What is the Trainer Approval Board?

The Training Approval Board (TAB) provides oversight for all training components of Connecticut Charts-A-Course’s voluntary training system including training curriculum and delivery; trainer qualifications and responsibilities; and structure and operation of the Training Approval System, known as the Training Approval Board (TAB).

The Training Approval Board is a volunteer group of professionals from community based provider and training agencies; early education professionals; state agencies; local school districts and higher education institutions that represent a wide range of educational backgrounds and expertise.

Training Approval Board Functions:
The Training Approval Board’s primary functions are to:

1. Maintain standardized curriculum for the Core Areas of Knowledge;
2. Provide oversight of the Connecticut Charts-A-Course approved training in the Core Areas of Knowledge delivered through the Module Sequence;
3. Ensure access to Connecticut Charts-A-Course approved training for professionals who work with children in a variety of settings;
4. Maintain a system for the approval of trainers;
5. Ensure trainer qualifications are met;
6. Implement a request for exceptions process for trainings/trainers not approved by the system;
7. Provide for quality assurances within the training approval system; and
8. Review and revise Training Approval Board Policies and Procedures and requirements as needed.

Organizations Represented on the Training Approval Board:

• Child Development Associate Credential (CDA)
• Connecticut Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
• Connecticut Charts-A-Course (CCAC)
• Connecticut Charts-A-Course Accreditation Facilitation Project (CCAC AFP)
• State Department of Education (SDE)
• Department of Higher Education (DHE)
• Department of Public Health (DPH)
• Department of Social Services (DSS)
• Head Start
• Hispanic Health Alliance/Centro de la Communidad
• Regional Education Service Centers (RESC)
• School Readiness
• State Education Resource Center (SERC)