Identify the steps in applying for a CDA Credential.
Master the step-by-step process to apply for your CDA Credential — from eligibility and portfolio preparation to observation, submission, and assessment. Includes practical guidance on identifying and demonstrating effective practices with children and the importance of individualized planning for early childhood education and child care centers.Trainings incorporating this outcome
1 hours courses
0.1 CEUs
Related Outcomes
- Identify and understand the requirements of Child Care Subsidy (POC), Child and Adult Food Program, MSDE Child Care Credential, Tiered Reimbursement, and the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund
- Describe the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential
- Identify types of abuse, by identifying signs of abuse and neglect
- Describe the steps teachers should take to identifying challenging behaviors.
- Identify the components of the CDA Home Visitor Professional Portfolio and strategies for completion.
- Identify effective strategies for interviewing potential new staff.
- Identify guidance and discipline strategies to use with various behavior problems.
- Identify appropriate practice for the identification, prevention, and treatment of communicable diseases in childcare.
- Identify ways to examine child behavior to prepare for guidance.
- Identify examples of appropriate activities for different ages.
- Identify materials and equipment for center childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Identify the factors that influence learning
- Identify the signs of child abuse and neglect.
- Identify the types of sun rays and their benefits to young children and the earth.
- Identify examples of how to share breastfeeding policies / breastfeeding support to families and staff
- Identify different types of barriers for mixed ages with disabilities and ways to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.
- Identify causes of obesity in children.
- Identify different types of play.
- Identify necessary information and format for a business plan
- Identify significant events surrounding the evolution of early childhood education throughout the world.
