How-Tos & Updates

Enrolling New Hires into the PLN Portal

Here is the direct link to the enrollment form, the PLN portal, and the section on the learning portal for new hires to go to.

PLN Portal: www.startearly.org/PLN

Enrollment Form: https://startearly.csod.com/selfreg/register.aspx?p=startearly&c=pln

Once the enrollment is confirmed and approved, your new hire will receive an email containing their account login information. Then they will be able to register for professional learning opportunities via their account.

Please Note: If they previously had an account with the Professional Learning Network during their time at another agency or program, please click here or contact PLNSupport@StartEarly.org to update their pre-existing account.

What's My Team?

The Professional Learning Network learning portal offers a feature allowing supervisors to access all information, development activities, and action items for their staff called My Team. My Team is designed to give supervisors greater visibility into all their staffs' learning and performance activities, all from a single easy-to-use tab.

Supervisors can view and do the following:

  • Vies Tasks - Assigned Training

  • View Profile - User Profile, Transcript, Certificates

  • View Registration Status for a Session

  • Assign or Register Staff into Training

  • Add External Training to Staff Transcripts

  • Print Transcript/Certificates

  • Print My Team content

To set up or update your My Team contact PLNSupport.

Accessing My Team

To access the My Team page:

1. Log into your account at PLN.
2. Locate My Team in the purple bar and click.
3. Locate the staff member you wish to review on the left-hand side of the screen and click.

Certificates of Completion

A good rule of thumb is to print and save a digital copy of your certificate of completion as soon as you complete your session and hold on to it. When your programs recommend you for certification, this will assist in verifying your completion for certain requirements. You may also need the copies if you are applying for a certification. As an individual, you can print your own course completion certificate.

Here are steps on how to print a certificate:

1. Go to the Start Early professional development website and log in: www.startearly.org/PLN
2. Go to the Professional Development tab, scroll down to “my transcript".
3. Locate the Active button on the page, change it to Completed, and click on it.
4. Click on the title of the event you want to print a certificate for.
5. Scroll down to the Training Progress Details section, locate Print Certificate, and click.
6. 1. You can save and print your certificate.

Print Your Transcripts

Here are steps on how to access your transcripts:

1. Go to the PLN Portal and log in.
2. Go to the Professional Development tab, scroll down to My Transcripts.
3. Locate the Active button on the page, click on the arrow pointing down.
4. Change it to Completed.
5. To print your transcripts, click on the Options button and select Print Transcripts.
6. Click Print.
7. To print proof for a specific training session, click on the title of the training and hit the print button on your internet browser.

Interested in a specific session?

Sign up to get an alert when a new session is posted. Here are the steps on how to set an alert for a new session via the Catalog:

1. Log into the PLN portal: www.startearly.org/PLN
2. Go to the Professional Development tab, scroll down and click on Browse Training Catalog.
3. Events are listed in alphabetical order, scroll down and click on the title of the training.
4. Click on the down arrow located on the Select a Session button and click on the “Notify Me of New Sessions” link.
5. Select your location or check the 'Notify me when sessions are scheduled at any location' box and click submit.

Got a New Professional Learning Network Session Available Email?

So, you have been notified that a session you are interested is available and open for registration. What do you do next? Log into your account and register. Below are steps on to do that.

Here are the steps on how to register for a session via the Catalog:

1. Log into your PLN account.
2. Go to the Professional Development tab
3. Scroll down to Browse Training Catalog and click
4. Events are listed in alphabetical order, scroll down, and click on the title of the training
5. Click on 'Select a Session'
6. Click on 'View Details'
7. Click on 'Request"

En español
Estos son los pasos sobre cómo registrarse para una sesión a través del Catálogo:

1. Inicie sesión en su cuenta PLN.
2. Vaya a la pestaña Desarrollo profesional.
3. Desplácese hacia abajo hasta Examinar catálogo de capacitación y haz clic.
4. Los eventos se enumeran en orden alfabético, desplácese hacia abajo y haga clic en el título de la capacitación
5. Haz clic en 'Seleccionar una sesión'
6. Haz clic en 'Ver detalles'
7. Haz clic en "Solicitar".

SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE?

The Professional Learning Network would like to know:

1. Log into your account on the PLN Portal: www.startearly.org/PLN
2. Hover above the gear icon located on the upper right-hand side of the screen.
3. Click "My Account".
4. Scroll down to 'Other Languages Spoken' and make your selections.
5. Click Save.

Adding Your Gateways Registry Member ID# to Your PLN Portal Account

Need to add your Gateways Registry Member I.D. # to your account? Or add a photo to your profile? Log into the Start Early: Professional Learning Network learning portal by going to (don’t remember your credentials? Click Forgot Password).

1. Go to www.startearly.org/PLN and log in.
2. Hover above the gear icon located in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
3. Click "My Account".
4. Update information as necessary and click Save.

Registration Policy

Trainees are required to register at least 24 hours prior to the course start time

Any questions can be emailed directly to PLNSupport@startearly.org

New PLN Attendance Policy

Success in a learning event is dependent on active participation and engagement by the attendee throughout the course. Attendees are required to participate in the session activities, discussions, and be on time. Participation is defined as greater than 90% attendance of the scheduled virtual session time.

As of January 1, 2022, the Professional Learning Network implemented these attendance requirements to obtain credit for attending virtual sessions:

  • 1-hour session (6-minute grace period)

  • 1.5-hour session (9-minute grace period)

  • 2-hour session (12-minute grace period)

  • 2.5-hour session (15-minute grace period)

  • 3-hour session (18-minute grace period)

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