CPD for You… that’s CPD certified

Life working in early education is joyful and a privilege but also very busy and, because we care, it can be challenging. As educators and managers, we are devoted to working in partnership with families and other professionals, and passionate about giving children and young people the best possible start in life.

The ever-changing early years landscape and the ongoing challenges in the sector have made it more important than ever to keep our knowledge and skills up to date so we’re able to respond to the needs of our service users and join the fight to be seen as the education professionals we are.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plays a vital role in motivating and inspiring truly reflective, impactful early years practice, enhancing learning opportunities for little ones and helping to improve the futures of the children we work with every day. An added bonus is that it helps to deliver positive Ofsted inspection outcomes, too!

Designing and delivering training is a real passion for colleagues at the Alliance – and reflection, quality improvement and self-evaluation processes are vital for the evolution and sustained quality of the training the Alliance offers. To demonstrate this commitment to CPD, the Alliance has become a member of The CPD Certification Service.

This means all Alliance-developed Virtual Classrooms, training workshops, Insights, EYA Learn modules, face-to-face events, and CPD Spotlight recordings have gone through a rigorous external assessment and accreditation exercise, and are now fully CPD certified. The CPD Certification Service is internationally recognised with member universities, government departments and other academic institutions spanning over 100 countries.

Becoming CPD certified provides a further opportunity for the Alliance to formally showcase its wide range of training opportunities with an added qualitative benchmark. The CPD quality mark reflects the core beliefs and standards the Alliance likes to promote, and gives significant professional development value for early years colleagues across the sector, striving to remain the ‘go to’ training provider for many.

With the autumn term now in full swing, it’s the perfect time to plan your early years training and CPD for the academic year ahead. The Alliance can support you with this by revealing an exciting strand of half-day in-person events titled CPD for You – a brand-new way to connect with us and each other!

The first event on Monday 22 October 9.30am -1pm is being held in Wakefield West Yorkshire. CPD for You: Behaviour Matters looks at all things behaviour with an aim to enable educators to begin feeling confident in understanding and supporting children’s behaviour.

During this CPD certified event, attendees can network with peers and join interactive workshops led by Alliance experts focusing on the care and education delivered to children every day. Themes of the workshops include supporting the child’s family to understand behaviour and consideration for how all behaviour is a means to communicate.

For more details or to book this event: bit.ly/CPD-for-You.

The Alliance offers a wide range of training support for those working in the early years. Whether you’re new to the sector or looking to refresh your knowledge, our accessible, flexible, and affordable training is here to give you the support you need, when you need it.

Whether you’re interested in formal early years qualifications, virtual CPD opportunities, in-house bespoke training, CPD spotlight recordings, or just want to find out a little more about our training, talk to us via social media or contact us through our website, and a colleague will get back to you to start the conversation!