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Director Credentialing Info Packet.
By The Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education Wheelock College
May 01, 1999

Summary: This document presents some of the questions that are frequently asked about Director Credentialing programs at the individual and national level, and proposes answers. Topics covered include content and competency areas required by director credentialing programs, number of hours or credits required, and their relationships with licensing, higher education and state early childhood education career development efforts. The document covers issues of pilot program development and the consistency of programs across the country. It provides an overview of state and national director credentialing initiatives in table form, and tabulated information by state on the minimum pre-service training, annual ongoing training, and administrative training hours required for directors in child care centers.

Index Terms: Credentialing, Professional Development, Professional Recognition, Program Director Training, Program Directors, State Initiatives, Administrative Management, Administrators, Business Management, Child Care Infrastructure, Child Development, Competencies, Degree Programs, Demographics, Early Childhood Education, Family Child Care, Fees, Financial Management, Funding, Legal Issues, Licensing Requirements, Personnel Registry, Preservice Training, Professional Organizations, Remote Areas, Rural Areas, School Age Child Care, Staff Communication, State Initiatives, Training Approval, Alabama, American Business Collaboration, Arizona, California, Christian Director'S Child Development Education Credential, Funders Collaborative, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, National Administrators Credential, National Association For Child Development Education, National Association Of Professional Administrators, National Child Care Association, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Professional Administrator'S Credential, Texas, Wisconsin

Publisher: The Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education (CCDECE) Wheelock College

Publication Type: Collected Works

Pages: 27 pages
Language: English

ERIC Number: ED424918

Availability
Taking the Lead/ The Center for Career Development
Wheelock College
200 The Riverway
Boston Massachusetts 02215
617-879-2211
617-738-0643 Fax
E-mail: Centers@wheelock.edu
ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/ccdece/ccdece.html


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