Boston, MA
Frequently Asked Questions
Payment is due at the time of scheduling and booking of any trainings.
Late Payment Fees: A late fee of $25 may be charged if payment is not received on or before your payment due date.
Educator Webinars - General Registration
Refund policy as stated below...
-Educator Webinars are non-refundable. This is due to limited space as well as securing the contracted facilitators for their time.
Team Webinars & In-Person Trainings:
The cancellation policy is stated below...
-Team Webinars & In-person trainings are non-refundable, however, if 2 weeks' notice has been given you may reschedule the training for a new day and time that is available to both the program and facilitator.
Consultation Services:
The cancellation policy is stated below...
For cancellation and refund policies with abloom individual consultant services, please refer directly to the consultant or their website for their individual policies.
Late Payment Fees:
A late fee of $25 may be charged if payment is not received on or before your payment due date.
All of abloom's facilitators have their Degrees within Early Childhood Education.
Yes, participants will receive a training certificate after completion of their training AND end of training survey (required).
Certificate will be issued to your email address provided at registration. Please allow up to 48hrs after the facilitator receives your survey to email your training certificate.
*The training certificate can only be provided to participants that participated in the full length of the training.
*Video on for all participants is also required to ensure full participation
*All participants in the webinar trainings, must be logged on to their own device, using their training link that was issued to them at registration. This is how participants will appear on the zoom attendance. It is also how the participants will access the required post training survey and receive their training certificate.
It allows us to give positive feedback to the facilitators on areas of the training you enjoyed, as well as feedback on areas you think we can approve upon.
We also encourage any feedback on areas of development that you would like to see in an upcoming trainings.
In Massachusetts, at least one-third of the required professional development must address diverse learners. Diverse learners are defined as, “Children who have special physical, emotional, behavioral, cognitive or linguistic needs or whose primary learning modality is visual, auditory, tactile or kinesthetic, who may require an adaptation in the environment, interaction or curriculum in order to succeed in their program.” (606 CMR 7.02)
Family Child Care [See 606 CMR 7.09(15)(f)
1. Educators in family child care working more than 25 hours per year but less than 10 hours per week must complete at least 5 hours of professional development activities per year.
2. Educators in family child care working more than 10 hours per week must complete at least 10 hours of professional development per year.
Small Group and School Age Child Care [See 606 CMR 7.09(16)(c)]
Educators in small group and school age child care must complete ten hours of professional development activities per year.
Large Group and School Age Child Care [See 606 CMR 7.09(19)(b)]
1. Educators working fewer than ten hours per week shall complete a minimum of five hours of professional development activities per year;
2. Educators working at least ten but fewer than 20 hours per week shall complete a minimum of 12 hours of professional development activities per year;
3. Educators working 20 or more hours per week shall complete a minimum of 20 hours of professional development activities per year.
1: Understanding the Growth and Development of Children and Youth
2: Guiding and Interacting with Children and Youth
3: Partnering with Families and Communities
4: Health, Safety, and Nutrition
5: Learning Environments and Implementing Curriculum
6: Observation, Assessment, and Documentation
7: Program Planning and Development
8: Professionalism and Leadership
*See our resource page "Massachusetts Downloads" for a complete description of the Core Competency.
*All participants must be logged on to their own device using their training link that was issued to them at registration. It is also how the participants will access the required training post-survey and receive their training certificate.
*Video on for all participants is also required to ensure full participation in the training. Training post-survey is required to receive their training certificate.
*After the completion of the training a zoom attendance report is submitted to the facilitators verifying who was logged on and for what length of time.
*The training certificate can only be provided to participants that participated in the full length of the training.
abloom works with Paypal to except payment through debit and credit cards.
abloom uses Zoom Pro to stream their trainings.
Please ensure that you have downloaded the latest version of zoom on your device to ensure quality assurance for the training.
Video cameras must remain on at all times during the training to ensure full participation in order to receive a training certificate.
You are required to participate in the full length of the scheduled training in order to receive a training certificate.
No, because of privacy concerns, abloom is not able to provide a copy of the video.
Please email us at inquiry@abloomdevelopment.com
No, you must be able to log on to ZOOM and be visible to the facilitator that is conducting the training. This is the only way you will receive credit for the training.
In MA our trainings qualify under MA EEC licensing regulations
*For additional states please verify with your licensing agent.
Disclaimer: Participants undertaking professional development trainings with abloom Development are advised to verify the approval status of these trainings with their state licensing department. It is the participant's responsibility to ensure that the trainings from abloom Development meet the specific requirements set forth by their state licensing agencies. abloom Development does not provide refunds for trainings that are not accepted or approved by state licensing agencies. Therefore, participants are encouraged to conduct thorough research and confirmation before enrolling to avoid any inconvenience or financial implications associated with non-approval by licensing authorities.
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