Maryland Childcare Training Requirements: All Care Courses that grant 2 hours or more of training (with the exception of Emergency Preparedness in Child Care) are approved Core of Knowledge training hours for those who work in child care centers, large family child care homes, and family child care homes. This includes directors, child care teachers, assistant child care teachers, aides, education program administrators, providers, employees, co-providers, family child care directors, and family child care teachers.

The Maryland Department of Education requires that all child care providers complete a minimum of 6 out of their 12 required clock hours of continued training in any of the following core of knowledge areas:

• Child Development
• Curriculum
• Health, Safety and Nutrition
• Special Needs
• Professionalism
• Community

Click to view Care Courses listed by Maryland’s Core of Knowledge Areas. Maryland’s Core of Knowledge Areas will appear on your Care Courses certificates.

Care Courses’ Certificate Code is CKO-150280.

Care Courses can be used for the clock hours required to attain levels 2, 3, 4 and 4+ of the Maryland State Child Care Credential. Care Courses can be used for the clock hours required to renew all levels of the Maryland State Child Care Credential. To determine how many clock hours you need for your credential level, please click here.

Courses that grant only 1 clock hour of training are accepted as elective training hours.

Keeping Infants Safe is approved for the state training requirement for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care fulfills Maryland's breastfeeding support requirement.

Family Home Training		Center Training
	Maryland Family Child Care 24-Hour Pre-Service Training Courses		Maryland Pre-Service Orientation Course for Teacher Aides in Child Care Centers and Large Family Child Care Homes
	Maryland Family Child Care 45-Hour Infant/Toddler Training Courses		Maryland Child Care Center Director's 45-hour Initial/ Pre-Service Training Courses
	Maryland Family Child Care First Year Training Courses		Maryland Child Care Center Pre-Service 9-Clock-Hour Communication Course
Family Child Care Training Information Page		Center Continuing Training Information Page

Maryland Emergency Preparedness Course: Emergency Preparedness in Child Care cannot be used to meet the Maryland emergency preparedness training requirement.  Emergency preparedness training can be found at Chesapeake College.  Click here for the Project Security Blanket Website. In-person classes are held in counties all over the state: Baltimore, Montgomery, Harford, Carroll, Howard, and Anne Arundel, as well as the Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland, etc.

Medication Administration & Asthma Training (6 hours): We do not offer this training, but you may access a list of approved trainers from the Maryland Child Care Licensing Branch (click here).

Basic Health and Safety Training: We do not offer this training, but the Maryland Division of Early Childhood offers this training at no cost (click here).

Developmental Screening Overview: We do not offer this training, but there is a training course developed by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and Maryland Public Television/Thinkport (click here).