100% online
50 hours + 10 hours
$1,600 total cost
Earns up to 7 certifications including Professional, Newborn and Infant Care and NCFE CACHE certifications
Taught by 30+ college faculty • start within 45 minutes • internationally accredited
Professional Nanny training & certification
The Nanny Institute Professional Nanny program is our most comprehensive childcare training program. It includes 50 hours of online, faculty-taught coursework covering child development, safety, health, newborn care, family communication, special needs, learning, nutrition and advanced childcare practices.
Students who complete the 50-hour core program earn the Nanny Institute Professional Nanny Certification along with the certifications earned throughout the Institute’s progressive training pathway, including Newborn and Infant Care.
Professional enrollment also includes a 10-hour Leadership Development series. These additional classes are optional for the Nanny Institute Professional Certification and required for students who want to earn the NCFE CACHE Level 4 Nanny Institute Childcare Provider Customised Qualification.
There is no additional tuition or cost for the NCFE CACHE Level 4 qualification.
Who should enroll?
The Professional Nanny program is designed for childcare providers who want comprehensive education for a long-term career in professional childcare.
It may be a good fit for experienced nannies, caregivers seeking advanced education, family assistants, household childcare professionals and individuals preparing for higher-responsibility nanny positions.
New students may enroll directly in the complete Professional program. The tuition includes the coursework from Basic through Professional, so prior Nanny Institute training is not required.
What topics are covered?
The 50-hour Professional curriculum builds progressively from foundational childcare and safety through advanced child development, family communication, special needs, educational approaches and professional practice. Review the full course list. Once you’ve taken a course, you don’t have to repeat it to progress to higher level programs.
- Infant attachment
- Child development milestones
- Positive discipline
- Stress management
- Emergency management
- Active shooter response
- Food safety
- Water safety
- Payroll & taxes
- Work agreements
- Newborn care
- Toddler care
- Preschool care
- Primary years
- Literacy
- STEM
- Health & medical
- Body privacy
- Child fitness
- Car seat safety
- Advanced newborn care
- Teaching self-regulation
- Nutrition for children
- Fitness for child athletes
- Children and music
- Children and art
- Learning stations
- Helping with homework
- Parenting styles
- Communication
- Baby sign language
- Teaching social skills
- Childhood obesity
- Children at risk
- Lesson planning
- Special diets
- Children with disabilities
- Diversity & inclusion
- Developmental milestones
- Household management
- Sleep training
- Trends in childcare
- Advanced children
- Change management
- Financial management
- Montessori
- Reggio Emilia
- Waldorf Steiner
- Pikler and RIE
- Gender-neutral
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What is the class structure?
The certification program is 100% online so it fits easily into your schedule. All programs must be completed within 3 months.
Each class is an on-demand video and our faculty authored a study guide you keep as your textbook. The study guide helps you prepare for the multiple choice quizzes and exams.
Who are the instructors?
The Nanny Institute has 30+ faculty members with advanced academic and professional backgrounds in early childhood education, psychology, nursing and healthcare, nutrition, law, special education and related disciplines.
Faculty teach within their areas of expertise, giving students access to specialized instruction across the broad range of knowledge required in professional childcare.
Earn the NCFE CACHE Level 4 Childcare Provider Qualification
The Professional Nanny program is the pathway to the Level 4 Nanny Institute Childcare Provider Customised Qualification accredited by NCFE CACHE.
The Professional Certification requires 50 hours of core childcare coursework. Students who also want the Level 4 qualification complete the included 10-hour Leadership Development series, bringing the required total to 60 hours.
The Leadership Development coursework is optional for the Nanny Institute Professional Certification and required for the NCFE CACHE Level 4 qualification. There is no additional tuition for Professional students who choose the Level 4 pathway.
The Nanny Institute is an approved international centre delivering CACHE qualifications. Learn what NCFE CACHE accreditation means, how Level 4 is benchmarked, and how to verify the Institute directly with NCFE.
