School Age Care Certificate

20 Credits

School-Age Care professionals work with children ages 5-12 in a variety of settings In family child care homes, profit or non-profit centers, public schools and community centers.

ECED certificates have been aligned with state-wide standards to improve transferability. These certificates are “stackable,” i.e. build on each other, beginning with the ECED initial micro-certificate, which is equivalent to a Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate, followed by any one of the 20-credit certificates. The State ECED certificate requires taking all of the courses listed for the “stackable” certificates plus the general education courses of ENGL& 101 and WMATH 100 or above. A certificate is awarded to students who complete the following courses with a 2.0 grade point average or above in each course.