Our Program is approved by the Veteran's Administration and the Departments of Labor and Education is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education. Our program is framed from a critical literacy, social justice and antiracist perspective, and makes use of culturally responsive and culturally sustaining teaching methodology.
This program is hybrid classroom, online and self-paced. It is available in an open enrollment format. The CDA is a credential that early childhood educators can apply for from the Florida Department of Children and Family Services. Our Apprenticeship Program meets or exceeds the requirements of the National CDA and is recognized by regulatory agencies throughout the entire United States. The required elements include the completion of at least 120 hours of formal early childhood education coursework, preparing a professional portfolio, and obtaining professional work experience.
Upon completing your Childcare Development Apprenticeship with Community Connection Services, you will have an opportunity to expand your career pathway by continuing your training to own your own daycare facility or pursue a degree program at any college or University.
Our Focus:
Culturally Responsive Learning in Early Childhood Education
Exploration of strategies, and practices for advancing young children’s physical, cognitive, communicative, creative and intellectual development from a culturally responsive, anti-racism and critical literacy perspective.
Health, Safety, and Nutrition in the Early Years
Exploration of culturally responsive strategies, policies and practices for creating, establishing, and maintaining the health, safety, and nutrition of children in the early years.
Child Development and Learning
Understanding principles of child development, including social development, emotional development, and learning, using the cultural resources (language, cultural traditions, heritage, knowledge) children bring to the learning community.
Program Management in Early Childhood Education
Exploration of various forms of program management in early childhood settings including observation, documentation, planning, evaluation, record keeping, and building community, from a culturally responsive and anti-racist perspective.
Professionalism and Community Building
Exploration of the role early childhood educators play in community building to support the needs of young children and in engaging in courageous and professional leadership.
The following courses will fulfill the commitment to professionalism and understanding child development educational component for the Credential.
The courses are all self-paced, hybrid presentation meaning the material is completed on your time, online and in classroom.
Please contact Dr. Darryl Clare at Darryl.Clare@ccsifl.org for more information.
The first years of our lives are a formative period that can lay the foundation for our growth into adulthood. A career in Early Childhood Education prepares you with the skills necessary to help cultivate healthy growth in children, shaping their lives and the communities that they live in for the better.
Apprenticeship stakeholders – employers, educators, and workforce professionals – across the country are launching apprenticeship programs for youth ages 16-24. This program combines technical classroom instruction with paid work experience. We provide the foundation for young people to choose multiple career pathways, enroll in college, begin employment, or a combination.
We maintain partnerships with businesses, high schools, community and technical colleges, and local communities and develop youth apprenticeship programs that make a difference in the lives of youth while supporting economic and workforce development.
We provide new opportunities for youth and ways for businesses to recruit new talent.
We are certifide to train Veterans who served in the Armed Sevices!
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