OpsCore CCR

The credential, taught from the rules.

The Texas Day Care Administrator's Credential, built so that every hour and every grade can be proved against the state's own learning objectives.

Units
16
Lessons
81
Objectives
42

120 h instruction 24 h practicum

The course guide, a veteran centre director in a teal cardigan.
Your guideEvery lesson opens on the rule it teaches. Then we walk it through a real room.
  1. 16 units · 144 clock hoursThe pathEvery unit, in the order a director needs it
  2. Chapter 746, quotedTaught from the rulesThe rule is the lesson, and the server keeps the gates
  3. 42 state objectivesEvery grade explains itselfScored by the system, or by a person, with a reason
  4. 24 hours, signedThe practicumAt a licensed Texas centre, witnessed by its supervisor
  5. Scored against the ruleSimulationsPractice the morning rush before you run one
  6. Kept at least 3 yearsRecords for a reviewBuilt for the visit nobody announces
  7. Texas centre directorsWho it is forAdults studying after a working shift
  8. Not priced yetWhere it standsPrepared for recognition, and said plainly

Forty seconds, and who it is for.

The director you are about to promote, the evening she studies in, and the record it leaves.

Walk the path
The path · 16 units · 144 clock hours

Sixteen units, in the order a director needs them.

16 units, 81 lessons and 120 hours of instruction, then a 24-hour practicum: 144 clock hours in all, every one of them tied to the objective it evidences.

Orientation 2 h

  1. Unit 0The Director's Legal Landscape2 h · 3 lessons

Child development 76 h

  1. Unit 1Ages & Stages of Development10 h · 5 lessons
  2. Unit 2Infant & Toddler Care: Safe Sleep, Feeding & Daily Care8 h · 5 lessons
  3. Unit 3The Learning Environment & Curriculum10 h · 6 lessons
  4. Unit 4Guidance & Discipline8 h · 5 lessons
  5. Unit 5Health Practices10 h · 7 lessons
  6. Unit 6Safety, Supervision & Ratios12 h · 8 lessons
  7. Unit 7Emergency Preparedness & Fire Safety6 h · 4 lessons
  8. Unit 8Observation, Documentation & Child Protection6 h · 4 lessons
  9. Unit 9Families, Community & Program Philosophy6 h · 6 lessons

Business management 36 h

  1. Unit 10The Management Cycle: Goals, Planning & Evaluation8 h · 5 lessons
  2. Unit 11Fiscal Management: Budgeting, Pricing & Purchasing6 h · 3 lessons
  3. Unit 12People: Hiring, Training, Supervision & Evaluation8 h · 6 lessons
  4. Unit 13Leadership, Professionalism & Communication6 h · 5 lessons
  5. Unit 14Operating the Center: Procedures, Records, Nutrition & Compliance8 h · 5 lessons

Capstone 6 h

  1. Unit 15Capstone: Chapter 746 Compliance Audit6 h · 4 lessons
Practicum24 hours at a licensed Texas centre, every entry signed by the site supervisor.
Final exam67 questions. Passing means 80% overall, at least 70% in every domain, and all 15 critical items right.
The credentialIssued only when all three are met, the capstone audit is scored Meets or Exceeds, and the learner's identity is verified.
Taught from the rules · Chapter 746, quoted

Competing programs are recognized. This one is auditable.

Sixteen units, eighty-one lessons and 144 clock hours including a 24-hour practicum, every one of them tied to the objective it evidences. The difference is what is left behind after the learner finishes.

The rule is the content
Every lesson quotes the governing Chapter 746 rule and links to its exact page in the official PDF. The learner reads the policy before anyone explains it to them, which is also how they will have to work once they are running a centre.
Progress the learner cannot talk their way past
A lesson finishes when credited active time and the check both clear. A unit finishes when the quiz clears, every critical item is correct and the artifacts are in. The next unit unlocks after that, and the server decides, not the browser.
Objective by objective, provable
The whole design answers one question: can you show, record by record, that this learner met all 42 state learning objectives. Every grade traces to one.

Cite, do not paraphrase

A paraphrase of a rule is somebody’s opinion about a rule. Lessons quote the section and link the page, so a director learns to read the source they will be held to.

Gates the server enforces

Time credited on real activity, checks at eighty per cent, critical items that must be right. Nothing unlocks because a page was left open.

Written down while it happens

Scores, overrides and supervisor attestations are recorded as they occur and kept for at least three years, which is what makes a record survive a review.

Every grade explains itself · 42 state objectives

Every grade explains itself.

A score shows the learning objective behind it, the rubric level, who scored it and when. Where an instructor overrides what the system scored, the override carries a reason.

Objective 17 · Unit 4 of 16Met

A written discipline policy, scored against the rubric it was set from.

  • Reflects the prohibited practices in ruleSystem
  • Names who may authorise each methodSystem
  • Gives staff a usable procedure, not a restatementInstructor · overridden, with reason
  • Written for the parents who must be given itSystem

Demonstration record. Invented learner, real course structure.

