UGA Extension Office

ECE Child Care Training

Child Care Provider Training

Extension agents in many Georgia counties provide entity-approved trainings for ECE teachers/child care providers to help meet state licensing requirements. Trainings include face-to-face and virtual options, Super Saturday events, and self-paced online modules on Healthy Environments. If you don't see an event in the training calendar below, contact the Richmond County FACS agent for more information about upcoming training opportunities, or check out the Healthy Environments self-paced modules.

Richmond County Extension Office (706) 821-2350


Upcoming Events

  • Nov 6 Virtual Childcare Provider Training: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Early Childhood UGA Extension–Appling/Burke/Candler/EvansCounties will hold this FREE class via Zoom. This class will provide two (2) hours of Entity Approved childcare training for childcare providers. This course will increase participants’ awareness of the problem of obesity in early childhood, including statistics about obesity rates and causes and risk factors that contribute to childhood obesity. Participants will leave the class with a better understanding of strategies for addressing obesity in ECE settings, key concepts that preschool-age children can learn about healthy eating and physical activity, and hands-on activities to teach healthy eating and physical activity to 3- to 5-year-olds within the ECE curriculum. The class will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2024 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM. Call the Candler County Extension Office at 912-685-2408 or register online at bit.ly/UGACPT24.
    • Virtual Event