Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Certification Policy Manual
Effective 9/1/21 certifiers must monitor for compliance with continuing education by the date due. Certifiers may require certified operators to submit to the certification agency evidence of completed continuing education, by the continuing education due date, or the certification worker may verify documentation during monitoring visits that occur on or before the continuing education due date. In the first example above, the operator was granted regular certification 8/20/20 through 3/1/22. The certification worker must verify compliance with continuing education by 8/20/21.
If a certified operator’s CPR is due to expire on 01/01/2022, for example, it is the responsibility of the certification worker to verify compliance by verifying a valid/current CPR certification by the expiration date. This means that the certification agency may need to complete a “desk review” to ensure information is verified. The CPR renewal documentation shall be uploaded in WISCCRS.
Note: If during the BRO certification review the information is not current, this may result in an agency non-compliance/finding and the information will need to be gathered and updated/and as a part of the Agency Review Correction Plan.
The documentation may include, but is not limited to:
Transcripts
Certificates of Completion that include date, hours, topic and name of trainer
Continuing Education Record – Independent Reading / Video Viewing form (if independent study is approved)
Wisconsin Registry Learning Records
Certificate of Training and/or bar code number from the Wisconsin Registry
CEU (Continuing Education units) documentation
The Wisconsin Registry accepts and tracks continuing education taken by an individual. The certification worker may accept training verification from The Wisconsin Registry. However, the certification worker may accept training that has not been submitted to the Wisconsin Registry for approval.
Certification workers shall maintain documentation in WISCCRS that verifies the operator has met the certification agency’s continuing education requirements for regular (Level 1) certification. Workers shall enter continuing education hours in WISCCRS using the Training module for certified family and in-home operators. WISCCRS allows the certification worker to upload continuing education documents, although this is not a requirement (with the exception of CPR renewals, which must be uploaded).
This page last updated 11/2021.