Director qualifications and training measures capture the education, experience, and ongoing professional development of those that directly influence caregiving and teaching in various capacities. The three key ideas of director training are:
- Specific knowledge and experience
- Ongoing professional development
- A supportive work environment with well-developed policies and practices
TRAININGS
The Beginning Education: Early Childcare At Home program is professional development program specifically designed for home-based child care providers of children from birth – five years. The program includes 4 modules (20 hours) and focuses on supporting the social-emotional, cognitive, language, literacy, and mathematics development of young children.
This course examines processes for program directors looking to improve their staff development program. Participants develop methods and explore strategies for identifying center and staff training needs, as well as effective adult learning strategies. ($12)
This course will focus on leadership fundamentals. You will be introduced to critical leadership concerns and how managers can effectively build and support a high-performing team. Additionally, you will complete a leadership self-assessment, which will be used to assess individual competencies. This is course 1 of 8 in the Child Care Business Training courses.
Starting a new home-based child care business involves making a number of decisions, including the type of home-based child care to operate and how to incorporate best practices. This course supports home-based child care business owners introducing the types of home-based child care, Minimum Standards, best business practices, and other critical components for operating a successful business.
The health and safety of children in care is the top priority for all early childhood professionals. This course for prospective home-based child care business owners will introduce some of the health and safety standards, best practices, and ways to properly implement these in home-based child care.
Learning environments and intentional teaching are key aspects of any successful early childhood program. This course for prospective home-based child care business owners will introduce high-quality learning environments, intentional teaching, and multi-age activity planning in home-based child care settings.
Starting a new home-based child care business involves making a number of decisions about how best to operate the program and meet the needs of children and families. This course for prospective home-based child care business owners will introduce some key support systems and the tools and services they provide.
This website offers a range of digital and print materials and resources related to child care training, including a number of online courses for child care professionals seeking to fulfill state-mandated training requirements. These resources will help early childhood professionals find and complete training hours needed as related to their role.
This training was designed for use by early childhood administrators. These competencies represent the range of knowledge and observable skills needed to effectively manage early childhood programs. They are intended to serve as a guide to those interested in acquiring a better understanding of the scope of responsibilities associated with early childhood program administration.
The Texas Core Competencies are a set of basic concepts, skills, and abilities that the state’s early childhood professionals should learn, understand, and be able to demonstrate. This webinar will provide an overview of the core competencies areas and how to access and utilize the Core Competencies online training on CLI Engage.
As an administrator, TECPDS can help you track and advance your career pathway and support your staff to build their skills. To begin, create your TECPDS account, connect with your program, and build your personal career profile. Administrators have access to additional features to connect with your staff, generate reports to meet requirements for Texas Rising Star, and guide professional development for your team.
RESOURCES
If you are ready to target a specific measure, these pages include samples, videos, and practice opportunities that can guide your quality improvement efforts. First, choose a Texas Rising Star assessment subcategory and then choose a measure to explore the resources.
This is an example of a Professional Development Profile Report for Administrators and Practitioners from TECPDS. This report can be used to analyze staff education, experience, and training to ensure staff are meeting requirements for training hours and topics. The report can also help inform staff training plans if some training topics have less coverage than others.
Educational documentation (transcripts, diplomas, certificates) must be observed to show how the director qualifies. Here is a sample transcript that shows documentation of the director’s college education coursework as it relates to their role.
Director documentation of experience (résumé, curriculum vitae, date of hire) must be observed during program assessment. The resume sample shows how proof of years of experience in early childhood education can be provided by the director.
This template is an effortless way to document staff members’ professional development goals and training opportunities. Training opportunities should help the practitioner meet their goals while also meeting minimum requirements for clock hours and training topics.