Professional Development Certificates (7)
Yes, I make certificates of completion available for all live online professional development trainings I host.
To earn a certificate, attendees must participate in the entire training session and complete the session evaluation.
You must complete and submit a short evaluation after the session to receive a certificate. My website automatically generates a personalized PDF certificate and emails it to you upon submission.
The link to the evaluation appears on the session’s landing page and can be accessed after the training ends.
Certificates usually arrive moments after evaluation submission, but sometimes it takes a bit longer for them to arrive.
First, check your spam and junk folders. If you still don’t find the certificate emails, please let me know if it has not hit your inbox within 24 hours of submission.
Sure. While the design may change a bit from year to year, the certificates I issue contain the same basic information:
Training oversight organizations have differing requirements for what must appear on creditable certificates. My certificates include the following information:
- Unique Certificate Identifier
- Title Of Training
- Training Description
- Learning Objectives
- Attendees Name
- Attendee Address
- Date Of Training
- Name Of Trainer
- Trainer Signature
- Total Training Contact Hours
- Organization Name
- Explorations Early Learning Logo
- Content Area
- State Organization or trainer ID for the states I work with
- State Event ID for the states I work with
- Attendee Registry ID for the states I work with
- User IP Address
I know for sure that:
- My trainings are pre-approved for professional development in IL, MI, MO, NE, OK, and WI.
- Last I checked, my certificates are also accepted for professional development in AL, AZ, and SD in the United States and BC in Canada.
Beyond that, the simple answer is “Maybe?”
It’s a big world with many organizations governing what does and does not count as professional development from region to region. You’ll have to check with local authorities. The information in this FAQ may be helpful when checking, and you can always contact me with questions.
I expect they can be. Nefarious people can be very creative and talented. That said, I’ve taken the following steps to reduce counterfeiting and keep my certification process secure:
- Access to session evaluation is restricted to verified users
- Each certificate includes the IP address of the person submitting the evaluation
- Each certificate has a unique identifier
- I archive all valid certificates so that fakes can be easily identified
- I upload attendance information to the state training registries with which I work