Training requirements for certified child care centers
Certified centers must ensure the center director, all staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers are given an orientation training on:
- Reporting requirements in 142C.10
- Health and safety standard requirements in 142C.11
- Training requirements in 142C.12
- Emergency preparedness requirements in 142C.13.
The certified center must provide the center director, all staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers with an orientation within 14 days of the first date of direct contact with a child. Before the completion of orientation, an individual must be supervised while providing direct care to a child.
Note: Abusive Head Trauma and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death training, if applicable, must be completed before date of first direct contact.
A certified center must document the date of a completed training required by this section. Orientation documentation will be recorded in the Provider Hub for all staff persons.
Health and safety standard requirements in 142C.11 include:
- Exclusion of sick children and infection disease outbreak control
- Immunizations
- Administration of medication
- Preventing and responding to allergies
- Building and physical premises; free of hazards
- Transporting children (training is on requirements in MN Stat. 169.685, if transporting children)
- Risk Reduction
- Behavior guidance
- Supervision
| Training topic | Who must complete | When completion required |
|---|---|---|
| SUID | Staff, substitutes, and any volunteers caring for infants under age 1 | Prior to caring for infants under 1 |
| AHT | Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers caring for children under school age | Prior to caring for children under school age |
| Child Development | Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers | Prior to unsupervised contact and within 90 days of first date of direct contact with a child. |
| Emergency preparedness | Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers | Prior to unsupervised contact, and within 14 days |
| Reporting | Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers | Prior to unsupervised contact, and within 14 days |
| Pediatric first aid and CPR | Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers | Prior to unsupervised contact and within 90 days of first date of direct contact with a child. |
| Health and Safety | Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers | Prior to unsupervised contact, and within 14 days. |
Legal authority: MN Stat. 142C.12
Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers must be trained once each calendar year on:
- Reporting requirements in 142C.10
- Health and safety standard requirements in 142C.11
- Abusive Head Trauma and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death requirements in 142C.12
- Emergency preparedness requirements in 142C.13.
Staff, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers must be trained every other calendar year on Child Development and Pediatric CPR/First aid requirements in 142C.12.
Staff must complete at least six hours of training each calendar year. Required trainings (both at orientation and each calendar year) may be used to meet the six hours required. College courses can be counted toward in-service training if the coursework would apply to the staff person’s job. One semester credit is equivalent to 15 hours of training.
Substitutes must complete at least two hours of training each calendar year.
A certified center must document the date, training institution, and hours for any completed training in the personnel record for each staff person. In-service training documentation will be recorded in the Provider Hub for all staff persons.
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) videos
DCYF has approved the following series of videos which can be used, but are not required when providing SUID training. Certified centers are responsible for meeting all SUID training requirements as outlined in MN Statutes, section 142C.12, subd. 2, including the standards in MN Statutes, section 142B.46.
Please note: The videos below include portrayals of infant sleep environments in private, non-licensed homes that are not subject to the requirements of MN Statutes, section 142B.46. Certified child care providers must comply with statutory safe sleep requirements for sleeping infants, including nothing in the crib except for an infant’s pacifier. In addition, attachments or modifications to the crib are prohibited.
- Safe Sleep (produced by Hennepin County, 4:17)
- Sleep On It - Preventing Unsafe Sleep Practices (produced by Dakota County, 6:28)
- Safe Sleep for Childcare Providers (produced by the city of St. Louis, 4:19)
- Safe Sleep for Your Baby (produced by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 9:56)
- Clear the Crib to Reduce the Risk of Sleep-Related Infant Death (produced by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1:59)
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) videos
DCYF has approved the following videos which can be used, but are not required when providing AHT training. Certified centers are responsible for meeting all AHT training requirements as outlined in MN Statutes, section 142C.12, subd. 3.
- Never Shake: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome (produced by the Missouri Children's Trust Fund, 7:48)
- Forever Shaken (produced by the Brain Injury Association of Nebraska, 33:17)
- Jippson & Sapp Family (produced by Never Shake Minnesota, 13:49)