Approved training for
US Nanny Association
Certified Professional Nanny (PNCP)
Upon completion, you earn a Nanny Institute Professional Certification and get a transcript. The 50 hours of classes meet the training requirements and prepare you for the exam to earn the US Nanny Association’s Professional Childcare Provider (PNCP) credential.
How do I get certified?
1. Sign Up For A Program
Choose from one of our learning programs that will meet your needs.
2. Attend The Online Courses
Our online courses are taught by industry experts.
3. Earn A Certification
At the end of the program, you will take a multiple choice exam that will test your knowledge.
What happens after I enroll?
1. Pay online and check your email. You’ll receive an email immediately with a link to log into your private, secure student account. If it isn’t in your inbox within a few minutes, check your spam or junk folder.
2. Complete your enrollment agreement. Download it, fill it out, sign it and upload it to your student account.
3. Upload your identification. A government-issued photo ID from any recognized country.
4. Start within 45 minutes. Once your paperwork and identity are confirmed, your classes load into your student account and you can begin.
Returning students adding a level: administrators must confirm your prerequisites before releasing the new classes so allow a little longer. You’ll be notified when your program is ready.
“The Professional Childcare program helped me connect everything I had learned over the years. Safety, development, communication, nutrition, lesson planning, and professionalism all came together in a way that made me feel more prepared for career-level nanny work. I also earned the USNA PNCP credential.”
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Payment plan
Do you need a payment plan? We offer a payment plan that allows you to purchase each of the 5 program levels individually.
To use the payment plan, select the Basic program and pay the tuition and fees. When you are ready, you can come back to the payment plan page and enroll in the Intermediate program.
You must complete Basic, then Intermediate, then Advanced and Specialist or Newborn and Infant Care before enrolling in the last 10 hours of the Professional program.
Completed the Newborn and Infant Care program? $900 completes the remaining 30 hours. Enroll here.
Frequently asked questions
Can I try a class before I enroll?
Yes. The work agreements seminar on our nanny contracts page is a full class from our curriculum, free to watch, no sign-up. It shows the format every course uses: a faculty-taught video with a downloadable study guide you keep as your textbook. In this example, the study guide is the work agreement template.
Can I watch the classes on my phone?
Are there financial payment plans, discounts or sales?
The Nanny Institute allows you to make payments over time by purchasing each level separately. This allows students to pay for 10 hours of class at a time.
The Nanny Institute also offers scholarships, when available. While businesses can offer discounts and sales, the Nanny Institute is a career college and adheres to the Department of Education requirements. Licensed post-secondary schools must comply with 6E-1.0032(7), F.A.C which states, “Tuition or fee discounts are not permissible.”
I am not living in the United States and I am not a US citizen, can I enroll?
Yes, you can enroll online and complete the program from any location in the world. You do not need to be a United States citizen but you must upload a copy of a government-issued identification from any recognized country to verify your identity.
Do these programs count for the US Nanny Association Certifications?
Yes. All programs (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Specialist, Professional Childcare and Newborn and Infant Care) are accepted by the US Nanny Association for the training requirements to earn the Certified Nanny and Childcare Provider (NCP) Credential.
The Newborn Care is accepted by the US Nanny Association for the training requirements for the Newborn and Infant Care Professional (NICP).
The Professional Childcare program is accepted by the US Nanny Association for the training requirements to earn the Certified Professional Nanny and Childcare Provider (PNCP) Credential.
What are the enrollment requirements?
Enrollment requires students to be at least 16 years old and have a government-issued identification (from any recognized country). Students sign up online by paying the tuition and fees, then immediately checking their email SPAM or Junk folder to access and log in to their student account. Students must sign an Enrollment Agreement and upload a copy of government-issued identification. Within 45 minutes of signing the paperwork and confirming the student’s identity, the classes will unlock in the student’s account and they can begin the program.
Will I need to buy textbooks?
