The Virtual Lab School (VLS) empowers child care professionals to build their knowledge and improve their practices through a robust online professional development system.

The Virtual Lab School (VLS) provides child and youth educators an opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills through a research-based, online professional development system. Our system is designed to facilitate, and leverage, a practice-based coaching model in which trained coaches and program managers partner with and support child ...

Infants and toddlers thrive in responsive, interesting learning environments. In this course, you will learn how to create developmentally appropriate indoor and outdoor learning environments and how to select and use materials to engage infants and toddlers in the world around them.

The VLS offers seven professional development tracks, providing both comprehensive foundational training, and more advanced, or specialized training with in-depth content and resources.

The Preschool track is intended for early childhood professionals serving children ages 3 through 5 years in center based programs. This track offers training and professional development resources, including written narrative, video, skill building activities, and classroom tools.

School-age children thrive in learning environments that are designed with their unique interests and needs in mind. In this course you will learn how to create developmentally appropriate indoor and outdoor spaces and how to select materials that are …

Users registered with the VLS system may earn certification in each of the Foundational Courses by logging in and using the progress tracking, assessment, and oversight features. For information about VLS certification features, view Registration Eligibility.

Mar 14, 2025 · VLS Supplemental Child Abuse Trainings: Recompletion Required Recomplete all trainings by March 14, 2025 In 2023, at the request of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Military Community and Family Policy: Office of Child and Youth Programs, the Virtual Lab School team developed four trainings to support CYP staff in the prevention ...

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The Management track is intended for beginning Managers serving in center based child development and school-age programs. This track is designed to aid managers and provide best practices for implementing program policy and supporting staff members in their centers.