of 10 clock hours.

During each five-year certification cycle, National Certified Counselors (NCCs) must complete 100 clock hours of continuing education (CE) that meet NBCC requirements. NBCC further requires that CE credit awarded by ACEPs be recorded in CE clock hours on the certificate of attendance or completion. CEUs may be listed in addition to CE clock hours, but this is optional.

CE credit is listed correctly in the following examples:
o 23 CE clock hours (2.3 CEUs);
o 17 CE clock hours (1.7 CEUs);
o 9 CE clock hours (0.9 CEU); and
o 4.5 CE clock hours (0.45 CEU).

If you award 8 CE clock hours for an event, you cannot also award 8 CEUs. Rather, you should award 0.8 CEU. Similarly, 5 CEUs could not be awarded for a half-day event because 5 CEUs are equivalent to 50 clock hours.

Continuing education credit terms that are synonymous with clock hour include contact hour, CE credit and CE hour."

As I understand it then, I only need to go by hours. I hope, anyway!

[Blackcat31]

As I understand it then, I only need to go by hours. I hope, anyway!

Yeah, I stole that bit of info from another site (obviously not for child care providers) but it did a good job of explaining the difference between CEU's and clock hours.

Unless you are going to continue your education, CEU's are NOT necessary.