Micro-credentials provide learners with professional development acknowledgment for skills and competencies developed throughout their careers.
Micro-credentials for early childhood specialists and teachers are now available on CLI Engage! Demonstrate your skills and abilities, known as competencies, to start earning micro-credentials on CLI Engage that lead towards Texas Early Childhood Credentials.
Micro-credentials are:
- Competency-based
- Based on evidence/demonstration of practice
- Scored against a defined rubric
- Personalized and Self-directed
- Research-backed
The micro-credentials are part of a Texas Early Childhood Professional Competency-Based Recognition Pathway that includes competencies that all professionals need to demonstrate to serve the early childhood professionals and children they support effectively. Each micro-credential is comprised of badges that are linked to specific, demonstrable skills aligned to the competency areas. Badges are earned by following a clearly defined assignment based on a set of cohesive skills.
Our pathway supports:
- Early childhood specialists who provide coaching, mentoring and/or training, to support practitioners and other professionals in continuous quality improvement efforts
- Coaches
- Trainers
- Early childhood educators who deliver early education and care to young children
- Prekindergarten teachers
- Toddler teachers
- Infant teachers
BEST FIT FOR:
Early childhood professionals
ELIGIBILITY
Specific projects (at this time)
RELATED RESOURCES
SUPPORT GUIDES
Coming soon
"The coaching micro-credentialing process and PLC’s have provided an incredible opportunity for personal growth in my professional coaching skills. I am so grateful for the encouragement, coaching, and support of this team! I will continue to instill all these wonderful strategies that have been incorporated into my coaching and focus on ways to continually improve." -- Testimonial from the first coach to earn the coach credential on CLI Engage
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There are six categories of competency in our Core Competencies for Coaches. Each competency area aligns to a micro-credential on CLI Engage:
- Characteristics of Effective Specialists
- Observation Skills
- Providing Feedback
- Fostering Reflective Thinking
- Demonstration and Articulation
- Supporting Continuous Improvement
There are six categories of competency in this Core Competencies for Trainers. Each competency areas aligns to a micro-credential on CLI Engage:
- Adult Learning Theory
- Training Delivery and Methodologies
- Transfer of Learning
- Training Content Development
- Monitoring and Evaluating Training Effectiveness
- Characteristics of Effective Trainers
Support your professional development in core training competencies and continue in your career as an early childhood trainer by completing the Trainer Micro-Credentials. In addition to this program, consider applying to become a Registered Trainer on the Texas Trainer Registry, a statewide system that approves early childhood trainers and their trainings. Part of the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System, learn more about the Texas Trainer Registry on TECPDS.
The early childhood educator micro-credentials are in development and piloting now with teachers! Currently, we expect to have 9 micro-credentials when the pathway is complete, for infant, toddler, and prekindergarten teachers. Each micro-credential is aligned to the Texas Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners and Administrators:
- Child Growth and Development
- Responsive Interactions and Guidance
- Learning Environments, Planning Framework, Curriculum, and Standards
- Supporting Skill Development
- Observation and Assessment
- Diversity and Dual Language Learners
- Family and Community Relationships
- Health, Safety and Nutrition
- Professionalism and Ethics
Coming soon!