Certificate Generation Tool
Use the Certificate Generation Tool to create standardized certificates and sign-in sheets for early childhood training opportunities in Texas, including face-to-face training, online training, coaching, mentoring, and conferences. Available to all TECPDS users at no cost, this tool allows trainers to provide certificates to attendees, including downloading, printing, and directly sending to their TECPDS accounts. Trainers and center directors are encouraged to use this tool to meet Child Care Regulation and Texas Rising Star requirements.
Certificates align with:
- Texas Core Competencies
- Child Care Regulation Minimum Standards
- Continuing Professional Education (CPEs) for TEA-approved providers
- CDA Competency Goals
Benefits and Features
The certificate generation tool is designed to meet the needs of trainers, training organizations, and training attendees!
- Quick event creation and certificate management
- Free, downloadable sign-in sheets
- Easily award and share certificates with attendees
- Send an optional training evaluation
- Easy-to-read certificate design includes a unique certificate ID
Trainers and training organizations can include their name, logo, and address on certificates.
Training and Conference Certificates
Are you attending a training or conference using the TECPDS Certificate Generation Tool to award training certificates? Review our guides to make sure you’re ready to confirm your attendance and receive your certificate!
Certificate Generation Tool How-to Guides
Using the Certificate Generation Tool at Your Conference
The Certificate Generation Tool can also be used at conferences to award certificates, monitor session attendance, and easily send certificates to users’ TECPDS accounts. Contact us to learn more about how to use the Certificate Generation Tool at your conference.
What to Look for in Training Certificates
For early childhood professionals working in Texas, there are several requirements for training certificates. The TECPDS Certificate Generation Tool meets these requirements.
- Name of the attendee (written clearly and matches the name on the TECPDS account)
- Name of training
- Date of training
- Hours of training
- Core Competencies at least one (see below)
- How the training was provided (instructor-led, self-instructional, webinar, conference). If the training is split into different topics, clearly label the hours and competencies for each topic.
- Name of the trainer listed clearly (a signature, without a printed name, that cannot be read, will not be accepted)
- Qualifications of the trainer (see below)
Educators (previously Practitioners):
- Area 1: Child Growth and Development
- Area 2: Responsive Interactions and Guidance
- Area 3: Learning Environments, Planning Framework, Curriculum and Standards
- Area 4: Supporting Skill Development
- Area 5: Observation and Assessment
- Area 6: Diversity and Dua Language Learners
- Area 7: Family and Community Relationships
- Area 8: Health, Safety and Nutrition
- Area 9: Professionalism and Ethics
Administrators
- Area 1: Establishing and maintaining an Effective Organization
- Area 2: Business and Operations Management
- Area 3: Human Resource Leadership and Development
- Area 4: Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Environment
- Area 5: Implementing a Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum and Environment
- Area 6: Instituting Family and Community-Centered Programming
Trainer Codes
- 746.1317(a)(2) Instructor of Early Childhood or relevant at a high school, college or university
- 746.1317(a)(3) Works for a state agency with relevant expertise
- 746.1317(a)(4) Physician, psychologist, licensed professional counselor, social worker, or registered nurse
- 746.1317 (a)(5) Holds a generally recognized credential or possesses relevant documented knowledge
- 746.1317(a)(6)(a)-(b) Director with child development knowledge and caregiving, training own staff, and in good standing with CCL
- 746.1317(a)(7)(a)-(b) Person with child development experience that holds a current CDA or AA degree in a child development field.