ChildCareTraining

New Staff Health and Safety Orientation

Hours

6.0

Level

Beginning

Knowledge Base

Child Development (6 Hours)

CDA Content Areas

Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment (6 Hours)

Fee

This course is FREE for providers and staff who live in the state of Montana. Please note: to fulfill training hours for your Professional Development Registry, this course can only be taken once. $72

**NOTE-This DOES NOT count as the Health and Safety Review course that is to be completed three years after the New Staff Montana Child Care Licensing classes. The Health & Safety Review course must be completed 3 years after initial orientation courses are completed, and every 3 years after that. Please go to the Health and Well-being section of our catalog to find the Health and Safety Review course. If you have questions, let us know by clicking on the blue "Help" icon in the lower right hand corner of the screen.

Excellence in early childhood education programs is built on a workforce that promotes continuous program improvement, and ongoing professional development is crucial to this process. Montana Child Care Licensing regulations require that individuals hired to work in licensed or registered program complete Orientation training within a specified time frame upon hire, as well as a health & safety review course every 3 years after completing all required Orientation courses. Upon completion of this course, individuals will meet Child Care Licensing rule 37.95.162 (6) Child Care Facilities: Required Annual Training.

Course Author

Rhonda Schwenke

Instructor

Charrisse Jennings