Professional Resources

Best Place for Working Parents (BP4WP)

Best Place for Working Parents offers real-time designations to local businesses of all sizes that have family-friendly policies through a 3-minute online self-assessment.

 

Early Childhood (PK-2nd Grade) COVID-19 Recovery Toolkit

Strategies and recommendations to support effectively and equitably addressing the challenges of school year 2021-2022 for districts, campus leadership and classroom teachers.

Data Dashboard

Early Childhood Education data for El Paso County

 

Educational Service Center: Region 19

Region 19 web-based professional development registration and management center.

Texas Rising Star

Texas Rising Star is a quality rating and improvement system for Texas early childhood programs.

 

TECPDS

Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System: The Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System (TECPDS) is designed to help meet the professional development needs of those working in the early childhood field.

Texas Education Association (TEA)

The Early Childhood Education Division at TEA has responsibility for the department's key early learning investments as determined by the Commissioner of Education and the state legislature.

 

Early Childhood Program Implementation Guide

The Early Childhood Program Implementation Guide by the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health  is intended for use by state agencies, community-based programs, and community coalitions to provide guidance information regarding the landscape of early childhood programs in Texas and the best practices for program implementation.