Online Training Resources

This is a training on Domain 1: Social and Emotional Development in the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines. The course provides prekindergarten teachers with an introduction to the Social and Emotional Development domain, end-of-year outcomes, and instructional strategies to support children’s skill development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 3

This is a training on Domain 9: Physical Development in the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines. The course provides prekindergarten teachers with an introduction to the Physical Development domain, end-of-year outcomes, and instructional strategies to support children’s skill development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1.5

The Beginning Education: Early Childcare At Home program is a professional development program specifically designed for home-based child care providers of children from birth to five years.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler, Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 10

The Beginning Education: Early Childcare At Home program is a professional development program specifically designed for home-based child care providers of children from birth to five years.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler, Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 5

The Beginning Education: Early Childcare At Home program is a professional development program specifically designed for home-based child care providers of children from birth to five years.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler, Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 5

Connect with Me is a five-part series of courses that introduces ways teachers of infants and toddlers can support children’s social and emotional development by expressing warmth, comforting children in distress, labeling feelings, engaging in back-and-forth play, and using praise.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 5

Connect with Me is a five-part series of courses that introduces ways teachers of infants and toddlers can support children’s social and emotional development by expressing warmth, comforting children in distress, labeling feelings, engaging in back-and-forth play, and using praise.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 5

Talk with Me is a three-part series of courses that introduces ways teachers of infants and toddlers can support language development by using descriptive communication, modeling language, listening, and engaging in conversations.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 4

Talk with Me is a three-part series of courses that introduces ways teachers of infants and toddlers can support language development by using descriptive communication, modeling language, listening, and engaging in conversations.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2

In this course series you will learn about the professional competencies found in the Texas Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners and Administrators, developed by the Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office (THSSCO), in collaboration with the Texas Early Learning Council (TELC). The content and structure of the competencies can be thought of as a framework for assessing knowledge and skills, guiding training and professional development opportunities, and monitoring progress. This version of the training was designed for use by early childhood practitioners.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler, Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

In this course series, you will learn about the professional competencies found in the Texas Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners. The content and structure of the competencies can be thought of as a framework for assessing knowledge and skills, guiding training and professional development opportunities, and monitoring progress. This version of the training was designed for use by early childhood practitioners.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler, Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

In this course series, you will learn about the professional competencies found in the Texas Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners. The content and structure of the competencies can be thought of as a framework for assessing knowledge and skills, guiding training and professional development opportunities, and monitoring progress. This version of the training was designed for use by early childhood practitioners.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

In this course series, you will learn about the professional competencies found in the Texas Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners. The content and structure of the competencies can be thought of as a framework for assessing knowledge and skills, guiding training and professional development opportunities, and monitoring progress. This version of the training was designed for use by early childhood practitioners.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

Observation and Assessment is a course that addresses the core knowledge and skills needed to understand the goals, benefits, and uses of observation and assessment in early childhood settings, including identifying children’s readiness and intervention needs, guiding instruction, and using data to improve program quality.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

Diversity and Dual Language Learners is a course that addresses the core knowledge and skills needed to create culturally inclusive early childhood environments that respect each child’s home culture, reduce bias, promote diversity and equity, and help practitioners honor and value all children and families in their care.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

Emergent Literacy Language and Communication introduces Domain 2 of the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, including end-of-year outcomes and instructional strategies that help prekindergarten teachers support children’s emergent literacy, language, and communication development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2.5

Emergent Literacy Reading introduces Domain 3: Emergent Literacy Reading in the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, including end-of-year outcomes and instructional strategies that help prekindergarten teachers support children’s emergent reading development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 3.5

Emergent Literacy Writing introduces Domain 4: Emergent Literacy Writing in the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, including end-of-year outcomes and instructional strategies that help prekindergarten teachers support children’s emergent writing development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2

Setting the Stage for Children’s Talk introduces ways teachers of pre-K children can extend children’s language through responsiveness, descriptive communication, scaffolding and modeling, and engaging in convsersations, to support children’s language development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 6

