Poppins

Domestic Training Seminars

At Poppins, we strive to make improvements to the world of child care. Our training services makes use of the knowhow Poppins has accumulated through its years of providing nanny services and early childhood education. Whether it be local government institutions, childcare facilities, companies, or even individuals, we provide high quality personnel training services and education seminars adapted to a variety of purposes, careers, and needs.

List of Training Services

Training for Governmental Bodies

• Childcare Specialist Improvement Training (Rookie class, Middle-rank workers class, Head of Facility class)
• Inactive Childcare Specialist Re-education Support
• Child-rearing Support Specialist Training
• Household Childcare Specialist Training
• Parental Training and Labor Classes, Child-rearing Classes
• Work Support Seminars
• “Childcare Specialist Alumni Training,” held to support those wishing to return to work as childcare specialists or educators in daycare centers. (Held by NPO Poppins)

Training Services for Nurseries and Preschools

• Training for Early Childhood Care Skills
• Training for Poppins Manners and Etiquette
• Human Relations Evaluation System Consulting and Training

General Training and Student-Oriented Training

• Childcare Specialist Improvement Training (For Students)
• Educator/Babysitter (Nanny) Education Seminar (For the General Public/Students)
• Parent Duo-Class (Poppins Antenatal Class) (For General Public)
• Grandchild Care Seminars (For General Public)

*A Child-rearing Support Personnel License refers to a form of certification targeted towards housewives who have experience in childcare. In preparation for this certification, we implement training based on national standards at training sessions held at local government centers across the country. When one completes this training, one will be qualified to enter into work as an assistant to childcare specialists at childcare facilities with small-scale classes.

*Home Daycare refers to a small-scale, differing age-range childcare center held at the childcare specialist’s home or at another specialized location.

Overseas training

We provide an overseas training system for those taking part in early childhood education as well as those wishing to further professional development and pursuing leadership positions. Through our unique global network which includes these prestigious universitiesーsStanford University, Norland Collegeー students can receive the most up-to-date training in early childhood educations. An education that puts you in touch with the present and future is waiting.

* We will issue a certificate upon completion for each and all of our trainings.

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  Poppins International Institute for Child Sciences (PIICS)

  PIICS was established to research the ”Poppins Approach” in order to realize the highest standard of EduCare. Established by Poppins, a leading force in Japan's childcare industry, this facility brings together the core elements of 'education' and 'care' into unity. The culmination of which is 'EduCare'—a service of the highest standard of quality that we provide for children starting from infancy. Here, some of the world's greatest minds—such as those from Stanford University—come together and conduct research, which each of our divisions apply to their work to achieve even greater standards of quality.

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  Stanford University Early Childhood Education Training

  Since its establishment in 2006, The Early Childhood Education Training at Stanford University offers various educational outlets to its students. These include lectures by the Dean of Education, practical training at the “Bing Nursery School” and the university affiliated child care facility—which are both educational research institutes of the Department of Psychology with a 40-year history—and visits to child care facilities located within businesses in the San Francisco (Silicon Valley) area.

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  Study Abroad Program to Norland College

  Norland College, a prestigious university founded in the United Kingdom in 1892, is a designated school dedicated to the training of nannies (babysitter educators) caring for children of Europe’s royalty and higher class families. With our two-week short term study abroad course, we teach brand new techniques of child care—established by the school’s founder, Ms. Emily Ward. In receiving education on this method, which aims to further develop a child’s independence and sense of self-respect, one can aim for further ascension in their careers as nannies, childcare specialists, and daycare instructors—becoming professionals in the field of early childhood education.

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  Reggio Emilia Training Program, Italy

  In this program, one has the chance to visit Italy’s Reggio Emilia together with the nearby city of Pistoria—a region that has drawn attention from early childhood education specialists across the world. Participants undertake an educational training program at city’s publicly accredited Reggio Children facility across two days, together with a Japanese language interpreter.