No, all the course materials are available online and included in the tuition and fees. Every course has a study guide that can be downloaded and used to capture notes from the course. These study guides create a textbook that you can keep. The materials are for personal use only. All course videos and resources are copyrighted and cannot be used for any business purpose.
How many hours is the Professional Nanny program?
The Professional Nanny Certification requires 50 hours of core childcare coursework. Professional enrollment also includes an additional 10-hour Leadership Development series. These classes are optional for the Professional Certification and required for students pursuing the NCFE CACHE Level 4 Childcare Provider Customised Qualification.
What certifications do Professional graduates receive?
Students who successfully complete the 50-hour Professional program earn six Nanny Institute certifications: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Specialist, Professional, and Newborn and Infant Care. Students who complete the additional Level 4 requirements also earn the NCFE CACHE Level 4 Nanny Institute Childcare Provider Customised Qualification.
Does the Professional program include NCFE CACHE Level 4?
The Level 4 pathway is included with Professional enrollment at no additional tuition. To earn the NCFE CACHE Level 4 qualification, students must complete the 50-hour Professional curriculum plus the required 10-hour Leadership Development series, for 60 total hours.
Is the Nanny Institute NCFE CACHE accredited?
Yes. The Nanny Institute is an approved international centre delivering CACHE qualifications. Professional students can pursue the Institute’s NCFE CACHE Level 4 Childcare Provider Customised Qualification by completing the full 60-hour Level 4 pathway.
Do I need previous nanny training before enrolling in professional?
No. Students can enroll directly in the full Professional program. The program includes the progressive coursework from Basic through Professional, so prior Nanny Institute coursework is not required.
Is Professional nanny training completely online?
Yes. The program is 100% online, on-demand and self-paced. Students access faculty-taught courses, study materials and assessments through the Institute’s online learning platform.
Does Professional include Newborn and Infant Care?
Yes. The Professional curriculum includes the coursework required for the Nanny Institute Newborn and Infant Care Certification. Students completing Professional earn the Newborn and Infant Care Certification as part of the six-certification pathway.
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Professional Childcare Certification at a Glance
The Professional Childcare Certification sits at the top of the Nanny Institute’s career ladder of six certifications. The 50 hour core curriculum (up to 60 hours with the optional leadership series and career support courses) covers child development theory, parenting philosophies including Pikler, RIE, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf Steiner, and Montessori, brain development, sleep training, and financial management. Graduates also earn NCFE CACHE Customised Qualification benchmarked at Level 4.
Graduates receive up to 7 certifications: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Specialist, and Professional plus the Newborn and Infant Care and an NCFE CACHE Level 4 certification. Every graduate receives a complete course transcript. The President of the Nanny Institute signs every certificate and students receive their documents electronically within a day of completing the program.
Over 30 college faculty specialists teach every course. Instructors hold Master’s or Doctoral degrees and include child psychologists, doctorate level nursing executives, attorneys, dietitians, special educators, and certified teachers. The Nanny Institute does not hire generalist nannies as faculty. Every instructor submits transcripts and licensure for review before they teach.
Time, prerequisites, and format
The program runs 50 clock hours of core coursework, which works out to about 4.5 hours per week across the 12 weeks you have to finish. The Admissions Office grants a single extension of six weeks for documented hardship, so you can take longer than three months if you need to. Enroll in the full Professional program at any time. No prior training required, since the tuition includes all six certification levels. If you prefer to pay level by level, the payment plan requires completing Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Specialist in order before Professional.
You study 100% online through SAP Litmos on any phone, tablet, or computer. The Nanny Institute serves students anywhere in the world.
Agencies that place nannies with high net worth and upper income families specifically value the NCFE CACHE Level 4 credential. The Nanny Institute does not guarantee employment but positions graduates for career track placements with international families, expatriate families, and the premium agencies who serve them.
The proficiency exam runs in English. Most students pass on the first or second attempt. Students whose first language is not English can use reading support tools throughout the program.