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The California Early Care and Education Workforce Registry & Pathway to Professional Development

What is The California Early Care & Education (ECE) Workforce Registry?

The California Early Care and Education Workforce Registry (CA ECE Registry) is an online system that supports early childhood professionals through diverse training opportunities. The free registry tracks and promotes the education, training and experience of early and education providers in order to improve professionalism and workforce quality to positively impact children. 

Benefits of the ECE Workforce Registry: 

  • Stay informed on all upcoming virtual and in-person training opportunities across the state through the training calendar. 
  • Manage and pull coursework reports you can share with employers. 
  • Use the included Resume Builder which pulls information from your professional profile and adds it to an easy-to-use format. 
  • Achieve recognition as a professional in the field of Early Care Education.  
  • Influence early childhood education policies and funding by contributing to statewide data collection. 
  • Simplify your professional documentation process by reducing the need to repeatedly submit educational and training records to various entities.  

How Can You Become a Member of the ECE Registry and Build Your Professional Profile? 

The step-by-step process below guides you through registering and establishing your presence in this vital network, ensuring you stay connected and up-to-date in the dynamic field of early childhood education. 

  1. Access the ECE Workforce Registry website at www.caregistry.org. 
  1. Click on “Create a Profile” to start the registration process. 
  1. Fill in the required fields on the registration page. 
  1. After completing registration, check your email for an activation link. 
  1. Use the link to activate your account, then log in with your credentials. 
  1. Begin building your professional profile, adding employment and education details.  

For help creating your profile and many other resources, click here. 

Guidance for Registration 

The California ECE Workforce Registry offers a user-friendly registration process with tutorial videos in various languages. These tutorials provide step-by-step instructions to guide you through creating your profile: 

English Tutorial: For detailed guidance in English. 

Spanish Tutorial (Español): Video instructivo en español.  

Chinese Tutorial (中文, Cantonese):语视频教程. 

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