Approval Process/Paperwork

Professional Learning Curriculum Approval

The Professional Development Department at DIEEC designs, delivers and evaluates training based on adult learning theories, research, and models.  The DIEEC provides the Quality Assured PD infrastructure; and works with agencies and instructors to approve and support the development and delivery of Quality Assured Professional Development.

Since curriculum used in child care is approved by alignment with the Early Learning Foundations, and Delaware Professional Competencies, along with other essential criteria, the commitment is also that professional development is similarly aligned.  Please note that all elements and fields of the curriculum workshop approval forms are required.

To deliver Quality Assured Professional Development to Delaware’s Early Care and Education workforce, there is a two-step process for three years of approval.

The first step is to get the entrpreneur/for-profit or sponsoring organization registered.   The next step is to get the workshop curriculum approved. Once the entrepreneur/ organization has been accepted, the “curriculum only” may be submitted for future curriculum submissions

Individual/Organization Approval

Are you applying as an Entrepreneur?

If you need to engage in this two-step process as an entrepreneur - an individual or organization that is not classified as a nonprofit and/or makes a profit from the training offered - select:

Entrepreneur - Organization Full Application

Are you applying as a Sponsoring Organization?

If you need to engage in this two-step process as a sponsoring organization – an individual or organization that is a non-profit or state agency that is providing fee subsidized or free training to the workforce - select:

Sponsoring Organizations Full Application

Curriculum Approval Only

If you have already been quality assured as an entrepreneur - an individual or organization that is not classified as a nonprofit and/ or makes a profit from the training offered - select:

Entreprenuer - Organization Curriculum Only

If you have already been quality assured as a sponsoring organization - an individual or organization that is a non-profit or state agency that is providing fee subsidized or free training to the workforce - select:

Sponsoring Organizations Curriculum Only

Return completed form to:

DIEEC

501 South College
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
 
OR
 
Email: Institute-Early-Childhood@udel.edu
 

Your curriculum will be reviewed by DIEEC using the Professional Learning Experience Rubric

 

You will be contacted with questions or feedback, and approval takes approximately 30 days.

After your workshop is approved, you will receive a Professional Learning Experience Memorandum of Experience (MOU) and the training will be listed on the DIEEC training calendar. We ask that all training be listed 30 days in advance. Entrepreneurs will be assessed each time it is listed on the site.

 

Please complete this Professional Learning Experience Request Form and submit to list your workshop on the DIEEC registry.

 

View Registry Details (PDF File) for an overview of the steps to getting your workshop on the DIEEC registry.

At this time, the DIEEC does not quality assure online workshops from outside organizations without a plan to link it to our registry and run through our PD system. If you are interested in having an online workshop approved for QA hours, a plan must be made.  Working to have your online training on the DEPDNow platform is also negotiable.