State Board Approval Date:	December 5, 1996
Implementation Date:	Winter 1997
Last Updated:	09/13/01

Child Development Associate I, TCC

Table Of Contents

General Program Standards

Admission Requirements

Program Numbering

Program Course Consistency and Sequence

Program Course List

Admissions

Required Age:		18	High School Diploma or GED Required?	Yes
Minimum Test Scores
	Reading:	38
	Mathematics:	31
	English:	38
	Other	N/A

Program Structure

Statement

A Major Code of CDA1 and a CIP Code of 190709 are applied to the Child Development Associate I TCC program

Explanatory Comment

Assignment of a statewide Major Code CDA 1 and CIP Code 190709 to the program is the basis from which statewide programmatic consistency is developed.

Each degree/diploma/certificate program complies with the assigned Major Code(s) established in the relevant program-specific standards of the State Board of Technical and Adult Education.

Evaluative Criteria

Each authorized degree/diploma/certificate program is assigned a Major Program Code and a CIP Code.

Each degree/diploma/certificate program having a given Major Code is consistent with all other programs throughout the State which have the same Major Code.

Degree/diploma/certificate programs having multiple specializations are assigned a specialization Major Code for each option.

Program Course Consistency and Sequence

Statement

The Child Development Associate I TCC program utilizes essential course components consistent with statewide program requirements. Specific course alphanumeric identification codes are assigned to each course.

Explanatory Comment

Programs are assigned an identical Major Code CDA 1 and are consistent statewide. Each specific course is assigned an alphanumeric descriptor that serves as the statewide course identification code.

Evaluative Criteria

The Child Development Associate I TCC program is assigned a Major Code of CDA 1, and utilizes essential components designated for that program number statewide.

Program Title

Child Development Associate I, TCC

Program Description

The CDA I Certificate Program is designed to meet the training needs of persons already working in the field of early care and education. Persons enrolling in this program must have completed a minimum of 480 hours of work in the field with young children. This program is designed to provide the minimum formal training in early care and education competencies, knowledge, skills and techniques required to apply for a CDA credential from the Council for Early Childhood Recognition in Washington, D.C. The CDA credential is not issued by the technical college and must be applied for and paid for separately from this program. However, this program is approved to provide the needed training to attain this credential. Once achieved, this credential is recognized nationally by Head Start and in Georgia for working State Pre-K programs and in many other public and private early care and education settings.

Course Code	Course Name	Class Hours	D. Lab Hours	Lab/ OBI Hours	Weekly Contact Hours	Credit Hours
ECE 101	Introduction to Early Childhood Care and Education	5	0	0	5	5
ECE 103	Human Growth and Development I	5	0	0	5	5
ECE 105	Health, Safety and Nutrition	5	0	0	5	5
ECE 125	Professionalism through CDA Certificate Preparation	2	1	0	3	2
ECE 126	CDA Certificate Assessment	2	1	0	3	2

Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC) Final Exit Point

Child Development Associate I

19 Minimum quarter hours credit required for graduation

Updated CIP: 05/16/06