TERMS & POLICIES

No liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. The authors and publisher assume no responsibility for errors and omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. It is not intended as legal advice. This information is intended to be used as a guide and users should consult with local legal counsel for applicable advice regarding the applicability of provided language to their specific program and/or regarding any changes they make thereto.

Per the Child Care Minimum Standards §746.1319, clock hours of training must be completed in a realistic reflection of time. For example, it should take a participant 8 hours to complete 8 clock hours of training. It is not realistic for a participant to complete more clock hours of training than the total number of hours worked in that day. It is not realistic for a participant to complete more clock hours of training in a single day than there are waking hours in a day.

Smith Early Care and Education, LLC and Tym The Trainer are not responsible for training certificates questioned or not accepted by Child Care Regulations or Texas Rising Star when clock hours are not completed in a realistic reflection of time. This is the responsibility of the participant and the Director to manage.

Participants are required to have Instructor Led hours each year. Please see the definition of Instructor Led training in the child care minimum standards §746.123(39). In order for a training to be instructor-led, the training must include an opportunity for the student to interact with the instructor to obtain clarifications and information beyond the scope of the training material. For such an opportunity to exist, the instructor must communicate with the student in a timely fashion, including answering questions, providing feedback on skills practice, providing guidance or information on additional resources, and the ability to interact with the student.

Participants can message Tym The Trainer through our website, call or email with any questions or if they need more information beyond the scope of the material. It is the individual participant and director's responsibility to check with your local Texas Rising Star mentor and local Child Care Regulations inspector for their individual interpretation of instructor-led trainings. This varies around the state with each individual mentor and inspector. Smith Early Care and Education, LLC and Tym The Trainer is not responsible for ensuring trainings completed meet the expectations of each individual inspector and/or mentor.

Participants attending in-person trainings give their permission to be videotaped and/or photographed. EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, LLC dba TYM THE TRAINER of Lewisville, Texas shall have total and sole ownership of the video/audio tapes or photographs, including the right to edit, broadcast, reproduce and to offer for sale to the public. SMITH EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, LLC dba TYM THE TRAINER shall own the rights to copyright and the right to license others to use the video/audio tapes and photographs. This consent and release is intended by me to be used by SMITH EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, LLC dba TYM THE TRAINER forever and throughout the world and for whatever purpose SMITH EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, LLC dba TYM THE TRAINER of Lewisville, Texas feels appropriate.

No credits given to participants in the video/audio tapes or photographs, or in any subsidiary works utilizing them in whole or in part. No payment given to participants for appearing in the video/audio tapes or photographs, or in any subsidiary works utilizing them in whole or in part. Participants waive any rights or interest in and to the video/audio tapes or photographs, and will have no claim of any kind whatsoever against SMITH EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, LLC dba TYM THE TRAINER, its executors, licenses, successors or assignees based on the exercise of any rights granted hereunder or the use of the video/audio tapes or photographs.

Participants waive the right to inspect and/or approve the product of SMITH EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, LLC dba TYM THE TRAINER that utilize the video/audio tapes or photographs, including any written copy that may be created in connection therewith. Participants warrant they are of full legal age, have full legal authority, and are otherwise competent to agree to this Release.