Tune-Up for Terrific Teachers/Directors!

Terrific Teachers and Directors – It’s time to Tune-Up for the new school year!

“We are Better Together – Building Bridges from School to Home”

This year we will explore ways to develop better relationships with parents in order to bridge the gap from school to home.   Many parents are not familiar with early childhood milestones, so educating parents is an important part of the success of the child.  Teaching parents strategies for combating challenging behaviors at home will help with those behaviors in the childcare setting as well. We will discuss family engagement ideas at your center too.

Also in this training are the six additional topics that are required each year: Emergency preparedness, Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, Administering medication, Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or allergic reactions, Understanding building and physical premises safety, and Handling, storing and disposing of hazardous materials.

This year we will have THREE Tracks:

• Infant/Toddler track (birth to 36 months)  Kristin Omo, B.S., EIS-FQ
• Pre-K/School Age track (three years and above) –   Becky Swindall, M.S., CDA-PDS, CHES
• Director track – Brandee Overshown, CDA

You can only pick one track. Doors open at 8:30am and training begins at 9 am. Six hour certificate and lunch is included in the fee.

Come join us for a fun day!

Texas Minimum Standards – 746.1309 b (1), e (1-6), f  (3,7,9,12)  746.1311 b (1), e (1-6), f (g)

Texas Core Competencies – Practitioners – 1. Child Growth and Development, 3. Learning Environments, Planning Framework, Curriculum, and Standards 7. Families and Community Relationships  8. Health, Safety and Nutrition  9.  Professionalism and Ethics: Administrators – 1. Establishing and Maintaining an Effective Organization  3. Human Resource Leadership and Development, Maintaining a Healthy and Safe Environment  6. Instituting Family and Community-Centered Programming

HAVE YOU REGISTERED WITH TECPDS?

Join the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System to track your career!

Why join TECPDS?

Child care must have specific training and TECPDS will help you track your training to submit to your employer. With TECPDS, you can take all of your training with you if you change centers.

Who has access to your TECPDS account?

You control your TECPDS account and must give permission for your employer to access your information. This is your personal account and you should never give out your password to anyone.

SIGN UP WITH A GOOGLE ACCOUNT:

• 1. On a computer or phone, navigate to tecpds.org
• 2. Click on “Sign Up”
• 3. Click on TECPDS Account Set-up
• 4. Enter your gmail account and password
• 5. Give google permission to access your account
• 6. Complete all of the fields about yourself and “submit”
• 7. Note your TECPDS number on the next page (Dashboard)
• 8. Write down your email address and TECPDS number to provide to your employer

When you complete a training at Champions for Children, your certificate will be automatically added to your account and a copy of the certificate will be sent to your TECPDS-linked email address.

Click for printable instructions for TECPDS.