The Texas Early Care and Education Career Development System (TECECDS) provides an avenue for early childhood practitioners and administrators to pursue their professional development along a continuum of increasingly complex education and skill levels. Training provides instruction in the Core Knowledge and Skills for center-based practitioners, home based care practitioners, and center-based administrators.

The goal of the system is to make the career paths and choices within the profession clear with statewide recognition and transferable credit for training and coursework. The system includes a process for trainer registration, described within this Web site.

Training is available in these Core Knowledge Areas:

Core Knowledge and Skills for Practitioners
• Child Growth and Development
• Health and Safety
• Professional Practice Methods and Curriculum
• Guidance
• Family and Community Relationships
• Cultural and Individual Diversity
• Observation and Assessment
• Professionalism

Core Knowledge and Skills for Administrators
• Maintaining an Effective Organization
• Financial Management
• Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Environment
• Guidance
• Personnel Management
• Implementing a Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum
• Instituting Family Centered Programming

Core Knowledge and Skills for Trainers
• Adult Learning and Its Impact on Training DesignTraining Methodology, Techniques and Presentation SkillsGroup Process SkillsTopic Selection and Training Preparation
• Evaluation and Training Outcomes

ALERT:
A research charge of $15.00 will now be applied to all requests for new passcode postcards.

Trainer Registry Orientations:
training dates

Trainer Registry forms/packets, select from our online forms.