Texas Child-Care Administrator Annual 15 Hours · CPA
A 15-hour self-paced continuing education course for child-care administrators responsible for a Child-Placing Agency. It covers administrator duties, placement oversight, personnel, records, rights, safety, incident response, and agency-specific responsibilities.
Who this course is for
Texas general residential operation or child-placing agency administrators.
A nursing license is not required merely to take this course. State designation qualifications may include separate education, experience, or professional-license requirements.
- Clock hours
- 15.0
- Format
- Self-paced online
- Final assessment
- 47 questions
- Course price
- $199
What you will be prepared to do
These outcomes come directly from the reviewed course modules. They describe what the instruction teaches, not a promise that course completion alone qualifies someone for a position or license.
- Identify the four layers of Texas child-care regulation (Human Resources Code Chapter 42 and 26 TAC Chapters 745, 748 and 749) and state which chapter sets the minimum standards for a general residential operation and which for a child-placing agency.
- Explain what 26 TAC 748.881 and 749.881 require about trauma-informed care in pre-service training, and distinguish that training duty from an operating model that the administrator must design and measure.
- Apply the Family Code definitions of abuse, neglect and exploitation and the Chapter 748 child rights and prohibited technique standards to a residential or child-placing setting.
- Explain the licensed administrator's supervisory duties under 26 TAC 748.535 and 748.683 for general residential operations and 749.635 and 749.667 for child-placing agencies, including what delegation does and does not transfer.
- Describe the administrator's risk management duties under 26 TAC 748.151, 748.153 and 748.158 and maintain a working risk register.
- Explain the fiscal duties of a GRO administrator under 26 TAC 748.151 and 748.161 and of a CPA administrator under 749.151 and 749.161, including the CPA choice between an independent review and proof of reserves.
How the course works
The passing score is 80%. Questions and answer choices are randomized. After three failed attempts, you review the missed modules before receiving another randomized attempt set.
- 1
Complete the lessons
Work through each lesson and complete the required engaged seat time. Progress saves as you go.
- 2
Use the knowledge checks
Each module includes ungraded practice with immediate explanations and unlimited retries.
- 3
Take the final assessment
The assessment is untimed, saves your answers, and remains resumable for 24 hours after your last activity.
- 4
Receive your certificate
After you pass and complete the required identity step, AdminClear issues the certificate and adds it to your account record.
Complete course outline
Open any module to see its main objective, lesson count, practice-question count, time allocation, and governing requirement.
Module 1Minimum standards and regulatory compliance for residential operations and child-placing agencies
Identify the four layers of Texas child-care regulation (Human Resources Code Chapter 42 and 26 TAC Chapters 745, 748 and 749) and state which chapter sets the minimum standards for a general residential operation and which for a child-placing agency.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983(a): to maintain a full administrator's license, 15 clock hours of continuing education each year; 26 TAC 745.8985: training must be directly relevant to the type of administrator's license and completed as an attendee only; screened to the Child Care Regulation Handbook section 9610 (professional-level training directly related to residential child care or business management, not direct-care-level training and not an organization's internal policies)
Module 2Trauma-informed care leadership
Explain what 26 TAC 748.881 and 749.881 require about trauma-informed care in pre-service training, and distinguish that training duty from an operating model that the administrator must design and measure.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983: a licensed child-care administrator with a full license must complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year; 745.8985 requires that training be directly relevant to the type of administrator's license held, completed as an attendee, and counted once if repeated within the two-year period
Module 3Child safety: abuse and neglect reporting, serious incidents, investigations
Apply the Family Code definitions of abuse, neglect and exploitation and the Chapter 748 child rights and prohibited technique standards to a residential or child-placing setting.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983: a licensed child-care administrator must complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year to maintain a full administrator's license; AdminClear screens module content to 26 TAC 745.8985 and 745.8997 and CCR Handbook 9610, so it is professional-level and not internal agency policy or direct-care training
Module 4Staff supervision, development, and retention
Explain the licensed administrator's supervisory duties under 26 TAC 748.535 and 748.683 for general residential operations and 749.635 and 749.667 for child-placing agencies, including what delegation does and does not transfer.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983 requires a licensed child-care administrator to complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year; the hours must be professional-level and relevant to residential child care or child-placing management, and this module meets that requirement for staff supervision, development, and retention under 26 TAC Chapters 748 and 749.
Module 5Risk management and incident review
Describe the administrator's risk management duties under 26 TAC 748.151, 748.153 and 748.158 and maintain a working risk register.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983: a licensed child-care administrator must complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year to maintain a full administrator's license; AdminClear screens module content to 26 TAC 745.8985 and 745.8997 and CCR Handbook 9610, so it is professional-level and not internal agency policy or direct-care training
Module 6Business and financial management
Explain the fiscal duties of a GRO administrator under 26 TAC 748.151 and 748.161 and of a CPA administrator under 749.151 and 749.161, including the CPA choice between an independent review and proof of reserves.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983 requires a licensed child-care administrator to complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year; the hours must be professional-level and relevant to residential child care or child-placing management, and this module meets that requirement for business and financial management under 26 TAC Chapters 748 and 749.
Module 7Emergency preparedness
Explain the emergency evacuation and relocation plan, diagram, exit, lighting and latch requirements in 26 TAC 748.3231 through 748.3237 and the foster home disaster plan requirements in 749.2907.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983: a licensed child-care administrator with a full license must complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year; 745.8985 requires that training be directly relevant to the type of administrator's license held, completed as an attendee, and counted once if repeated within the two-year period
Module 8Ethics and legal responsibilities of the licensed administrator
Describe the responsibilities that 26 TAC 748.535 and 749.635 place on the licensed administrator and explain why an administrator may assign a task but not the responsibility.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983(a): to maintain a full administrator's license, the administrator must complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year. Under 745.8985, the training must be directly relevant to the type of administrator's license held, taken as an attendee, and counted once in the two-year period. This module covers ethics and the legal responsibilities of the licensed administrator under Chapters 745, 748, and 749.
Module 9CPA track: foster and adoptive home verification and placement oversight
Explain how the screening interviews and information requirements in 26 TAC 749.2445 to 749.2453 build the evidence for a verification decision, how risk indicators must be documented, and how foster-adoptive homes and legal risk placements are treated under Subchapter P.
- practice questions
- 4
- Requirement covered
- 26 TAC 745.8983(a): to maintain a full administrator's license, the administrator must complete 15 clock hours of continuing education each year. Under 745.8985, the training must be directly relevant to the type of license held. This module is the child-placing agency track, covering foster home screening, verification, and placement oversight under 26 TAC Chapter 749, Subchapters H, M, and N.
What happens after you pass
Certificate issuance is separate from the assessment score. Required seat time, module completion, a passing assessment, and identity verification must all be present.
- Download the certificate PDF in English or Spanish when that course language is available.
- The certificate records the course, clock hours, start date, completion date, trainer, provider, and certificate number.
- An issued certificate includes a signed QR link to its public verification record.
- The agency record and training requirements recalculate after issuance.
Published course description
Published October 15, 2026. This course description and the Refund Policy are published before Texas sales are enabled.
Read the Refund Policy