New Mexico

The trainings in this category are taught by Pamela Oviatt, a Master Trainer 1 in the New Mexico Early Childhood Trainer Registry. The completion certificates are accepted by The Children, Youth and Families Department.

What is the New Mexico Professional Development System?

The New Mexico Early Care and Professional Development System provides training and licensure requirements to early childhood workforce members in one central location. The New Mexico Professional Development System gives early learning providers, families, and community members access to trainings available online or face to face throughout the state of New Mexico.

The New Mexico Professional Development System approves trainings from qualified trainers. These trainings are designed to meet the seven New Mexico Core Content Competency Areas for Early Child Care. AIR Child Care Training Solutions offers trainings under the trainer Pam Oviatt.

New Mexico Childcare Training Tools

While there are many great tools available to childcare professionals, here’s one that we’ve found to be very useful.

The Training Catalog allows members of the early childhood workforce to search for trainings. Participants can filter trainings by competency level, trainer type, and the language the trainer speaks.

How many clock hours of training are needed?

According to The New Mexico Administrative Code, all staff members working twenty hours or more per week, including the director will complete twenty-four (24) hours of professional development training annually. Restrictions exist for the number of hours that can come from online training. A maximum of 4 hours for registered family childcare providers, 6 hours for licensed family childcare homes, and 16 hours for center-based staff.