Course Options & Program
Center for Early Childhood Education Professionals (CECEP) offers several options in obtaining the courses needed to remain compliant with Texas Health and Human Services Commission: The Child Care Licensing division and your operation.
The Child Care Entrepreneur: Director Credential
The Child Care Entrepreneur: Director Credential Program is a 17-Module, 97 Sub-Module training program broken into 2 competencies:
Operations (CCE/OPT)
The Business (CCE/BUS)
Each competency is further broken into sub-competencies; in an online training format.
Our comprehensive Director Credential Program is designed to provide individuals with all the knowledge, skills and abilities required and needed to run operations for a licensed child care facility or home.
The Childcare Entrepreneur: Directors Credential Program offers step by step instructions on how to start a licensed child care facility from scratch.
Benefits
- Online Training Format
- Self-Paced - 6 Week Option
- Pay as you go
- Quiz after each module
- Receive "Certificate of Completion" after each successfully passed module
- Must get 8 out of 10 answers correct
- Cost varies depending on paced schedule: (Fees Page)
- Combined successful completions, earn a "Director Credential" recognized by Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Individual Continuing Education Hours
Orientation to Starting, Operating and Growing a Child Care Operation (ORI/SOG)
2 Hours / Free
The Application Process to Starting a licensed childcare facility (APP/LIC/010)
2 Hours / Free
Administration (ADM/100)
$15 - 1 Module
Introduction to administration process.
Record Keeping (ADM/REC/101)
$75 - 14 Sub - Modules // $10 Individual
Introduction to record keeping.
Children's Records (REC/CHI/1012)
0.5 Hours
Personnel Records (REC/PER/1013)
- Director (REC/PER/DIR/1014) - 0.5 Hours
- Caregiver (REC/PER/CAR/1015) - 0.5 Hours
- Employees (REC/PER/EMP/1016) - 0.5 Hours
- Accidents & Incidents (REC/A/I/103) - 0.5 Hours
- Files On Demand (REC/FOD/104) - 0.5 Hours
- Sign In/Out Logs (REC/SIO/105) - 0.5 Hours
Professional Development (REC/DEV/106
- Director (REC/DIR/1061) - 0.5 Hours
- Caregivers (REC/CAR/1062) - 0.5 Hours
- Employees (REC/EMP/1063) - 0.5 Hours
- Inspections (REC/INS/107) - 0.5 Hours
- Deficiencies (REC/DEF/108) - 0.5 Hours
- Corrective Action (REC/COR/109) - 0.5 Hours
- Administrative Reviews (REC/ADM/R/110) - 0.5 Hours
Development Stages in Children (DEV/SIC/200)
$25 - 5 Sub- Modules // $7 Individual
Introduction to development stages in children, at every age group.
- Physical Development (DEV/PHY/201) - 1 Hour
- Cognitive Development (DEV/COG/202) - 1 Hour
- Social Development (DEV/SOC/203) - 1 Hour
- Emotional Development (DEV/EMO/204) - 1 Hour
- Moral Development (DEV/MOR/205) - 1 Hour
Age Appropriate Activities (ACT/300)
$28 - 4 Sub - Modules // $10 Individual
Examples of age appropriate activities.
- Infants (ACT/INF/301) - 1 Hour
- Toddlers (ACT/TOD/302) - 1 Hour
- Pre-School (ACT/PRE/303) - 1 Hour
- School Age (ACT/SCH/304) - 1 Hour
Discipline & Guidance (DIS/GUI/400)
$30 - 1 Module
0.5 Hours - Procedural processes in handling discipline and guidance in children.
Abuse & Neglect (ABU/NEG/500)
$25 - 1 Module
0.5 Hours - Recognizing and reporting abuse and neglect.
Fostering Positive Self-Esteem (FPE/600)
$25 -1 Modules
0.5 Hours - Examples on how to foster positive self-esteem in children.
Policy Development (POL/700)
$50 - 7 Sub - Modules // $10 Individual
Complete overview on how to develop, design, align and enforce policies.
- Parent Handbook (POL/HAN/701) - 0.5 Hours
- Employee Handbook (POL/EMP/702) - 0.5 Hours
- Operational Policies (POL/OPP/703) - 0.5 Hours
- Emergency Evacuation Plans (POL/EEP/704) - 0.5 Hours
- Sever Weather Drills (POL/SWD/705) 0.5 Hours
- Relocation Plans (POL/REL/706) 0.5 Hours
- Active Shooter Drills (POL/ASD/707) 0.5 Hours
Required Postings (REQ/POS/800)
$56 - 8 Sub - Modules // $5 Individual
Required posting for public display.
- Menu (REQ/MEN/801) - 0.5 Hours
- Lesson Plans (REQ/LES/802) 0.5 Hours
- License (REQ/LIC/803) - 0.5
- Emergency Assistance Numbers (REQ/EAN/804) - 0.5 Hours
- Recent Inspection (REQ/REI/805) - 0.5 Hours
- Drug Free Zone (REQ/DFZ/806) - 0.5 Hours
- Keeping Children Safe (REQ/KCS/807) - 0.5 Hours
- Reporting Child Abuse (REQ/RCA/808) - 0.5 Hours
Ratios (RAT/900)
$35 - 6 Sub - Modules // $7 Individual
Learning methods on how to maintain ratios.
