Making Training Meaningful: CYC Certification at the Organizational Level

LIVE: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern
1 hour
1 CEU pending

This session will introduce participants to innovative ways to align employee’s training hours/professional development with the Child & Youth Care (CYC) certification, an international, widely recognized credential for child and youth care work practitioners.

CYC certification allows individuals to demonstrate their development as a professional and participate in true career development. Aligning training with competencies and creating intentional professional development plans with individuals to continue to elevate our programs has helped with recruitment and retention while enhancing employability skills.  Certification provides a transportable, widely recognized credential that benefits the employee over the entire course of their career.

Come learn about certification and how it can fit into your program.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about the CYC Certification program and how it can be integrated into organizational professional development
  • Learn how others are using the program to encourage retention and recruitment efforts


CYC Certification Competency Domain:  Relationship and Communication

NO COST CEUs - The Association for Child and Youth Care Practice (ACYCP), Child and Youth Care Certification Board (CYCCB), and Academy for Competent Youth Work (ACYW) are working with the Indiana University School of Social Work to provide free CEUs for attending this webinar. The course content has been submitted for approval so that CEUs will be in place by the time the training is held.

Indiana University students, faculty, and staff who have an Indiana University email address receive free admission to this LIVE webinar.  Click HERE to get your free access code.

ACYCP Members get a discount.  Please contact Michael Mitchell or the CYC Office to get the discount code.  We will respond within 48 hours.

1 Class Hour

Created by

Jessica McKinley, MLD, CYC-P

Jessica McKinley has worked in the out-of-school-time (OST) field since 2010 with a focus on cultivating funding and program management statewide. Jessica is committed to out-of-school-time, is Secretary for the Association of Child & Youth Care Practice (ACYCP), sits on the Child & Youth Care Certification Board (CYCCB), and the OST Board through the Indiana Department of Education.

Jessica is a  certified Child and Youth Care Practitioner at the Professional level and holds a master’s degree in leadership development with a focus on nonprofits. Jessica is a trainer for the Academy for Competent Youth Work and teaches the CYC: Foundations course.

Jessica enjoys instilling knowledge and providing  resources that will continue the advancement of youth work in Indiana and beyond.

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