EASY, LOW-COST WAYS TO COMPLETE YOUR ANNUAL STARS / MERIT TRAINING

Washington State's professional development requirements, STARS or MERIT, has been in place since 1999 and applies to:

• All family child care providers.
• Directors, program supervisors, site coordinators and lead staff in child care centers and school-age programs.

Family Home Child Care programs, Child Care Centers and School-Age programs must follow their respective WACs to meet the needs of the children and families they serve. Learn more about the licensing WAC requirements for each program by visiting DEL’s child care licensing rules page.

As part of the training requirements for licensed child care providers in Washington State, the Deprtment of Early Learning (DEL) requires all providers to complete at least 10 hours of continuing education training each year.  Child care aides, assistants, substitutes and volunteers are encouraged (but not required) to participate in ongoing professional development training opportunities. All individuals who independently supervise children need to meet the initial training requirements for their position.

SafeGard Classes Online has easy-access, online packages to complete all your annual training with one click!  Try our discounted 10-hour STARS training packages, filled with 10 hours of high-quality child care classes in popular and relevant topics.

Or, if you don't need the full 10 hours, try our Knowledge Collection series.  These are our most popular classes bundled into discounted packages focusing on nutrition, literacy, behavior management, curriculum development and much more.

Try our convenient, low-cost packages today and complete your STARS training requirements in one easy step!