This training is part 2 of the Enhancing Quality of Early Learning, or EQEL. EQEL is a 20-hour training that can be completed over 2 years. The following roles hired after August 1, 2019 must complete EQEL unless an approved alternative was met: assistant teacher, lead teacher, family home licensee, program supervisor, assistant director, and center director. Participants must have completed EQEL Year 1 to be eligible to enroll. Alternatives include: an ECE Short or State certificate, and DCYF-recognized college/credit bearing alternative credentials for the ECE Short or State Certificates.

Participants must attend all four sessions to receive credit for the class.