Explore career pathways and develop skills in your current role that prepare you for future success.
Full Course Description
This 1-hour course is designed for line staff working in youth programs who are ready to take the next step in their professional journey. Explore career pathways in youth development and beyond, and discover how to build transferable skills right where you are. You’ll gain tools to reflect on your strengths, set meaningful goals, and grow your impact—today and into the future. Enroll now to invest in your career and unlock new opportunities!
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Explore at least one potential career pathway that starts in youth development work.
Access knowledge and tools to identify and articulate your current skills, strengths, and professional interests.
Create a detailed professional development plan that aligns with both current role and career aspirations.
CEU Requirements
To receive CEU credit for taking this course, you must:
Pass the knowledge check-ins and complete the entire course.
Complete the course evaluation form at the end of the course.
Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate showing the CEUs earned.
Change Up Learning requires disclosure of proprietary interests. No staff, instructors, or course developers have proprietary interests related to this course.
This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
This course satisfies these child care training requirements:
Academic Standards: Essential Skills
1. Entrepreneurial Skills
4. Professional Skills
Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators
4. Guidance
6. Professional development and leadership
Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
1. Management
West Virginia Afterschool Program Quality Standards
7. Leadership and Professionalism
Afterschool Network Best Practices
1. Prepared Staff
Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners
8. Professionalism and leadership
Afterschool Alliance Best Practices
1. Prepared Staff
Director Annual Training
5. Professional Development
All Staff Annual Training
6. Professional Development
Early Learning Staff Professional Development Areas
All Staff Annual Training
Director Annual Training
Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) Statement of Quality in Afterschool
1: Structure and Management
Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE)
Standard 6: Professionalism as an Early Childhood Educator
Hawaii OST Quality Guidelines
1e. Pilina (Relationships) between Programs and Schools
Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories
2. Leadership
Afterschool Network Quality Standards
6. Administration
Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs
2. Ongoing Training and Staff Development
Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Child Care Licensing Unit
8. Administering medication
Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs
2. Program Management and Staff
Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training)
18. Leadership development/program management and child care personnel supervision
Goals for Program Management and Delivery
2. Qualified and Diverse Staff
Goals for Program Participants
7. Greater Personal Responsibility
Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics
f. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism
North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NCCAP)
Goals for Program Management and Delivery
Goals for Program Participants
Texas Partnership for Out-of-School Time (TXPOST) Standards of High Quality
2. Staff and Volunteer Management
8. Program Sustainability, Evaluation and Awareness In-Service
Virginia Partnership for Out-of-School Time Quality Standards
2. Staffing, Volunteers & Professional Development
3. Leadership & Management
Child Growth and Development
3. Professionalism
Career Development
6. Strategic leadership and planning
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services: Child Care Center Professional Development Training Topics
Career Development
Quality Guidelines for Ohio's Afterschool Programs
Child Growth and Development
MOST (Michigan Out-of-School Time) Standards of Quality
3. Program Staffing
Quality Standards for Expanded Learning
3. Skill Building
4. Youth Voice and Leadership
7. Quality Staff
8. Clear Vision, Mission and Purpose
10. Continuous Quality Improvement
ECE Competencies
10. Leadership in Early Childhood Education
11. Professionalism
Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff
4. Business related topics, including parental communication, recordkeeping, etc.
Afterschool & Youth Development Standards
6. Staffing & Professional Development
Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors
b. Business management
e. Professional and leadership development
Statewide Afterschool Quality Standards
4. Professional Development and Qualifications
B-3 Continuum
5. Joint Professional Development
Network for Youth Success Quality Self-Assessment (QSA) Tool
4. Staffing & Professional Development
NYC DYCD Core Competencies for Youth Work Professionals
7. Ability to develop leadership, team-building and self-advocacy skills among participants.
After School Program Quality Standards and Indicators
4. Staffing and Professional Development
Quality Standards for OST Programs
4: Leadership and Management
Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines
5. Professional Development
Child Care Core of Knowledge
5. Professionalism
Out-of-School Time Program Quality Standards
Administrative Quality Standards
Administrative Quality Standards
IV. Youth Program Staffing and Professional Development
Afterschool Quality Standards
6. Administration and Organizational Development
7. Staffing and Professional Development
School's Out Washington Quality Improvement Standards
6. Identifying their own strengths and recognizing areas for growth
Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements
8. Professional development and leadership
11. Other training as appropriate
Core Knowledge and Competencies
6. Leadership and Professionalism
7. Organizational Development and Administration
Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements
6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism
Afterschool Alliance's Quality Standards
6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism
Building Blocks for Out-of-School Time Quality
6. Organizational and Leadership Management
7. Ongoing Staff Support and Volunteer Development
Ignite Afterschool
6. Organizational Management, Staff Support and Youth Safety
Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards
6. Professionalism
Early Care and Education Knowledge Base
6. Professionalism
Guiding Principles for Quality OST Programs
9. Quality Staff
Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas
6. Professionalism as an Early Childhood Educator
8. Professional Development and Leadership
After School Network
6. Staffing/Professional Development
Program Quality Practices
7. Leadership and Administration
8. Professional Development
Department of Early Learning and Care: Training
7. Personal, Professional & Leadership Development
Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade
7. Professionalism
Early Childhood Education and Care Department
7. Professionalism
Out-of-School Time (NMOST) Guiding Principles
8. Staffing and Professional Development
Childcare Program: Continuing Education
8. Leadership, child care administration, or mentoring
Guidelines for Afterschool, Summer, and Youth Development Programs
8. Staff and Professional Development
Child Care Training Regulations
25. Staffing plans and definitions of related duties to include opening and closing procedures
National Afterschool Association Competencies
10. Professional Development and Leadership
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training
10. Professional issues
Afterschool Network
10. Professionalism
Child Care Training & Education
Standard 3: Staff Qualifications and Professional Development
Core Knowledge Areas, DC Division of Early Learning Training Categories
10. Professionalism and Advocacy
12. Personal Development and Self-Care
Department of Early Education & Care Standards
10. Supervision or Staff Development in Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood - Continuing Education
11. Management/Administrative Education
Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
13. Professionalism
Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development
13. Professionalism
Quality Standards for Nevada OST Programs
c. Program Management & Professional Development
Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development
r. Business operations
Early Childhood Professional Development Framework
Standard VII: Engages in Professional Development
Standard X: Provides Leadership Within School/Community/Profession
