FAQs

1. Click “Sign Up” on the top right corner
2. Fill in the “Create an Account” form
3. Click “Complete Sign Up” at the bottom of the page
4. You will be sent an email with a link to Activate your account
5. Click “Activate”
6. Log in to your account

To reset your password:

1. Go to the Early Years Login lost password page
2. Enter your Username or Email Address and click “Get New Password”.
3. You will be sent an email with a password reset link.
4. Click the link in the email.
5. Log in to your account and change the password.

Organizers may post and edit training events on the EYPD web portal. Organizers must work for an authorized agency or institution as recognized by the British Columbia Provincial Office for the Early Years.

Learners do not post events but they may view and save training event information, track their selections, copy events to their calendar and calculate their professional development hours on myEYPD, their professional development activity page.

To create an account as an Organizer or a Learner on the EYPD web portal, Sign Up now.

As a Learner, you do not need to create an account to officially register for training events. The Early Years Professional Development web portal allows you to view upcoming events and links to the Organizer’s registration form. However, there are advantages to signing up for an account on EYPD.

Signing up for an account on EYPD allows you to manage:

• Events you plan to attend
• Events you have attended
• Your certification expiry date
• The number of certification hours you’ve taken and how many you still need

To add a photo:

1. Click on your name in the upper right corner of the page to go to your profile.

2. Click “Change Avatar” on the left.

3. Upload a photo to go with your profile. The recommended dimensions are 300 px by 300 px.

1. Sign up as a Learner.
2. Click myEYPD on the top right.
3. Scroll down to “My Past Events” and expand the list.
4. Next to each of the recorded events, click the radio button “attended” or “did not attend”.
5. Click “Calculate My Hours”.
6. Your calculated certification hours will be displayed at the top of the page.

If you have no past events listed, search or browse through the EYPD training event pages and click the “Plan to Attend” button on events of interest to you. Those training events will be added to your Past Events section after the event takes place.

To save a training event you’re interested in viewing later:

1. Click on the name of the training event to view its description
2. Scroll down and click the “Save to myEYPD” button
3. That event is now saved in myEYPD under “My Upcoming Events”

Search for training events on the Early Years website using the search function or by browsing the map on the homepage. To view all the upcoming training events posted on EYPD, click “Find Events” at the top of the page.

When you sign up as a Learner on EYPD you can:

• Save training events you’re interested in.
• Keep track of your professional development hours and when your certificate expires.
• Search for training events according to your professional interests.

myEYPD is a place for you to:

• Save training events you’re interested in attending.
• Record hours of training events you have attended.
• Keep track of when your certificate expires.

To add a graphic to a training event complete the following steps:

1. Look for the event description and click Add Banner Image

2. A new screen will appear. Click “Select Files”

3. Navigate to the graphic you wish to choose. Highlight the graphic and click “Open”. Click on “Add Banner Image” in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

Important: The image will be added but there is no confirmation message. You will only be able to view the image once you have posted the event. To do so, fill in all the other fields on the page and click “Post Event” at the bottom. Then, view the published training event from the EYPD homepage to see the image.

To add a photo:

1. Click on your name in the upper right corner of the page to go to your profile.

2. Click “Change Avatar” on the left.

3. Upload a photo to go with your profile. The recommended dimensions are 300 px by 300 px.

To duplicate an event on the Early Years web portal:

1. Log in as an Organizer.
2. Click “Edit Events” at the top of the page.
3. If the event you wish to duplicate appears on your list of posted events, click “Duplicate Event” to the right of the event’s name.
4. Make the required changes to the duplicated event (e.g., date of event) and click “Update Event” at the bottom of the page.

**If the event you would like to duplicate does NOT show up in your event list, use the Contact Us form to send details about the event you would like to duplicate.**

1. Log in to your Organizer account on earlyyearsbc.ca

2. Click “Post an Event” at the top of the page

3. Fill in the fields that describe your event

4. Click “Post Event” at the bottom of the page

It is good practice to review the event you have just added. To do so, go to the home page, scroll down to the map, and find your event under the “Recently Posted” tab. Review the details of your event for accuracy. If you’d like to make changes to the event, click “Edit Events” at the top of the page and select your event from the list.

To create an Organizer account on EYPD you must use your institutional or work email address when you Sign Up. If your work email address is recognized by our system, you will be able to post events immediately after you sign up and activate your account.

Best Practices for Posting Training Events:

Before you post a training event on EYPD, make sure you have collected all the relevant information including:

• Title, location and time of the training event
• Cost
• Professional development hours issued

Other tips:

• Include the learning objectives of the training event in the description field
• Include any details about parking, carpooling or childcare provisions if these are available
• Include a graphic or image to go with the event description

Please use our Contact Us form to send us feedback.

Early Years Professional Development or EYPD (https://earlyyearsbc.ca/) is a professional development web portal that enables authorized training organizers to promote professional development opportunities for the early years sector throughout British Columbia.

BCcampus is developing, hosting and researching the Early Years Professional Development web portal (EYPD) in collaboration with a project advisory group composed of leaders from the early years sector. The aim of the project is to improve access to and help coordinate professional development in the early years sector in British Columbia.

This web portal research project is sponsored by the Provincial Office for the Early Years.

Find out more about the Early Years project on the About Us page.

Publicly funded organizations (supported by regional, provincial and/or federal funds) may authorize their representatives to sign up as an Organizer and post training events.

Training providers who are not associated with a publicly-funded education or research institute may also request to become an Organizer on the EYPD web portal. Contact Us with your request and include the following information:

1. Your name
2. Name of organization
3. Your organization’s web address
4. A list of training events with proof of connection with research or academic evidence

The Provincial Office for the Early Years will review all requests and determine whether the training being offered meets acceptable conditions that support the Early Years Strategy.

All training events listed on the EYPD web portal have been added by professional education and training coordinators in British Columbia.