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Child Care Director Credential

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s Promoting Early Education Quality (PEEQ) program offers a Director Credential approved by the Child Day Care Administrator’s Credential Program of Texas Health and Human Services – Child Care Regulation.

Training Program Highlights:

  • Self-paced online courses allow each participant the flexibility needed to complete the program
  • 10 online courses that are 6 hours each for a total of 60 clock hours of content which support various roles and duties of a child care director
  • A participant guide that offers resources to support each online course and submitted assignments
  • Participants have one calendar year to complete all the course requirements
  • Promoting Early Education Quality program and AgriLife Learn Helpdesk staff available for questions and to provide support as needed
  • The total cost for the training program is only $400 with no application fee.

How does this program work?

When an application is approved, the participant is notified via email of their acceptance into the training program. A link to the coursework is included with detailed instructions on how to purchase the online courses.

Once the courses are purchased, the participant will have access to all ten – six-hour asynchronous courses covering the required child development, health and safety, and management content required by Texas Child Care Regulation. There are also two assignments that a candidate must submit for review.

Each course and the associated submitted assignments should take approximately six hours to complete for a total of 60 clock hours.

Interested in Applying?

Apply now to learn more and see if you qualify for the Child Care Director Credential training program.

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