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Building Capacity with PITC

Join a community of professionals dedicated to building and sustaining high-quality infant/toddler care. Deepen your knowledge of the PITC’s responsive, relationship-based approaches combined with adult learning practices to enhance your ability to share PITC with the infant/toddler caregiving community.

Care Educator, Grandparent and child
  • Child Care Resource Specialists, Coaches, and Trainers,

  • Program Leaders, inclusive of owners of Large Family Child Care Homes, Lead and Mentor Teachers

  • Early Interventionists and Mental Health Consultants 

  • Preschool Directors and Lead Teachers, who serve 2-year-olds in mixed age classrooms 

  • Higher Education Faculty and Early Childhood Apprenticeship Coordinators

Those that participate in PITC professional learning can expect to: 

  •  Deepen their understanding of how to enhance the professional development of infant and toddler care educators 

  •  Be part of the PITC community of learners and network with peers 

  •  Build their capacity to support improving the quality of infant and toddler care 

  • Access PITC resources to share the PITC relationship-based approach with the next generation of early childhood educators

PITC Trainer Institutes

The PITC Trainer Institute is offered annually and provides a comprehensive study of PITC philosophy and resources to support high-quality care.
Time Commitment: October through May (~110 hours)
Cost: Varies - See Fees
Language: English
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PITC Academy for California Infant/Toddler Program Directors

PITC Academy for Program Directors explores new resources for infant-toddler care programs.
Time Commitment: 10 hours of training
Cost: Free event for California residents
Language: English
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PITC Webinar Series

Explore a new PITC resource to support effective and responsive practices in infant and toddler care
Time Commitment: 2 hours
Cost: No cost
Language: English (with closed captioning available)
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