The Council for Professional Recognition’s latest newsletter features the 12-credit bearing Child Development Associate Credential (CDA) offered at the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) in partnership with the Institute. The CDA is the most widely recognized national credential in early childhood education and an important stepping-stone on the career pathway for many early childhood educators. The newsletter highlights how the CDA program at CUNY SPS provides assistance and supports to students in completing the credential application process. In addition, the newsletter discusses the Head Start parent cohort an initiative launched by the Institute and ACS that provides parents of children enrolled in ACS early education programs with scholarships to obtain a CDA. This year several parents in the program traveled to New York State Association for the Education of Young Children (NYAEYC) annual conference with their instructor Claudine Campanelli, the Institute’s Director of Career Services and Higher Education, to present posters at the student poster session.
Thank you to the Council for Professional Recognition for featuring our CDA program!
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