I'm all for life long learning. I take online courses all the time. Some for the business and some just because they interest me. If being a student could ever be a full time job, I'd be all for it I know, I'm weird but I loved college/university..just don't like paying the loans back haha. You could do the courses online/distance education. The actual placement you would have to do at another daycare meaning you would have to close yours during that time or have someone cover for you. I would do what playfelt said if you don't want to close and just take courses from the ECE program, you can always add those to your walls to display your education Things are always changing in the way of education. I know I took one course on behaviour management and now they don't actually want parents/providers/caregivers to use any of the techniques taught back then as they say now they don't work and have a whole new course with all new techniques.