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Head Start
Navigating
The Child Development Associate
National and Virginia Early
Childhood Credentialing
Processes
April 5, 2011; 1:45-3:15pm
Prepared for the Office of Head Start by ICF International
Presented By
Kathleen Pathan
Regional Coordinator, Head Start TA Region III
Kathleen.Pathan@icfi.com
Pamela K. Blackburn
Early Childhood Specialist, Virginia Head Start TA Region III
PBlackburn@icfi.com
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Did You Know?
• Over 260,000 awarded
• Over 18,000 awarded annually
• Cooperative agreement between ACYF and
the National Association for the Education of
Young Children (NAEYC)…..
• Created the Council for Professional
Recognition that began administering the CDA
on September 1, 1985
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Benefits of the CDA
• Professional recognition
• Recognized nationwide
• National standards
• Measures competencies
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Benefits of the CDA
Communities benefit because competent
individuals strongly influence the education
and development of children during their
most critical years
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Settings for CDA
A CDA is a person who is able to meet specific needs of
children and who with parents and other adults, nurtures
children’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth.
Center-Based Family Child Care Home Visitor
Infant Toddler Preschool
Bilingual
Bilingual Bilingual
Bilingual
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Settings for CDA
State approved child development
setting
At least 8 or more children enrolled
(center based preschool and infant/toddler)
At least two caregivers who work
with the children on a regular basis.
(center based preschool and infant/toddler)
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Assessment Stages
1. Inquiry
2. Collection of Documentation by the Candidate
3. Application
4. Verification Visit by the Council Representative
5. Credential Award
6. Credential Renewal
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Eligibility
High School Diploma or equivalent, or be a
junior or senior in a high school vocational
program in early childhood education
480 hours of experience in appropriate
setting
120 Clock Hours Education in Eight ECE
Subject Areas
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Subject Areas
1. Planning a safe, healthy learning
environment
2. Steps to advance children’s physical
and intellectual development
3. Positive ways to support children’s
social and emotional development
4. Strategies to establish productive
relationships with families
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Subject Areas
5. Strategies to manage an effective
program operation
6. Maintaining a commitment to
professionalism
7. Observing and recording children’s
behavior
8. Principles of child development and
learning.
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Education
College Credit or non college credit
No fewer than 10 hours in each
subject areas
Training obtained at conferences or
from individual consultants is not
acceptable.
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Training Hours
Includes but is not limited to:
Early Childhood Education/child care
programs
Vocational and technical schools
Two year junior and community colleges
Four-year colleges and universities
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Opportunities
Within individual programs
“Cluster” training sessions where several
programs participate
Trainer/consultant “directory” where
programs share trainers
Articulation Agreements
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Verification of Training Provided
Transcript
Certificate
Letter
Candidate must cite the number of clock
hours completed in each required area of
study on the Direct Assessment
Application Form
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Essentials for CDA
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Assessment Stages
1. Inquiry
2. Collection of Documentation by the Candidate
3. Application
4. Verification Visit by the Council Representative
5. Credential Award
6. Credential Renewal
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CDA Application Requirements
• Completed, accurate CDA Application
• $325
• Completed Observation Instrument
• Parent Questionnaires
• Documentation and verification of
meeting eligibility requirements
(experience/education)
• Professional Resources File
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Professional Resource File
Collection of materials used by the
Candidate
Provides a picture of what Candidate
values in their work
Provides opportunity to locate resources
and articulate their own view of their
work in early childhood programs
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Professional Resource File
• Arrangement
– Portable, creative, professional, manageable
• Contents
• Autobiography
– 300 word statement (who you are and why you chose to work
with young children )
• Statements of Competence
– Statements of Competence
» Writes six based on competency goals, 200-500 words each
• Resource Collection (17 specific items)
– Organized by Competency Goal areas
– Numbered for easy reference
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Advisor Eligibility Requirements
Combination of Education and Experience
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Formal Observation
Conduct one or more
(2.5-3 hours in length)
Conducted and
dated within six
months before
submission of
application
(original
returned to the
candidate in
sealed
envelope)
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Assessment Stages
1. Inquiry
2. Collection of Documentation by the Candidate
3. Application
4. Verification Visit by the Council Representative
5. Credential Award
6. Credential Renewal
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Pacing
• Applications accepted on a rolling
basis
• Verification visit occurs within 90
days from the date the Council
receives your complete and correct
application
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Suggestions and Tips
• Develop and implement a timeline and
follow it
• Use the Candidate Checklist
• Check the Direct Assessment Application
for any mistakes or omissions before
mailing it to the Council
• Remember that programs may provide
their own training!
