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Trainer Approval/Qualification Guidelines:
Frequently asked questions about becoming a trainer. |
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Training Content Approval Guidelines:
Frequently asked questions about the format/content of a training. |
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Training Acceptance Guidelines:
Frequently asked questions about the types of training eligible for training hours. |
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| Trainer Approval/Qualification Guidelines |
| What qualifications do I have to possess in order to get my trainings approved? |
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At this time the Registry is approving
training based on the content of the training
alone in accordance with pre-determined criteria. In other words, the
qualifications and credentials of the trainer are not
being factored into training approval*. An exception to this rule is
that the training being offered must correlate to the background and
education of the trainer (e.g. a person with a background in curriculum
would not be approved to offer a training with a medical focus, etc.).
* As per State child care regulations, CPR must be taught by a certified instructor who
meets the standards
of the American Heart Association or the American National Red Cross.
The state also requires that Recognition of Signs and Symptoms of
Illness (SOI), First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens training be provided by a licensed health
care professional or a representative of a licensed health care agency
or clinic, a community college, a university, the American National
Red Cross, an adult education program, in-home nursing or another appropriate
institution. For further clarification on these regulations,
please contact your local Licensing representative. |
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| What does it mean to become a "registered" trainer? |
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Becoming a registered trainer means that you have
submitted at least one training event for approval and have signed an "Ethical Obligations and Professional Responsibilities for Registered Trainers" form. In the future, only registered trainers will be issued
a user name and password to gain access to the Registry's online
training approval process. It is important to note that being
a "registered" trainer is not the same as being
an "approved"
trainer. The Registry will
build
a network
of "approved" trainers
once
criteria
for trainer qualifications has been developed (see below). |
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| When will the criteria for trainer qualifications go into effect? |
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In an effort to continue
to build a comprehensive training approval system that increases the
consistency of training content and trainer
qualifications
across the state, the Registry has been charged with the task of creating
a second set of training approval criteria for trainers. What this
means is that, in the future, in addition to meeting the established
training
approval criteria for CONTENT, trainers will also be required to meet
pre-determined TRAINER criteria (based on the education and experience
of the trainer).
This criteria will be developed over the course of the next several
years through the collaborative efforts of statewide Licensing agencies,
ECE
trainers from across the state, the Registry Advisory Committee and
other community agencies. Please stay tuned for more details as this
process develops. |
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| Training Content Approval Guidelines |
| What if I am offering the same training several times through the year? |
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It
is required that you obtain a unique approval code each time your training
is offered, even when you are repeating the same training that has
already been approved by the Registry.* The Registry maintains an online
statewide calendar of training events that is available by visiting the online training calendar section
of this website. Each time you receive an approval code for a training
you are offering, and when that training is open to the public, your
training is automatically added to the training calendar and can
be viewed by anyone who has access to the internet. This is a great
way to advertise your training events for FREE, to let ECE practitioners
know what training is available to meet their professional development
needs, and to help the Registry track the training that is being offered
on a statewide basis!
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The Registry has created a system whereby it is easy to obtain a unique
approval code for training that is being repeated throughout the year
without having to submit a request in full each time the training is
offered. Click
here to learn how. |
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| What if the training I am offering covers more than one CKA? |
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The
Registry realizes that many trainings are comprehensive and can cover
a variety of topics within a single training event. However, in order
to capture the types of trainings that are being offered on
a statewide basis and to determine how they fit into Nevada's identified Core Knowledge Areas (CKA), it is
necessary for trainers to select only one CKA that will be the primary focus
of the training. Categorizing training by CKA will help our state identify
areas of strength, gaps in training information, and can help guide future
training development so that we may ensure that a broad spectrum of training
is available for professionals across our state. |
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| What if the training is less than one hour in length? |
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Training approval
criteria has been established in order to guide the Registry in making
consistent approval decisions. The Registry is unable to make an exception
to this criteria and will only be approving training that is one hour
or more in length (when all other approval criteria has also been
met). |
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| What if I am offering a training with multiple sessions? |
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The process for approving
training events with multiple sessions (i.e., conferences, full day
trainings, etc.) differs slightly from the process for approving a
standard traditional
training. In this case, it is important to determine whether participants
are required to attend the event in its entirety or whether they
have the option to attend portions of the training and whether multiple
approval
codes will need to be issued (multiple codes require multiple certificates
and/or a session labeling system*). For this reason, the Registry
has developed the "Request
for Training Approval: Training Events with Multiple Sessions" form. If you are planning to offer this type of training in the future,
please download this form and submit it to the Registry for approval.
Standard
training approval criteria and 5-business day turn around
time applies. Please do not use this form
if you are offering a traditional training in which there is one topic
that occurs on one day with a specified start and end time.
* Please refer to the Request Form for detailed information regarding
the session labeling system. |
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| Training Acceptance Guidelines |
| I received a flyer from an organization offering independent study trainings (correspondence courses, internet course, etc.). It says that all courses are approved for hours in most states. Can I assume these courses are approved by the Registry? |
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No! Even if an agency has submitted their self study materials for approval by the Registry, there is no guarantee that ALL of their available trainings have been accepted/approved. As with ALL training, you should refer to the Registry's online training calendar to determine whether a course you are interested in taking has been approved. Don't assume that hours will be accepted by Licensing just because the course is listed on a flyer sent by the organization and/or their website. If a training doesn't appear on the training calendar, it's not approved! Posted 7/29/09 |
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Can I receive training hours for implementing ideas obtained from curriculum books I've purchased? |
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The Registry is occasionally asked whether hours can be obtained for implementing curriculum. The answer to this question is no; the Registry does not issue child care training hours for the implementation of curriculum. Implementing curriculum is viewed as a function of a job in Early Care and Education and outside the bounds of what is considered "training". In most cases, curriculum books and materials are discovered via the internet, the library, a store, a colleague or some other means. In most cases, the material is read through and activities are implemented. There typically is not any type of feedback offered from the author of the materials, any "assignments" or activities that assess whether the activities are being implemented correctly, and there generally isn't a standardized way to grant hours for reading/researching curriculum philosophies and ideas (a certificate isn't typically issued by anyone). Though the Registry has been made aware of several companies advertising that hours can be earned when purchasing their curriculum books, these companies and their products have not been approved by the Registry; these companies are selling a product, not offering training. This is not to be confused with training that is offered by a trainer in a traditional classroom setting. In this case, the Registry will approve training that is focused on curriculum ideas, etc.; the difference being that is it being offered in person with the intent to teach caregivers how to implement the ideas presented. The main goal is not to sell a product. Posted 5/1/08 |
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Can I receive training hours for a book and/or video that I've purchased or checked out from the library? |
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The Registry does not grant training hours for reading a stand alone book and/or for viewing a video ("stand alone" meaning a material that is not part of a training, not being offered by an organization as a correspondence course, etc.. Most commonly, stand alone books and videos are found at local libraries). The approval of such materials was discontinued when the Registry took on the training approval system in October 2004. Since that time, hundreds of non-traditional (self-paced, independent study) options have been posted to the online calendar of training; all of which have gone through the approval process and are tied to the issuance of a certificate for completion of a set of predetermined requirements. Posted 5/1/08 |
