Quick Guide: How to Become ECE Qualified 🎒 (Colorado)

Quick Guide: How to Become ECE Qualified 🎒 (Colorado)


Step 1: Fill out this Reference Contact form.
Step 2: Sign HelloSubs Contract (This was sent to you in a separate email from ZohoSign.)  
Step 3: Complete the HelloSubs New Hire Orientation (45-50 minutes)
Step 4: Schedule and complete your Colorado Background Check.  
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Step 5: Sign the following FIVE online documents.  
Document 1: TRAILS form
Document 4: Child Abuse Report Form  

Step 6: Have you lived outside of Colorado within the last FIVE (5) years? If YES, follow the instructions within this article to complete the Out of State Background Check. If NO, continue to Step 7.

InfoThe following items will be submitted using the Onboarding Portal

Step 7: Download and print this Health Check form and have it filled out by a health care professional. If you already have an employment health form from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, school, or a previous employer, then you can just upload it to your Onboarding Portal!

Where does HelloSubs suggest I go for my health evaluation? 


Need more information on the health check? Visit this article. 


Step 8: Create a PDIS account HERE.  When creating an account, input the HelloSubs license number on registration: 1773516.   


Once logged in to your PDIS account, complete the following eight (8) PDIS trainings:  

As you complete each training, please upload your certificate/s to the Onboarding Portal. 

  1. Standard Precautions, including Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and Immunizations 
  2. Infant Safe Sleep Practices 
  3. Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect 
  4. Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma 
  5. Injury Prevention for Child Care Centers 
  6. Playground Safety for Child Care Centers 
  7. Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Child Care Providers
  8. Colorado Early Learning and Development Guidelines
  9. Introduction to First Aid**
    1. **Only required if no In-Person CPR/First Aid certification on file
Step 10: Complete your CPR and First Aid Training. NOTE: While the online PDIS course Introduction to First Aid is sufficient for ECE Onboarding, an In-Person CPR/First Aid course is required to be eligible for Lead Teacher job types. In-person CPR/First Aid courses must be completed through an approved CDEC vendor. Check out this article for more details: https://support.hellosubs.co/portal/en/kb/articles/cpr-first-aid-certification-for-early-childhood-co.
Quick Tip: The CPR certificate must list "Child", "Infant", "Pediatric", or similar to be considered valid for Early Childcare purposes. Any course for Adult CPR/First Aid only will not be accepted.

Step 11: Summer Camps require one additional signature document. If you are interested in Summer Camp roles, complete this two-minute form: SACC Staff Signature Page.

Step 12: AFTER you complete five worked days, email the receipts to support@hellosubs.co. HelloSubs will reimburse up to $200 for your out-of-pocket expenses (CPR, health check, background check).

Contract renewal, expiring documents, and annual professional development: After initial activation, HelloSubs will keep in touch throughout the year to ensure that all ECE documents are up to date. For more information on professional development and document renewal, review this article.

You’re done! Enjoy subbing early childhood! 😊