This training focuses on developing and enhancing theme-based vocabulary instruction for pre-kindergarten children.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 6

This training presents strategies and rationale for supporting mathematics development in early childhood classrooms.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 6

English Language Learners: Culture, Language, Instruction introduces ways teachers of pre-K children who are English language learners can consider linguistic and cultural individuality and extend children’s language through responsive, descriptive communication, scaffolding and modeling, and engaging in conversations, to support children’s language development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 4

This training focuses on planning and leading effective read alouds. It includes research-based techniques for extending the benefits of read alouds throughout the day and week and presents read alouds as a cornerstone of children’s literacy.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 6

Social Emotional Learning introduces ways teachers of pre-K children can express warmth, comfort children in distress, label feelings, engage in back and forth play and use praise to support children’s development of self-concept, self-control, social competence, and social awareness.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 4

English Language Learners: Culture, Language, Instruction explores how culture shapes children’s learning and oral language development, introduces stages of language development and second language acquisition, and highlights evidence-based instructional strategies teachers can use to support ELLs in early childhood classrooms.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 4

Family Engagement and Culturally Responsive Practices is a webinar that explores the importance of family engagement in early childhood education, including gathering cultural information from families and using it to inform and encourage culturally responsive classroom practices.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

Grow with Me: Understanding and Using Developmental Assessments provides teachers and caregivers of infants and toddlers with knowledge and skills to support developmental assessment, including monitoring developmental progress, using assessment methods such as milestone checklists, considering children’s varied backgrounds, applying results for children, classrooms, and programs, and partnering with families.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1

Join with Me: Supporting Children with Developmental Differences, Part 1 introduces responsive strategies for supporting infants and toddlers with developmental differences, including monitoring development, using positive language about differences, promoting independence, welcoming families, connecting with early childhood intervention services, and creating inclusive classrooms.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2.5

Join with Me: Supporting Children with Developmental Differences, Part 2 focuses on creating inclusive environments for infants and toddlers by modifying activities, using visual supports, incorporating assistive technology, partnering with families, collaborating with specialists, and strengthening program-wide collaboration.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2.5

Move with Me: Supporting Early Physical Development and Health, Part 1 helps teachers and caregivers support infants’ and toddlers’ physical development through tummy time, supported sitting, gross motor skill-building, fine motor practice, developmental milestones, and guidance on the importance of physical activity.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2

Move with Me: Supporting Early Physical Development and Health, Part 2 helps teachers and caregivers support infants’ and toddlers’ health and well-being through strategies for responding to physical needs, promoting nutrition and safety, teaching body awareness, encouraging self-expression and self-care, and recognizing motor development supports and concerns.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2

Partnering with Families and Promoting Positive Communication covers strategies and resources that help teachers and program leaders build strong home-school partnerships, promote positive communication, and reduce barriers to meaningful family engagement.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 1.5

Pre-Kindergarten Response to Intervention focuses on designing, creating, and managing warm, structured classroom environments where children develop a love of learning, learn to manage their behavior, and build independence in work and play.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 3

Read with Me: Promoting Early Literacy Development, Part 1 helps teachers and caregivers support infants’ and toddlers’ early literacy through foundational literacy-building strategies, developmental milestones, early book experiences, choosing quality books, and keeping children engaged during reading.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2

Read with Me: Promoting Early Literacy Development, Part 2 helps teachers and caregivers strengthen infants’ and toddlers’ early literacy through foundational strategies, developmental milestones, shared control, enthusiastic reading, linking books to experiences, modeling writing, encouraging active participation, and using props or extenders.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2

This course is a self paced training that helps caregivers understand the developmental domains, instructional and responsive care giving strategies for children from birth to 3 years old.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 4

This training helps caregivers understand the physical, health and motor development, instructional and caregiving strategies for children from birth to 3 years old.

Classroom Age: Infant, Toddler
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 2

Understanding Special Needs focuses on understanding and supporting children with special needs who struggle with behavior and attention regulation, social and emotional responses, and receptive and expressive language development.

Classroom Age: Pre-K
Type of Resource: Course
Clock Hours: 3