pre-service training
Preservice Training All providers regardless of position or setting must complete 24 hours of preservice training. Eight clock hours of the required 24 must be completed before a caregiver is given responsibility for a group of children. The remaining 16 hours of preservice training must be completed within 90 days of employment.
A caregiver is exempt from preservice training if they have at least two years of prior experience in a regulated child-care center, or documentation of at least 24 clock hours of training at another regulated child-care center.
ChildCareEd Preservice Bundles:
Annual Training Licensed Child Care Center employees must obtain 24 clock hours of training each year, relevant to the age of the children for whom the person provides care.
At least five of the 24 required annual training hours must come from instructor-led training. If a caregiver provides care for children younger than 24 months, one clock hour of the annual training must cover recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma, safe sleep practices and SIDS prevention, and early childhood brain development.
ChildCareEd Annual Solution:
- 24-Hour Texas Teacher Annual ONLINE — covers the full annual requirement
