The Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD) administers the Oregon Registry Trainer Program (ORTP) which includes childhood care and education trainers, the training session approval system, and the Sponsoring Organization system. ORTP implements statewide standards and offers certification for certified trainers, training sessions, and Sponsoring Organizations grounded in best practices, current research, community needs, and adult education. Additionally, the ORTP team develops and approves statewide training in collaboration with experts in the field.
If you have questions or need more information about the Oregon Registry Trainer Program, please call 503-725-8535 or email occdtrainer@pdx.edu.
Certified Training Sessions
Oregon Registry Certified Training sessions are a type of Community Based Training. Community Based Training sessions are trainings that are not credit bearing from a college or university that meet the needs of participants within the childhood care and education profession to move up the Oregon Registry Steps 1-10.
Training sessions are developed by Oregon Registry Certified Community, Master, Specialty Community, and Specialty Master Trainers or registered Sponsoring Organizations to meet targeted needs of participants within the childhood care and education profession to move up the Oregon Registry Steps 1-10. Only certified Oregon Registry Trainers and Sponsoring Organizations may offer Oregon Registry Trainer Program Certified Training.
Certified Trainers
Certified Registry Trainers offer independent certified training sessions accepted by the Oregon Registry, which means the training sessions also satisfy Oregon’s Child Care Licensing Division licensing requirements. If you’d like to find a certified trainer, you can search for the trainer on the Training Calendar.
To learn more, please visit our Certified Registry Trainers page.
Trainer Program Guidebook
The Oregon Registry Trainer Program Guidebook provides resources and supports for Oregon Registry certified trainers and Sponsoring Organizations who provide quality professional development training opportunities for the workforce throughout Oregon.
Sponsoring Organizations
The Oregon Registry Trainer Program partners with organizations that offer training to Oregon’s professionals. Sponsoring Organizations may include resource and referral programs, professional organizations, Head Start programs, and child care training programs.
To learn more, please visit our Sponsoring Organizations page.