To help professionals build knowledge, skills, and confidence in facilitating professional learning, WIDA recently established their Early Years Professional Learning Cohort.

About

The Early Years Professional Learning Cohort is a long-term professional learning program that helps participants build the knowledge and skills required to facilitate local professional learning.

This program is intended for professionals who:

- are PQAS-certified;
- currently work in the early care and education field;
- can design, develop, and facilitate professional learning;
- have the ability to offer professional development through the PA PD Registry; and
- have access to early learning programs where they can facilitate professional learning for ECE educators.

Selected participants will be asked to sign an acknowledgment and agreement document.

Face-to-Face Sessions

Selected participants will be required to attend four face-to-face sessions in State College, Pennsylvania on the following dates:

- September 10–12, 2019
- October 8–9, 2019
- November 13–14, 2019
- March 11, 2020

Applications

With 20 available spaces, applicants are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Application quality and geographic location will be considered. Applications must be submitted by August 16, 2019. To apply, visit the online application form.

More Information

To learn more about the cohort, read the program overview document. For more detailed information, read the program participant guide.

For questions, contact Barry Wiestling at bwiestling@pa.gov.

PQAS Certification Workgroup

This fall, Trying Together will launch a workgroup to help early care and education, and other interested professionals achieve their PQAS Instructor Certification. Once certified, these individuals will be able to deliver professional development training through the PA PD Registry. To receive more information about the Workgroup, complete the form below.

For questions, contact Jasmine Davis at jasmine@tryingtogether.org or 412.567.3933.

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Trying Together delivers custom professional growth services and public courses to early childhood professionals in home, center, and school-based settings.

To browse a complete list of courses and descriptions, download the Fall 2026 Professional Development Catalog.

Custom Professional Development

Custom professional development can be created to target individual/group goals, interests, and needs. In-person and virtual opportunities are available.

Requests must be submitted at least eight weeks before your preferred start date.

If your requested date is less than six weeks out, please provide an alternative date in case we cannot accommodate your initial request.

Please note our Delay & Cancellation Policy for Inclement Weather.

Submit a Request

To request professional services, complete the form below. For questions, email learning@tryingtogether.org.

In response to feedback, we’ve simplified the way we’re charging for PD. We hope you find our new rates accessible and easy to understand! See our updated Trying Together Fee for Services document (PDF).

If you are interested in Trying Together’s Child Development Associate (CDA) program, please visit the CDA page.

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All courses provide PQAS and Act 48 credits/hours. Custom professional development requests should be submitted 8-10 weeks prior to session start date.

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