Professional Development

State Partnerships with iPD

Map of United States showing iPD partnered states.The iPD partnered with the following states to provide professional development approval for one or more courses:

  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Delaware
  • Georgia
  • Idaho
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Illinois
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • North Dakota
  • New York
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

Please note that not every iPD course is approved to meet state professional development requirements. To learn which courses are accepted in your state, please see the chart below*:

StateRegistry/Professional Development WebsiteApproved Courses
AlaskaAlaska SEED Registry
  • All iPD courses
ArizonaArizona Early Childhood Workforce Registry
  • Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences in Out-of-School Environments
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Beginning Teacher Series
    • Infant and Toddler
      • Being a Professional
      • Learning Environment
      • Ongoing Assessment
      • Planning for Learning
      • Relationship-Based Practice
      • Sharing the Caring with Families
      • Supporting Infants' and Toddlers' Development
      • Working as a Team
      • Using Routines and Transitions to Support Relationships and Learning
  • Celebrating DLLs: Spring into Practice
  • Math Is Everywhere: Supporting Math Skills in Infants and Toddlers
  • Responsive Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers
  • Supporting Continuity of Care
  • Supporting Messy Play with Infants and Toddlers
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
ArkansasArkansas Professional Development Registry
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Time for Play
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
DelawareDelaware Department of Education
  • All iPD courses
Georgia (Coming June 2025)Georgia Professional Development System for Early Childhood Educators (GaPDS)
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Time for Play
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
IdahoIdahoSTARS
  • All iPD courses
Iowai-PoWeR: Iowa's Early Childhood and School Age Professional Workforce Registry
  • All iPD courses
IllinoisIllinois Gateway to Opportunity
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Nature-Based Learning and the Preschool Child
IndianaIndiana Trainer and Training Approval System (Indiana T&TAS)
  • All CEU-bearing courses
KansasKansas Department of Health & Environment
  • All CEU-bearing courses
KentuckyKentucky CE-TRIS
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • Celebrating DLLs: Spring into Practice
  • Effective Practice Guides
    • Infants and Toddlers
    • Preschoolers
  • How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
  • Learning to Teach Number Recognition and Subitizing Using Learning Trajectories
  • Math Is Everywhere: Supporting Math Skills in Infants and Toddlers
  • Supporting Continuity of Care
  • Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Supporting Messy Play with Infants and Toddlers
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Time for Play
MarylandMaryland State Department of Education-Continuing Professional Development
  • All DTL iPD courses**
Michiganmiregistry
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Beginning Teacher Series
    • Infant and Toddler
      • Being a Professional
  • Learning to Teach Number Recognition and Subitizing Using Learning Trajectories
  • Supporting Continuity of Care
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • The Science Behind Social and Emotional Development
  • Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Math Is Everywhere: Supporting Math Skills in Infants and Toddlers
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • It All Adds Up: Math and the Preschool Child
  • Effective Practice Guides
    • Infants and Toddlers
    • Preschoolers
  • Playful Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers
  • Responsive Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers
MississippiMississippi State Department of Health
  • All CEU-bearing courses
MissouriMissouri Workshop Calendar
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Effective Practice Guides: Preschoolers
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • Time for Play
NebraskaNebraska Calendar and Training Organization Approval
  • All iPD courses
NevadaThe Nevada Registry
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • It All Adds Up: Math and the Preschool Child
  • Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Time for Play
New YorkNew York Works for Children (NYWC)
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • Celebrating DLLs: Spring into Practice
  • Learning to Teach Number Recognition and Subitizing Using Learning Trajectories
  • Math Is Everywhere: Supporting Math Skills in Infants and Toddlers
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • The Science Behind Social and Emotional Development
  • Playful Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers
North DakotaND Growing Futures
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Beginning Teacher Series
    • Infant and Toddler
      • Being a Professional
      • Learning Environment
      • Ongoing Assessment
      • Planning for Learning
      • Relationship-based Practice
      • Sharing the Caring with Families
      • Supporting Infants' and Toddlers' Development
      • Working as a Team
      • Using Routines and Transitions to Support Relationships and Learning
    • Preschool
      • Approaches to Individualizing
      • Families and Home Visiting
      • Guiding Children's Behavior
      • Instructional Interactions
      • Learning the Ropes
      • Ongoing Assessment
      • Planning for Learning
      • Setting Up the Classroom
