Qualifications Minimum: An Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education, or directly related field, or a current CDA (Child Development Associate). Experience working with children in child care a ...

For preschool or child care directors, states vary in their licensure requirements. The child development associate credential is the most common requirement for child care center directors.

The CDA credential qualifies you to work in private childcare and daycare facilities with children aged birth through 5 years.

The Educational Unit for Child Care Services (EUCCS) offers the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential training program and the Kentucky Director Credential Program. EUCCS classes are offered on ...

the state requires only that preschool teachers hold a Child Development Associate Permit, which calls for less than a year’s worth of formal training and a few months’ worth of in-classroom ...

That includes Victoria Roudybush, who enrolled in the program in 2021 to earn a child development associate credential and chose to pursue an associate degree after. “My passion has always been ...