This guide discusses what is needed to upload training and conference documents into accounts.
Step 1: After setting up your accounts, we recommend that you pull together the documents you would like to upload, such as education, credentials, work history, and professional development. (All professional development earned on CLI Engage will automatically transfer into your account if you connect your accounts.)
Step 2: Select the “Upload My Career Records” and select the “Record Type” that you want to enter. This includes Trainings and Workshops, CPE Trainings and Workshops, and Conferences.
Step 3: Each certificate will need to be accompanied by its supporting documentation, so make sure you have electronic copies of all certificates for each record you wish to add to this page. You will not be able to complete an entry without a supporting document.
Step 4: Select “Trainings and Workshops” and complete all of the fields. The trainer name can be either selected from Registered Trainer or manually type in the trainer name. Upload the supporting document and select Submit.
Step 4: Follow the same steps for “CPE Trainings and Workshops” and “Conferences”. (Continuing Professional Education (CPE) units are typically provided if a user works for a school district.)
Step 5:The conference section allows you to create a main conference and then add each session attended during that event. For each additional session complete the same process. If you have additional conferences, repeat this process to add more.
(If users participate in training offered by trainers listed on the Texas Trainer Registry, they will choose that trainer’s name from a dropdown list. Once selected, they will have the option to evaluate this training. The form will be sent to the trainer and the TECPDS staff. No personal identifiers will be included in the copy sent to the trainer. If the trainer is not listed, they may type in the trainer or organization’s name in the next section.)
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Learning Type:
- Training/Workshop (most common!)
- Webinar
- Professional Learning Community (typically called PLC’s)
- Individualized Coaching and Mentoring
- Conference
- Learner Managed Online, which are online training courses that you take at your own speed, such as CLI Engage
- Learner Managed Self-Study (typically assigned as reading materials where you answer questions and turn in the materials for grading)
Delivery Type:
- In-Person
- Online/Distance—These might be online trainings or a recorded webinar
- Hybrid—These may be a combination of online/distance and the in-person delivery type
When selecting Training Method, user choices include the following, and allow Child Care Licensing to know what type of training you took:
- Instructor-Led: Instructor-Led Training includes attendance at seminars, workshops, conferences, early childhood classes, and other planned learning opportunities provided by an individual/s
- Self-Instructional: Training designed to be used by one individual working alone and at the individual’s own pace to complete lessons or modules. Lessons or modules commonly include questions with clear right and wrong answers. An example of this type of training is web-based training.
- Self-Instructional (Instructor Led): Training is characterized by the communication and interaction that takes place between the student and the instructor. The training must include an opportunity for the student to interact with the instructor to obtain clarifications and information beyond the training materials’ scope. Examples of this type of training include web-based on-line facilitated learning, video-conferencing, or other group learning experiences.
- Self-Study: Non-standardized training where an individual reads written materials, watches a training video or listens to a recording to obtain certain knowledge required for annual training. Self-study training is limited to three hours of annual training per year.
(You will also be asked to select a Core Competency Area. For more information about the Texas Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners and Administrators trainings go to the home page of TECPDS.org, select Resources, and go to the Texas Core Competencies. You can access a pdf. document or go to an online training course. The link to the course will take you to CLI Engage, where you can take the online training modules for Practitioners or Administrators and receive clock hour credit. If the user is connected to CLI Engage he completed online trainings will move into their account.)
This document was last modified on: December 12, 2024