Placement of the Training for Child Care Careers'
Caregiver Training Series Courses
to meet the
Formal Educational Requirements
of the CDA Competency Standards

(Educational Requirements: 120 clock hours of Formal Training in 5 Years)
Training for Child Care Careers'
Caregiver Training Series Courses
CDA
Content Areas
CDA
Functional Areas
Health and Safety
 Content Area #1
Planning a safe, healthy learning environment.
SAFE
HEALTHY
LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
Content Area #2
Steps to advance children's physical and intellectual development.
PHYSICAL
COGNITIVE
COMMUNICATION
CREATIVE
Behavior and Guidance I
Behavior and Guidance II
 Content Area #3
Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development.
SELF
SOCIAL
GUIDANCE
Content Area #4
Strategies to establish positive relationships with families.
FAMILIES
Daily Program for Infants and Toddlers
 Content Area #5
Strategies to manage an effective program operation.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Entry Level Child Care Training*
 Content Area #6
Maintaining a commitment to professionalism.
PROFESSIONALISM
Child Development II
 Content Area #7
Observing and recording children's behavior.
Child Development I
 Content Area #8
Principles of child growth and development.
Bolded items are required courses to meet CDA requirements
*ELCCT can be divided among the different content areas in this manner--
Content Area #1--7 hours, Content Area #2--3 hours, Content Area #3--3 hours,
Content Area #4--2 hours, Content Area #6--2 hours, Content Area #7--3 hours