APPLY TODAY!
YOU COULD HAVE YOUR CDA CREDENTIAL IN A YEAR!
2022-2023 Infant Toddler & Family Child Care In-Person CDA Course meeting at the Child Care Council of Westchester. This course is an intensive, exciting learning opportunity that will improve your understanding of young children and your skills for caring for them.
First Class - Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Application Deadline - Friday, September 30, 2022
Supported by a generous grant from the Westchester County Office for Woman, the cost is only $50.
After completing this 120-hour course, you will be eligible to apply to the Council for Professional Recognition to receive a CDA Credential. We will take COVID-19 precautions to meet safely in-person at our office in Scarsdale. COVID-19 protocols can be found in the application packet.
If we feel it is safer not to meet in-person, the class will go to a Zoom format and move back to an in-person class as soon as it can.
This CDA course is open to child care professionals who work in Westchester County with infants and/or toddlers in child care centers OR family/group family programs. People interested in working with infants and toddlers are also welcome. Priority is given to teachers working in programs where some of the children are receiving a child care subsidy and/or from low-income families.
WHY SHOULD I GET A CDA CREDENTIAL?
- Improve your knowledge and skills for working with young children
- Advance your career - in NYS, a CDA can be a group teacher
- Meet job requirements
- Reinforce your commitment to early childhood education
- Provide parents with peace of mind
- Understand developmentally appropriate practive
- Increase your confidence as a teacher
CLICK HERE for the course application
CLICK HERE for more information about the CDA Credential, the steps to receive it, and the Child Care Council's CDA program
Send us your application via:
- Fax - 914-761-1957, Attention: Idie Benjamin
- Email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Mail - Idie Benjamin, Child Care Council of Westchester, 313 Central Park Avenue, Suite 4, Scarsdale, NY 10583
