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Training Approval FAQs

This page has been broken down into 3 sections to help you easily find the answers to the questions you may have regarding the training approval system.  

QUESTIONS: 

Section 1: Trainer Approval/Qualification Guidelines:

Frequently asked questions about becoming a trainer. 


Section 2: Training Content Approval Guidelines:

Frequently asked questions about the format/content of a training.


Section 3: Training Acceptance Guidelines:

Frequently asked questions about the types of training eligible for training hours.

 

ANSWERS:

Section 1: Trainer Approval/Qualification Guidelines 

 

Do I have to apply for Career Ladder Placement?

Any individual working in the field of ECE and/or with an educational background in ECE, must complete an Application for Career Ladder placement prior to submitting requests for training approval. Individuals who do not work in the field of ECE but will be providing training to child care providers (i.e. Nurses, Health Dept. Employees, etc.) and/or that reside outside the state of Nevada are not required to apply to the Registry for Career Ladder placement prior to submitting requests for training approval.

 

What qualifications do I have to possess in order to get my trainings approved? 

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, the American Red Cross, Medic First Aid International, EMS Safety Services, or the American Safety and Health Institute. 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.  

 

What does it mean to become a "registered" trainer? 

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 next question).  

 

When will the criteria for trainer qualifications go into effect?

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). Though some initial work has been completed in this area, the development of criterion will likely be revisited following full implementation of mandatory participation with the Registry.

 

Can I receive training hours for the trainings I provide?

No. Because providing training is viewed differently than attending training, trainers cannot receive child care training hours for the training they provide and cannot count hours spent providing training toward his/her annual training hours required by licensing.  Trainers should not sign in on the attendance sheet (which creates an inaccurate attendance count), nor should they issue a Certificate of Completion to themselves for the training (i.e., a person cannot be a trainer and an attendee at the same training).

 

Section 2: Training Content Approval Guidelines

What if I am offering the same training several times through the year?

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. Simply email, or call a Registry Associate at (800) 259-1906 to request a new code for the new date. When emailing, be sure to reference the previous approval code and include the training logistics (date, start/end time, location name, location address, cost, contact name and number and whether the training is open to the public or not).

 

How can I advertise my trainings?  

The Registry maintains an online statewide calendar of training events that is available by visiting the Find Training 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! 
 

What if the training I am offering covers more than one CKA?

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.  

 

What if the training is less than one hour in length?

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 approve training that is one hour or more in length (when all other approval criteria has also been met). 

 

What if I am offering a training with multiple sessions?

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 read these instructions prior to completing the Multiple Sessions request form.  

 

Section 3: 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? 

No! Even if an agency has submitted their self study materials for approval by the Registry, there is no guarantee that ALL of their offered 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!   

 

Can I receive training hours for implementing ideas obtained from curriculum books I've purchased? 

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 your 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 through 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; in most cases, they 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.  

 

Can I receive training hours for a book and/or video that I've purchased or checked out from the library? 

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. 


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