Knowledge scored by the system, performance by people
The platform scores what can be scored and puts performance artifacts in front of an instructor for confirmation or override. Judgement stays with a person; consistency stays with the system.
An override is never silent
Only an instructor may override a score. Every override needs a reason, and it cannot be changed once it is saved.
The practicum · 24 hours, signed

A practicum that is actually witnessed.

Practicum hours happen at a licensed Texas centre, are logged in the platform and are electronically signed by the site supervisor. Hours nobody can verify are worth nothing in a review, so they are not accepted on trust.

Two women at a classroom counter, one signing a document while the other looks on.
Six practicum hours signed by the site supervisor who watched them, and the rest credited on real active time.Demonstration record. Invented learner, real course structure.
Can our centre supervise it?
Yes, if the supervising person meets the director qualification rule. They verify the hours and attest to the artifacts they observed, and both are signed in the platform.
24 of the 144 hours
The practicum is part of the clock hours, not an extra, and it is recorded entry by entry like everything else.
Simulations · Scored against the rule

Practice the morning before you run one.

Simulations put the rule in a room and score the learner against the rule it comes from.

A centre lobby at drop-off: a director with a clipboard and a teacher greeting arriving families.
Unit 6 · built

Ratio Rush

Staff four rooms through the morning rush against the §746.1601 ratio chart, and see the moment a room goes over.

A licensing inspector crouching by a classroom wall with a flashlight while the guide looks on.
Unit 7 · coming next

Inspection Walk

Walk a classroom and find what a licensing inspector would find.

Records for a review · Kept at least 3 years

Records built for an unannounced review.

Anything a learner, instructor or supervisor does leaves a record. Records are retained for at least three years and feed the state renewal form, because Child Care Regulation may audit without notice.

Written down while it happens
Scores, overrides and supervisor attestations are recorded as they occur, not reconstructed afterwards.
Course material stays with the course
Selection, copy and print are disabled, each learner’s view is watermarked, and the page blurs when it loses focus. Stated openly as deterrence, and never at the expense of assistive technology.
Who it is for · Texas centre directors

Who this is for.

Adults already working in Texas child care, studying for the job they are about to be given.

A director kneeling at a low table alongside two young children working on an activity, in a bright classroom hung with children’s art.
The job the credential is for. Everything in the course is aimed at this room.
A woman reading a binder at a desk under a lamp in the evening, a laptop open beside her and forms pinned to the wall behind.
And the evening it is studied in, after the shift that paid for it. Photography shot for OpsCore CCR.
Built for adults studying after a shift
Phone-first and fully usable on a laptop, because the learner is a teacher or assistant director fitting study around a working day. Calm and clear, with no gamified noise.
English now, Spanish-ready by construction
Every string is externalized and every layout tolerates roughly thirty per cent longer text, so Spanish is a translation job rather than a rebuild. Rule quotations stay in the state’s official English.

The lessons are set in a centre you will recognise, with four people in it.

  • Illustration of your guide.Your guideA veteran director who walks each rule through a real room.
  • Illustration of the new director.The new directorLearning the job the way the learner is.
  • Illustration of the lead teacher.The lead teacherThe classroom the rules are about.
  • Illustration of the inspector.The inspectorThe licensing visit the records are for.
Where it stands · Not priced yet

Where the program stands.

OpsCore CCR is prepared for recognition by Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation under 26 TAC Chapter 745, Subchapter P. It is not recognized yet, and we will not describe it as recognized, approved or accredited until the Certificate of Recognition issues. Texas enrollment stays locked until that certificate and the workforce exemption letter are both recorded.

There are no learners yet, so there are no pass rates, testimonials or outcomes on this page. When there are, they will be real ones. A credential program that oversells itself is the last place you want to learn what a regulator does about it.

Pricing coming soon

Not priced yet.

Pricing is not set while recognition is pending. Tell us how many of your staff need the credential and we will size it with you when enrollment opens.

Straight answers.

Who is the program for?

Adults working in Texas child care who need the Day Care Administrator’s Credential to be designated a centre director. Most are already teachers, lead caregivers or assistant directors.

Is the program recognized by the state?

Not yet, and we will not say otherwise until it is. It is prepared for recognition by Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation under 26 TAC Chapter 745, Subchapter P. Enrollment stays closed until the Certificate of Recognition and the workforce exemption letter are both in hand.

What does the credential let someone do?

It is one of the ways a person qualifies to be designated the director of a licensed child-care centre under the director qualification rules. What it does not do is promise anyone a job, and this program will never claim it does.

How long does it take?

144 clock hours in total, including the 24-hour practicum. How quickly that is covered depends on the learner, because the hours are credited on real active time rather than on the calendar.

Can our centre supervise the practicum?

Yes, if the supervising person meets the director qualification rule. They verify the hours and attest to the artifacts they observed, and both are signed in the platform.

What does it cost?

Not set yet. Tell us how many staff you are putting through it and we will work it out with you.

Ask for one unit.

We will walk you through a unit end to end: the rule it quotes, what the learner has to produce, and the record a reviewer would be shown afterwards.

Enquire about CCR
  • Texas centre directors
  • 144 clock hours
  • 24-hour practicum