Your One-Stop Resource for Navigating ECE Training, Certification, and Registry Systems
Whether you're a teacher, administrator, trainer, or advocate, staying compliant with your state's professional development standards is essential—but navigating those requirements can be overwhelming. That's why we created this centralized hub. To help professionals easily find, understand, and act on their state's professional development requirements.
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What’s Inside
Your State PD Roadmap
Browse current clock-hour mandates, link straight to your official registry and licensing agency, and find webinar suggestions that count toward your requirements.
State-by-State Requirements
Quickly access current professional development mandates for educators and administrators in every state. Learn how to earn and report clock hours, and get training credits approved in your state.
Licensing and Registry Systems
Get direct links to your state’s workforce registry, licensing agency, or training approval system.
Webinar Suggestions
Select webinar suggestions that help meet your state requirements.
Who It’s For
Built for the ECE Workforce
From educators renewing credentials to directors tracking team compliance, trainers aligning to standards, and advocates shaping policy — there’s a clear path here for everyone.
Early childhood educators looking to maintain or renew credentials.
Program directors tracking team compliance.
Trainers and content creators aiming to align with state professional development standards.
Advocates and policy professionals seeking system clarity.
Core Domains
National Core Competencies
While titles and categories vary by state, most U.S. Core Knowledge and Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce cover 8–10 key domains. These domains align closely with NAEYC’s Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and the Power to the Profession Unifying Framework.
Child Development & Learning
Understand developmental stages—physical, social-emotional, cognitive, and language—along with individual differences and the influence of environment, culture, and trauma.
Family & Community Relationships
Build respectful, reciprocal partnerships with families, honor diversity, and connect families with community resources.
Observation, Documentation, & Assessment
Use formal and informal tools to monitor child development, guide curriculum, and communicate progress ethically.
Developmentally, Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Teaching
Create inclusive learning environments that adapt to diverse abilities, cultures, and languages.
Content Knowledge & Curriculum
Integrate literacy, math, science, the arts, and social studies into engaging, age-appropriate curriculum.
Health, Safety, & Nutrition
Maintain safe, healthy environments; follow regulations; and promote wellness and healthy habits.
Professionalism & Ethics
Commit to ongoing learning, ethical conduct (NAEYC Code of Ethics), advocacy, and reflective practice.
Leadership & Program Management
(For administrators) Oversee staff, budgets, facilities, policies, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Inclusion & Special Needs
Apply evidence-based practices—such as DEC Recommended Practices—to support children with disabilities and developmental delays.
