Data Entry
A section in the profile members submit their PD hours - whether in person or online. They must fill out details of their PD event and upload a document if they wish.
What is "Training Request"?
It is the Profile Status of an application when we process.
What is "Ready for Processing"?
Can be selected and comprised of the following options:
Infant/Toddlers
Children with Special Needs
Bilingual/English Language Learners
Diversity and Inclusion
What is a Specialized Content?
The highest level of education was not verified and therefore this status is placed on a member's profile along with an email notification.
What is Incomplete status?
It usually has a major, coursework credits, registrar signature, and a member's name.
What is an official transcript?
New York State's Core Competencies for Early Childhood Educators! This NYS resource outlines the knowledge, dispositions, and skills required to work with young children. It is located within our NYWFC website under the Resources tab.
What is the Core Body of Knowledge? or What is CBK?
It is our developers.
What is New World Now?
Can be selected and comprised of the following options:
Environment Ratings Scales
Obesity Prevention
Curriculum Training
Child Observation and Assessment
What are QSNY Qualifications?
The Training Request document did not fulfill the requirements needed. They are placed as this status.
What is "Declined"? or What is "Declined and Saved"?
The degree is in a field that does not prepare students to work with children and families directly and shows less than 12 credits related to working with children and families on the transcript.
What is a degree that's Not Related?
This person(s) is required to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment when they are presented with a reasonable cause of suspicion. Hint: It is a training document title that is not transferred into our system.
What is "mandated reporter"?
It is comprised of multiple message templates utilized to inform members of a given document or profile status (located within the profile itself).
What is a "Staff Note"?
A resource page combined with many articles that can support members interested in the registry. It can be located within the NYWFC website.
What is the Help Center?
They are in this status because we are awaiting for a mailed document.
What is Applied - Pending? or What is Applied status?
We mark it as ECE specific because we found 15 credits in Early Childhood Education for this degree.
What is a Master's degree in ECE? or How many credits in ECE to make a Master degree ECE specific?
All child care staff/employees/caregivers and volunteers with potential for regular and substantial contact with children must complete a total of 30 hours of training every two years in these categories.
What are the OCFS topic areas? or What are the Office of Children and Family Services topic areas?
It is a document that informs members what items they should mail to the registry.
What is a "Documentation Coversheet"?
We encourage members to review their profiles periodically so that we can work together to keep accurate information. If a member disagrees with our entry they can submit this form along with supporting documentation.
Hint: Found within Policies and Procedures within the NYWFC website.
What is the Appeal Process?
American Red Cross (ARC), American Heart Association (AHA), National Safety Council (NSC) are examples.
What is the list of approved lifesaving certification cards? or What is a CPR/FA? or What is a lifesaving certification?
We receive these documents and ask our members to provide us an evaluation from our list of approved institutions.
What is an international degree?
Comes from higher education institutions and is treated as non-credit bearing coursework. They do not weigh on the determination of a degree type.
Hint: 1.0 of these = 10 PD contact hours
What is a CEU? or What is a Continuing Education Unit?
A practice utilized to improve our team's performance and provide staff feedback.
What is "Quality Control"?
A process that directors and trainers go through where they can enter information about their upcoming training into our system.
What is Training Approval?
We can utilize this website to verify a document/record for a NYS teaching certification obtained.
What is the TEACH system?
A recognition that an institution maintains standards requisite for its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for processional practice. We are currently looking at database systems like CHEA or DAPIP.
What is higher education accreditation?