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Jun 16, 2025
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2025-2026 Catalog
Early Childhood Education CDA Process, Certificate
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 Return to: Early Childhood Education
LOCATIONS:
Anderson - Bloomington - Columbus - Evansville - Fort Wayne - Hamilton County - Indianapolis - Kokomo - Lafayette - Lake County - Lawrenceburg - Logansport - Madison - Marion - Muncie - Richmond - Sellersburg - South Bend/Elkhart - Terre Haute
Leads to taking the Child Development Associate - CDA - credential exam through the Council for Professional Recognition in Washington D.C., employment in an early childhood education profession, and/or completion of an associate’s degree.
This is a certification process certificate. To enroll, student must be currently working with children ages 0-5 years and must have completed 480 hours of work experience with a specific age group before enrolling in the ECED 105 course. See program chair for further requirements.
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PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL CORE
TOTAL CREDITS: 18
SYMBOL KEY ^Capstone Course DEGREE OUTCOMES
- Plan a safe, healthy environment to invite learning.
- Develop and use steps to advance children’s physical and intellectual development.
- Develop and use positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development.
- Develop and use strategies to establish positive and productive relationships with families.
- Ensure a well-run program responsive to participant needs.
- Maintain a commitment to professionalism.
- Observe and record children’s behavior.
- Recognize and apply principles of child growth and development.
- Demonstrate proficiency in reading, evaluating, analyzing, and using material collected from sources to write texts in appropriate formats while controlling tone, syntax, grammar, and spelling.
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