The CDA Prep Guide (eBook)

The Complete Review Manual

Debra Pierce (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2014 | Third Edition
224 Seiten
Redleaf Press (Verlag)
978-1-60554-343-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Navigating the new Child Development Associate (CDA) process doesn’t have to be difficult. This guide provides step-by-step expert advice.

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Expert advice from a “personal mentor” to lead you through the new CDA process

Major changes have been made to the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ process. This guide has been updated to reflect all of the new material and requirements to help you reach your educational and career goals as you earn the Credential.

This third edition of The CDA Prep Guide has designated center-based preschool, center-based infant/toddler, and family child care sections, with information specific to each setting. Throughout this book, easy-to-understand assistance, as well as sample documents and forms, will help simplify the required tasks of CDA documentation and assessment as you:


Assemble the Resource Collection for your Professional Portfolio
Compose the six Reflective Statements of Competence
Distribute and collect the Family Questionnaires
Select a Professional Development Specialist
Prepare yourself and your setting for the observation
Complete the application
Prepare for the CDA Exam
Prepare for the Verification Visit

This book is intended to supplement the materials you receive from the Council for Professional Recognition. After receiving your CDA Credential, you can continue to use this book to renew your credential, to earn a CDA for a different setting, and to develop goals for future professional development.

Debra Pierce is an educator, CDA Trainer, and a certified CDA Professional Development Specialist for the Council for Professional Recognition. She has been mentoring CDA candidates since 1997 and taught dual credit CDA courses in a large metropolitan high school. She has been a preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teacher, as well as a Parent Educator for the national Parents as Teachers program. Currently, Debra is professor of Early Childhood Education at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and conducts CDA train-the-trainer workshops across the country.

Autor

Debra Pierce: Debra Pierce is an early childhood education professor at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. She has also worked as a preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary teacher, as well as a parent educator for Parents as Teachers. Debra is active in her community and serves on the board of directors for Indianapolis First Book, a literacy program for underprivileged children. She is a certified CDA Professional Development Specialist for the new CDA process and has more than 15 years of experience with the Child Development Associated Credential. She has a master's degree in early childhood education from Nova Southeastern University.

Inhalt

Table of Contents

Introduction
About the Third Edition
Pursuing a CDA Credential
How to Use This Guide

1. Facts about the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential and Process
What is a CDA?
Why is Getting a CDA Important?
Who Can Apply for a CDA?
What Kind of Formal Child Care Education is Needed?
Is Financial Assistance Available to Help Pay for My Training?
Do I have to Provide Some Kind of Proof That I Had This Training?
Are There Different Types of CDA Endorsements?
The CDA Process
The Professional Development Specialist

2. A Word to Center-based Program Directors: Supporting Your CDA Candidates
Answers to Questions That Center Directors Frequently Ask

3. Preparing for the CDA Process
Organizing the Professional Portfolio binder
Distributing and Collecting the Parent Questionnaires
Reviewing the Family Questionnaires

4. CDA Process: Center-based Preschool
The Resource Collection
Writing the Reflective Statements of Competence
Writing the Philosophy Statement
Completing and Submitting the CDA Application

5. CDA Process: Center-based Infant/Toddler
The Resource Collection
Writing the Reflective Statements of Competence
Writing the Philosophy Statement
Completing and Submitting the CDA Application

6. CDA Process: Family Child Care
The Resource Collection
Writing the Reflective Statements of Competence
Writing the Philosophy Statement
Completing and Submitting the CDA Application

7. Preparing for the CDA Exam
Arranging to Take the CDA Exam
Practice Questions for the CDA Exam
Practice Scenarios

8. The Verification Visit
Scheduling
Preparing for the Observation- Conducting a Self-Study
What Happens at the Verification Visit?

9. Award of the CDA Credential
Where Do You Go from Here?

10. CDA Renewal and Earning a CDA Credential for a Different Setting
How Often Must My CDA Be Renewed?
Getting a Renewal Packet
What’s Involved in the Renewal Process?
What Happens After the Council Receives My Renewal Application?
Earning a CDA Credential for a Different Setting

Appendix A
CDA Subject Areas for the 120 Clock Hours of Training
Appendix B
Sample Observation Tool (Anecdotal Record Form)
Appendix C
Sample Weekly Plan for Infants
Appendix D
Sample Weekly Plans for Preschoolers and Toddlers
Appendix E
Professional Philosophy Exercise
Glossary
References
Subject Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2014
• Sprache: englisch
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• ISBN-10: 1-60554-343-8 / 1605543438
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60554-343-7 / 9781605543437