      • Social and Emotional Support
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • Celebrating DLLs: Spring into Practice
  • Effective Practice Guides
    • Infants and Toddlers
    • Preschoolers
  • Math Is Everywhere: Supporting Math Skills in Infants and Toddlers
  • Supporting Continuity of Care
  • Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Supporting Messy Play with Infants and Toddlers
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Time for Play
  • The Science Behind Social and Emotional Development
  • Nature-Based Learning and the Preschool Child
  • How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
  • Responsive Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers
OhioOhio Child Care Resource and Referral Association (OCCRRA)
  • Addressing Infant and Toddlers Behaviors that Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Beginning Teacher Series
    • Infant and Toddler
      • Being a Professional
      • Learning Environment
      • Ongoing Assessment
      • Planning for Learning
      • Relationship-Based Practice
      • Sharing the Caring with Families
      • Supporting Infants' and Toddlers' Development
      • Working as a Team
      • Using Routines and Transitions to Support Relationships and Learning
    • Preschool
      • Approaches to Individualizing
      • Families and Home Visiting
      • Guiding Children's Behavior
      • Instructional Interactions
      • Learning the Ropes
      • Ongoing Assessment
      • Planning for Learning
      • Setting Up the Classroom
      • Social and Emotional Support
  • Supporting Continuity of Care
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
OklahomaOklahoma Professional Development Registry
  • Addressing Infant and Toddlers Behaviors that Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Beginning Teacher Series
    • Infant and Toddler
      • Being a Professional
      • Learning Environment
      • Ongoing Assessment
      • Planning for Learning
      • Relationship-Based Practice
      • Sharing the Caring with Families
      • Supporting Infants' and Toddlers' Development
      • Working as a Team
      • Using Routines and Transitions to Support Relationships and Learning
    • Preschool
      • Approaches to Individualizing
      • Families and Home Visiting
      • Guiding Children's Behavior
      • Instructional Interactions
      • Learning the Ropes
      • Ongoing Assessment
      • Planning for Learning
      • Setting Up the Classroom
      • Social and Emotional Support
  • Celebrating DLLs: Spring into Practice
  • Effective Practice Guides
    • Infants and Toddlers
    • Preschoolers
  • Math Is Everywhere: Supporting Math Skills in Infants and Toddlers
  • Supporting Continuity of Care
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
OregonMy Oregon Registry Online
  • All iPD courses
PennsylvaniaThe Pennsylvania Key
  • Addressing Infant and Toddlers Behaviors that Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Celebrating DLLs: Spring into Practice
  • Learning to Teach Number Recognition and Subitizing Using Learning Trajectories
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
South CarolinaSCEndeavors
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Beginning Teacher Series
    • Infant and Toddler
      • Being a Professional
  • Learning to Teach Number Recognition and Subitizing Using Learning Trajectories
  • Math Is Everywhere: Supporting Math Skills in Infants and Toddlers
  • Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Time for Play
TexasTexas Early Childhood Professional Development System (TECPDS)
  • All iPD courses
UtahUtah.gov Child Care Workforce Services
  • All CEU-bearing courses
VermontBright Futures Child Care Information System
  • All iPD courses
WashingtonMERIT Workforce Registry
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Beginning Teacher Series
    • Infant and Toddler
      • Being a Professional
  • Celebrating DLLs: Spring Into Practice
  • It All Adds Up: Math and the Preschool Child
  • Learning to Teach Number Recognition and Subitizing Using Learning Trajectories
  • Playful Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • The Science Behind Social and Emotional Development
  • Time for Play
WisconsinWisconsin Registry
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
WyomingWyoming STARS
  • Addressing Infant and Toddler Behaviors That Challenge Adults
  • Bang! Squish! Leap! Supporting the A in STEAM with Infants and Toddlers
  • Building the Brain: Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development
  • Learning to Teach Number Recognition and Subitizing Using Learning Trajectories
  • Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Teacher Time: The Responsive Environment
    • Infant and Toddler
    • Preschool
  • Time for Play
  • How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
  • Responsive Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers

*Please refer to your state's professional registry or professional development system for any changes in approval status.

** Only course from National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL) are approved by this state.

To ensure prompt verification after completing a course:

  • Check your state's professional development registry/calendar to ensure that the course(s) you've completed on the iPD were approved to meet professional development requirements.
  • Enter your state and state identification number in your iPD profile.
    • To find your state identification number, log in to your profile on your state's professional development registry. Identification numbers are usually posted on the landing page of your profile.
  • Refer to your state's registration requirements to find out if you must register through your state's training calendar prior to taking the iPD courses. 

For additional information, see the FAQs.