Early Childhood Education Certificate

The NWCCD Early Childhood Education Certificate program is designed to enhance prospective and current early childhood teachers’ knowledge, experience, and competence in the early childhood education field. The program aligns with the national Child Development Associate (CDA) credential and the WY Early Childhood Apprentice Program. The program provides theoretical foundations, practical applications, and field experiences in child care and preschool. The NWCCD Early Childhood Certificate program prepares professionals to successfully work with diverse children and families and promote high quality programming for children from birth through eight years.

Program Outcomes:

• Apply developmental theories and research to explain how young children grow and learn in various contexts.
• Design strategies to engage, collaborate with, and support families and communities in promoting children’s development and learning.
• Analyze assessment data to inform and adjust instruction to meet the needs of individual children.
• Construct learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive, and linguistically inclusive.
• Use evidence-based teaching strategies.
• Create academic content across domains to plan, implement, and assess engaging, developmentally appropriate curriculum for young children.
• Demonstrate ethical behavior, advocacy and commitment to continuous professional growth.

This program may be offered online.

Required Course of Study: