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Providers Language and Literacy Exploration for Young Learners Program

Date
July 11, 2026
Time
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
UFT Headquarters

Register for the UFT Professional Provider Education Program's Language and Literacy Exploration for Young Learners course! It is designed for early child care professionals, New York City licensed and registered family child care and group family child care providers and 3-K and pre-K DOE teachers. The LLEYL program provides guidance and strategies for daily child-centered activities that support language and literacy development of infants and toddlers. This five-session course includes engaging professional learning sessions, hands-on activities and free materials to implement LLEYL in your program.

Providers attending all five sessions will earn 20 hours of credit toward their 30-hour professional development requirement for OCFS topics one (principles of child development) and three (child day care program development). Teachers will earn 20 CTLE hours. Participants must attend all five sessions to complete the training and receive credit.\

The remaining session dates are: 

  • Saturday, July 25
  • Saturday, Aug. 8
  • Saturday, Aug. 22
  • Saturday, Aug. 29

Important registration information

The training fee is $75 for providers and $150 for teachers payable by credit card only. No cash, money orders or personal checks will be accepted. Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable.

Enrollment is extremely limited, so don't wait to register. Register only if you plan to attend. Please do not show up to class unless you've received a confirmation email. No walk-ins will be accepted.

Children are not allowed to attend, and anyone arriving more than 10 minutes late will not be admitted. You must sign in and out on the attendance sheet to receive credit for this course.