ChildCare Education Institute:
The Industry Leader for Online Professional Development

Whether you are looking to take one online child care training course or a set of courses, complete a certificate program or earn your Child Development Associate (CDA), ChildCare Education Institute has courses for you. CCEI has helped hundreds of thousands of child care professionals across the country just like you. Let us help you reach your professional development goals and join our distinguished family of CCEI alumni today.

Staff
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Director
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Your college degree is that much closer

Thanks to ChildCare Education Institute and StraighterLine’s partnership, you can now earn college credit for select professional development offerings and save time and money towards your degree.

Graduated over 49,200 early childhood education professionals from CDA and other child care certificate programs.
CDA Certification
Other Child Care Certifications

Why Choose CCEI’s CDA Program over Others?

Council for Professional Recognition Partner
Access to Education Coach support
Self-paced – you have a year to complete but can do faster if your schedule permits
Training meets The Council for Professional Recognition’s content area requirements
Prepares students for The Council’s credentialing assessment process
IACET CEUs awarded for completed training

Play video to find out how our CDA Certification Courses can help you.

ChildCare Education Institute: Student Satisfaction Scores

Student Satisfaction is extremely important to CCEI. All students are given an exit survey upon program
completion. Below are CCEI’s online class scores on key questions. View more scores

97%

Rated CCEI
excellent or good

97%

Rated CCEI’s online
learning system as
excellent or good

99%

Would recommend
CCEI to others

99%

Were satisfied with
their studies

How Is Online Learning at CCEI Different?

Taking courses through CCEI’s distance education is a great way to accomplish professional development objectives, while maintaining a full or a part-time job and a busy family schedule. CCEI online distance learning offers the convenience of taking coursework from work, home, a library or anywhere internet access is available. Our accredited child care courses are a great option for students with busy schedules that may prevent them from attending more traditional scheduled in-person training. CCEI early childhood classes online are self-paced, allowing students to take them at any time. Many of CCEI’s students take child care training courses in the evenings, after their households settle in and on weekends. These students also save on gas and babysitting costs that often come with commuting to a traditional school environment. Learn more about CCEI’s accredited child care courses today!

Watch how CCEI has helped child care professionals in their professional development journey just like you with our convenient early childhood education classes online.

CCEI Testimonials

Hear From Other Educators

The CCEI program over all was excellent. The registration process was easy and I was quickly registered for the program. The information included was very informative and very well explained. I was very pleased with the multiple programs that are offered and I will encourage our staff to take a look at the programs and enroll in them.

I was very satisfied with the CCEI Special Needs Certificate program – I gained a lot of knowledge, it was easily accessed and time allowed for study and completion was great! I also liked how the individual sections allowed for returning to content if needed and that you could print your certificates for each individual content topic after completion- this gave a sense of accomplishment and reward for completion.Thank you CCEI!

I really liked this online course for marketing I think every director should take something like this. It really did help me to think about how to market my program and help me to define the areas I needed to strengthen. Also, it is extremely user friendly as well as convenient. I really liked that I could do this at my own pace in my own defined time frame, as a very busy administrator that was really important.

CCEI provided training that helped me to become a better educator, and offered me a chance to build my course work schedule abound my work and family obligations. The course work was relevant and challenging, and I feel better able to meet the needs of the children in my care with what I’ve learned in the course.

I have worked in the early childhood education field for over 15 years and am currently a center director. CCEI is by far the best option for me and my staff for meeting our state required training needs. The flexibility to be able to take courses any time is invaluable to me. My staff can take courses at school or at home 24/7. The cost is by far the most reasonable around. The personal service is incredible from the first sales contact to technical support to personal education coaches we have had a wonderful experience. I would highly recommend the CCEI program to any center director looking to provide the highest quality training options for their staff at the best price.

CCEI is an excellent early childhood educational program. I would recommend this program to any and all that need certification.

I love the ease of online learning and moving at my own pace. CCEI gave me that opportunity! I recommend CCEI to everyone who is looking for an online program.

CCEI opened up my eyes to a lot of new opportunities on how to work with young children and make my classroom a fun and safe learning environment. The courses were organized and the staff very helpful and quick to answer any of my questions. Overall, the experience was a rewarding one.

CCEI delivers a program that is simple to use and relates directly to my job. I've learned important skills and use them in my day to day program.

CCEI helped me work towards achieving my goals as a childcare provider. They were extremely helpful and knowledgeable in the field. I was very impressed with this program!