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Assessment Stages
1. Inquiry
2. Collection of Documentation by the Candidate
3. Application
4. Verification Visit by the Council Representative
5. Credential Award
6. Credential Renewal
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Verification Visit
The original, completed Professional Resource File
Include a copy of the Autobiographical Statement
Include a copy of the Statements of Competence
A sealed envelope containing the CDA Assessment
Observation Instrument
A sealed envelope containing the Parent Opinion
Questionnaires
The Competency Standards book you purchased
A photo identification card (your I.D.)
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Conclusion of Visit
– The Original Autobiography
– The Original Statements of
Competence
– The 17 item Resource Collection from
the Professional Resource File
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What does the Council Receive?
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Assessment Stages
1. Inquiry
2. Collection of Documentation by the Candidate
3. Application
4. Verification Visit by the Council Representative
5. Credential Award
6. Credential Renewal
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Congratulations!
CDA
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Assessment Stages
1. Inquiry
2. Collection of Documentation by the Candidate
3. Application
4. Verification Visit by the Council Representative
5. Credential Award
6. Credential Renewal
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Renewal
• Valid for three years
• Current Red Cross or other agency First Aid Certificate
• 4.5 Continuing Education Units or three-credit-hour course
• Recent work experience with young children- minimum of
80 hours
• Letter of Recommendation
• Membership in early childhood organization
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Second Setting Credential
• Hold an active CDA credential
• Original must have been earned on or after January
1, 1993
• A minimum of 45 clock hours of training specific to
the second setting. The hours may be part of the
original 120 formal training clock hours or
additional training
• An Observation by an Advisor selected by the
Candidate
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Second Setting Credential
• Minimum of 60 clock hours of work experience with
children of the second setting/age group, accrued
over a period of no less than three months within
the past five years
• Parent Opinion Questionnaires from the parents of
the children in the second setting/age group class.
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Questions?
CDA
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Virginia
Credentials
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VIRGINIA Credential Options
• Virginia Infant Toddler Credential
• Virginia Early Childhood
Development Credential
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Weighing the Options
VA Early Childhood VA Infant/ Toddler
Development Credential
CDA Credential
Renewal Every Three Years N/A N/A
19 credit hours
Training Hours 120 19 credit hours (specific courses)
( specific courses) Six hours in
infant/toddler
courses
Experience 480 480 480
Education Must hold a high school Must be enrolled Must be enrolled
diploma, or equivalent, or must in a Virginia in a Virginia
be a junior or senior in a high community community
school vocational program in college college.
early education
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Weighing the Options
CDA Preschool Infant/Toddler
Recognized Nationally By OHS for use By OHS In
In Virginia Virginia
Setting State approved Must have 480 hours Must have 480
child development experience, but do not hours experience,
setting have to be working in but do not have to
a child development be working in a
setting child development
setting
Fees $18.00 for $10.00 to submit $10.00 to submit
Application Packet, application, cost of application, cost
$325.00 to submit course work of course work
application
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Resources
Council for Professional Recognition
www.cdacouncil.org
Virginia’s Community Colleges
www.vccs.edu
Virginia Child Care Resource and Referral Network
www.vachildcare.org
Smart Beginnings
www.smartbeginnings.org
Child Day Care Provider Scholarship Program
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cc/scholarship.cgi
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Kathleen Pathan
Regional Coordinator, Head Start TA Region III
Kathleen.Pathan@icfi.com
Pamela K. Blackburn
Early Childhood Specialist, Virginia Head Start TA Region III
pblackburn@icfi.com
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