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Time for a Change?

 

 

 

Start Your New Season With Us?

You have made an awesome decision for your career. The Child Development (CDA) Program is an essential step towards furthering your career goal as an ECE professional.

 

You are a life-long learner in this field and CDA program is a milestone for those working in the early childhood and education field.

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Prerequisite 

Participants must be working with young children regularly either in a paid or volunteer position to fulfill their coursework requirements. Please follow all state regulations in regard to volunteer programs in childcare Federal  background checks, fingerprinting maybe required. Please check your state rules and regulations.

 

For GA residents please visit http://decal.ga.gov/Default.aspx. 

GA residents will have to get a federal background check using the LIVESCAN system adopted by Bright From the Start and fingerprinting.  

Learning objectives:

 

CDA Candidates after the program will be able to:

  • Plan safe, healthy environments to invite learning

  • Facilitate steps to advance children’s physical and intellectual development

  • Create positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development

  • Develop strategies to establish productive relationships with families

  • Facilitate strategies to manage an effective program operation

  • Maintain a commitment to professionalism

  • Observe and record children’s behavior

  • Apply principles of child growth and development

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CDA Tuition & Fees

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Course Overview

 

The candidate must complete a course- 

120 hours of early childhood education training.

 

This course will cover 8 CDA subject areas which includes growth and development of children birth to 5 years, with no fewer than 10 training hours in each of the following subject areas:

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- Planning a safe and healthy learning environment.
- Advancing children's physical and intellectual development.
- Supporting children's social and emotional development.
- Building productive relationships with families.
- Managing an effective program operation.
- Maintaining a commitment to professionalism.
- Observing and recording children's behavior.
- Understanding principles of child development and learning.

 

 Knowledge Giver only provides the first 120 clock hours and does not determine the certification of CDA candidates who are taking the course as early childhood teachers or make decision of certification on behalf of the Council of Professional Recognition. All decisions on CDA certifications and candidacy is based on the decision of the Council for Professional Recognition.  

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