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how to become a certified quality
childcare provider across Texas parents
and families enroll their children into
child care programs including center
based and home based programs numerous
research studies have shown that
children who attend higher quality
childcare programs are more prepared for
school than children who do not in
recent years many states have adopted
quality rating and improvement systems
measuring the quality of child care
programs and providing professional
development opportunities for caregivers
help these programs improve the care
they offer to children and families the
texas rising star program also known as
TRS is a voluntary quality based rating
system of child care providers who
participate in the Texas Workforce
commissions subsidized child care
program you are eligible to apply for
TRS certification if you have a current
agreement to serve subsidized children a
permanent non-expiring license or
registration from the Texas Department
of Family and Protective Services and at
least 12 months of licensing history an
eligible child care provider can also
apply for TRS certification if they are
regulated by and in good standing with
the US military child care providers
must not be on corrective action with
the Department of Family and Protective
Services the Texas Workforce Commission
or the local workforce board in addition
to attracting new families because you
are providing higher quality care to
children becoming TRS certified has
several benefits to start you may
receive a higher child care subsidy
reimbursement rate based on your
certification level you'll also have
access to professional development
opportunities as well as one-on-one
mentoring for you and your staff TRS
offers three levels of certification to
star 3 star and 4 star the benefits
increase at each level to encourage
providers to attain higher certification
levels TRS certified child care
providers offer quality care that
exceeds the state's minimum child care
licensing in these five categories
director and staff qualifications and
training caregiver child interactions
curriculum including lesson plans
instruction formats and approaches to
learning nutrition and indoor outdoor
activity and parents education and
involvement applying to become a TRS
certified provider is easy to start head
over to Texas rising star org and watch
their orientation video next you'll need
to submit the TRS application interest
form which is also available on their
website after that you'll complete
classroom and faculty self assessments
complete a few applications and forms
and you're done
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Texas has experienced mentors who can
guide you through every step of the TRS
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