- Classroom Size (RAT/CRS/901) - 0.5 Hours
- Caregiver to Child (RAT/CTC/902) - 0.5 Hours
- Group Size (RAT/GRO/903) - 0.5 Hours
- Day Time Care (RAT/DTC/904) - 0.5 Hours
- Night Time Care (RAT/NTC/905) - 0.5 Hours
- Nap Time Care (RAT/NTC/906) - 0.5 Hours
Nutrition & Food Service (NUT/1000)
$25 - 1 Module
0.5 Hours - A complete guide to healthy nutrition for children.
Classroom Organization (CLO/2000)
$35 - 4 Modules // $10 Individual
Setting up an age appropriate classroom.
- Equipment (CLO/EQU/2001) - 0.5 Hours
- Furniture (CLO/FUR/2002) - 0.5 Hours
- Toys (CLO/TOY/2003) - 0.5 Hours
- Curricula (CLO/CUR/2004) - 0.5 Hours
Age Appropriate Equipment (AAE/3000)
$35 - 4 Modules // $10 Individual
Descriptions of age appropriate equipment.
- Infants (AAE/INF/3001) - 0.5 Hours
- Toddlers (AAE/TOD/3002) - 0.5 Hours
- Pre-School (AAE/PRE/3003) - 0.5 Hours
- School Age (AAE/SCH/3004) - 0.5 Hours
Health & Safety (HES/4000)
$90 - 13 Sub - Modules // $10 Individual
Creating a healthy and safe environment.
- Physical Classroom (HES/PHC/4001) - 1 Hours
- Toys, Furniture & Equipment (HES/TFE/4002) - 1 Hour
- Diaper Changing Table (HES/DCT/4003) - 1 Hour
- Illness & Injury (HES/ILL/4004) - 1 Hour
- Release of Children (HES/ROC/4005) - 1 Hour
- Toilet & Restrooms (HES/TAR/4006) - 1 Hour
- Carpets (HES/CAR/4007) - 1 Hour
- Surveillance (HES/SUR/4008) - 1 Hour
- Medications (HES/MED/4009) - 1 Hour
- Broken Furniture & Equipment (HES/BFE/4010) - 1 Hour
- Fire Safety & Emergency Evacuation (HES/FSE/4011) - 1 Hour
- Severe Weather Drills (HES/SWD/4012) - 1 Hour
- Active Shooter Drills (HES/ASD/4013) - 1 Hour
Play Ground (PLA/5000)
$25 - 1 Module
0.5 Hours - Setting up an age appropriate playground.
Human Resources (HRM/444)
$130 - 15 Modules // $15 Individual
Developing a human resources department from the ground up.
- Rules & Regulations (HRM/RR/4441) - 1 Hour
- Operating Agreement (HRM/OA/4442) - 1 Hour
- Disciplinary Policies & Procedures (HRM/DPP/4443) - 1 Hour
- Termination Policy Process (HRM/TPP/4444) - 1 Hour
Comprehensive Training (HRM/CT/555
Implementing effective training programs for employees.
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Diversity & Inclusion (HRM/CT/DIV/5551) - 1 Hour
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Workforce Planning & Development (HRM/CT/WPD/5552) - 1 Hour
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Employer Branding (HRM/CT/EMB/5553) - 1 Hour
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Preventing Discriminatory Hiring Practices (HRM/CT/DIS/5554) - 1 Hour
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Workforce Violence Solutions (HRM/CT/WVS/5555) - 1 Hour
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Leadership Development & Enhancements (HRM/CT/LDE/5556) - 1 Hour
Compensation & Benefit Strategies (HRM/CBS/666
Strategic benefit plans.
- Industry Compensation Comparison (HRM/CBS/6661) - 0.5 Hours
- Lead, Match, Lag the Market (HRM/CBS/6662) - 0.5 Hours
- Quarterly Compensation Reviews (HRM/CBS/6663) - 0.5 Hours
The Business
$80 - 11 Modules // $10 Individual
The Child Care Entrepreneur.
- Planning the Organization (BUS/PTO/771) - 0.5 Hours
- Start Up Cost (BUS/SUC/772) - 0.5 Hours
- Financial Management (BUS/FIN/773) - 0.5 Hours
- Entity Structure (BUS/ENT/774) - 0.5 Hours
- Location (BUS/LOC/775) - 0.5 Hours
- Competition (BUS/COM/776) - 0.5 Hours
- Tracking & Budgeting (BUS/BUD/777) - 0.5 Hours
- Pricing (BUS/PRI/778) - 0.5 Hours
- Collections (BUS/COL/779) - 0.5 Hours
- Programs that Assist (BUS/PRO/780) - 0.5 Hours
- Funding Opportunities (BUS/FUN/790) - 0.5 Hours