These courses are only available for Montana child care providers. Montana providers, please note you cannot get training credit for courses repeated in the same year.
Participants have 60 days from the date of registration to complete coursework. Students are automatically dropped from courses after 60 days.
Grading may take up to 7 business days for the courses listed below.
STARS Courses
These courses meet requirements for the Best Beginnings STARS to Quality program.
- Child Abuse and Neglect: Mandatory Reporting in Child Care
- Healthy Smiles: Promoting Oral Health in Child Care
- Introduction to the Pyramid Model
- Medication Administration in Child Care - Part 1
- Medication Administration in Child Care - Part 2
- Medication Administration in Child Care - Refresher
- STARS to Quality Essentials
The Early Childhood Services Bureau, under the Human and Community Services Division of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, contracts for the development of courses to satisfy requirements for the Montana Best Beginnings STARS to Quality program.
The Best Beginnings STARS to Quality Program is a continuous quality improvement program for early childhood education in Montana! This voluntary quality rating improvement system (QRIS) aligns quality indicators with support and incentives for early childhood programs and early childhood professionals. STARS is currently in a field test stage in order to assess and evaluate the program, and work through any challenges. Infrastructure information continues to be refined, finalized and updated. STARS participants must follow the specific matrix of training and criteria for their type of program and STAR level.
This project is funded (in part) under a contract with the MT Department of Health and Human Services. The statements herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Department.
