CLI Engage hosts many online professional development courses for early childhood teachers, administrators, coaches, and parents. After completing an online course on CLI Engage, users can receive a certificate certifying their completion for either Continuing Professional Education hours (CPE) or Child Care Licensing clock hours. Some courses also provide opportunities to purchase continuing education units (CEU). If users also have an account on the Texas Workforce Registry, part of the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System (TECPDS), the certificates automatically transfer to their personal account.
- CLI Engage’s CPE certificates are awarded by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), an approved CPE provider with the Texas Education Agency
- Children’s Learning Institute is accredited as an Authorized Provider of Continuing Education and Training by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Our resources are available at no cost to many programs in Texas. LEARN MORE ABOUT ELIGIBILITY
COURSES
eCIRCLE Professional
Development
16-Course Series
Best Fit for: PreK, K
eCIRCLE represents more than 70 hours of online courses featuring extensive video-based demonstrations of effective instructional practices, as well as application-based assignments and activities.
LEARN MORECIRCLE Infant & Toddler Teacher Training: “Play with Me” Series
7-Course Series
Best Fit for: Birth to 3
Learn strategies to target infant and toddler language, literacy, social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development, as well as best practices in responsive caregiving and using developmental assessments.
LEARN MOREBeginning Education: Early Childcare at Home
5-Course Series
Best Fit for: Birth to 5
BEECH is designed for home-based childcare providers of children from birth to five and focuses on supporting children's social-emotional, cognitive, language, literacy, and mathematics development.
LEARN MORETexas Prekindergarten Guidelines Training
10-Course Series
Best Fit for: PreK
CLI partnered with the Texas Education Agency for this online training that guides teachers through the child outcomes and instructional strategies presented in the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines (2015).
LEARN MOREInfant, Toddler, & Three- Year-Old Guidelines
5-Course Series
Best Fit for: Birth to 3
This series familiarizes caregivers with the state’s early learning guidelines across four domains: language and communication, health and motor skills, social and emotional development, and cognitive development.
LEARN MORECore Competencies for Early Childhood
2-Course Series
Best Fit for: Birth to 5
This training introduces learners to the TX Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners and Administrators, developed by the TX Head Start State Collaboration Office and TX Early Learning Council.
LEARN MORECIRCLE CDA Training Program
More than 120 Hours Available
Best Fit for: PreK
The goal of the CIRCLE CDA Training Program is to provide all 120 hours of high quality, formal professional development hours to enable early childhood teachers earn the required training hours needed to apply for the Preschool Child Development Associate© (CDA) national credential.
LEARN MOREECE Specialist Micro-Credentials
3 Micro-credentials
Best Fit for: ECE Specialists
Micro-credentials are opportunities to provide learners with professional development acknowledgement for competencies developed throughout their career. Each micro-credential is comprised of badges that are linked to specific, demonstrable skills aligned to the competency areas.
LEARN MOREWorkforce Registry Accounts for Texas Rising Star
2-Course Series
Best Fit for: TRS Providers
“Unlocking TECPDS: Making the Most of Your Workforce Registry Account for Texas Rising Star” are a series of courses developed to provide Texas Rising Star (TRS) Providers and Staff with information about recent changes to TECPDS and its Texas Workforce Registry.
LEARN MOREVIDEO SERIES
Understanding Developmental Screening & Early Intervention
10 Videos
Best Fit for: Parents and Families
This video series is designed help families understand the purposes of developmental screening and how to use Early Childhood Intervention services for further assessment and intervention when needed.
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