We are recruiting infant and toddler teachers and programs to join our network! By joining the teacher program you can get access to FREE professional development hours, and valuable tools and resources.
Teachers
Are you a teacher who works primarily with infants or toddlers? Increase your knowledge, improve your skills, and get access to valuable tools and resources as you participate in self-instructed courses, webinars, and PLCs. Talk to your center director now so they can get your center onboarded into the program!
New teachers will begin the program by participating in webinars, online self-paced courses, and PLCs based on the Infant, Toddler, and Three-Year-Old Early Learning Guidelines. Once those have been completed, you will earn a tablet incentive and then get to choose from a variety of other PLC topics as you participate in one-hour live, online PLCs each month. Each PLC includes prerequisite self-paced courses and/or webinars related to the different PLC topics, so you are sure to gain a wealth of knowledge around each topic that you can take back to the classroom.
Teachers will receive:
- Access to a variety of resources including the Infant & Toddler CIRCLE Activity Collection, CIRCLE Infant and Toddler Teacher Competencies tools, and Developmental Milestones Checklists
- Professional development courses and webinars through CLI Engage
- Access to Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that network you with a group of individuals in your field
- The opportunity to receive virtual, individualized coaching
- Clock hours for continued education
- Priority registration to the CIRCLE Infant & Toddler Foundations Training, and the opportunity to receive a kit filled with books, toys and materials for your classroom
- Opportunities to earn participation-based incentives, such as a tablet and $100 gift card
Program Directors
Does your Early Childhood Center have at least one infant or toddler classroom? Are you committed to supporting participating infant and toddler teachers to actively engage in professional development? If so, we are excited for your program to join the ITSN Teacher Program and continue supporting quality improvement in your infant and toddler classrooms!
Program/Directors benefits:
- FREE professional development for participating infant and toddler teachers at your site
- Access to professional development resources, training, and tools through CLI Engage for you and all of your teachers
- The opportunity to receive virtual, individualized coaching
- TRS sites- Opportunity to improve your star rating!
- Non-TRS sites- Opportunity to improve quality and prepare to join
Directors, your teachers need you to take the initial steps to add your center to the program before they are able to participate. Don’t worry, one of our team members will walk you through the onboarding process first and then help your teachers get started.
Participation requirements that we will support you with include:
- Access to the correct CLI Engage accounts for directors and participating teachers
- Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System (TECPDS) Accounts
- Commitment Letter submission by directors and teachers
Still have questions? Contact us by clicking the button below.
Ready to join?
Directors only, click below to complete the intake survey. (Teachers, if you are interested in participating, please refer your center directors to this page and survey.)
After submitting, someone from our team will reach out to help you get started!
Returning Participants
We are happy to welcome back teachers who participated in PLCs in year one so they can continue on their journey of professional growth! Returning teachers will be able to take new topic PLCs, participate in individualized coaching, and take their development to the next level by joining Collaborative PLCs, where they will get to submit videos in order to reflect and receive feedback on their work and set goals for continuous improvement.
If you are a teacher who has already signed up to be a part of the ITSN, check out our upcoming training opportunities on our Teacher Training Calendar.