* “Click here to download CDA Registration Form”
Registration Fee – $170
CDA Full Payment – $800
Online payments include a surcharge fee.
Our Child Development Associate (CDA) training classes are state approved by Bright from the Start (BFTS). You will earn the required 120 training hours required by the CDA Council for Professional Recognition once you have completed all twelve sessions.
The CDA subject areas and clock hours of formal training are as follows:
1. Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment – 14
2. Steps to advance children’s physical and intellectual development – 16
3. Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development – 16
4. Strategies to establish productive relationships with families – 14
5. Strategies to manage an effective program of operation – 16
6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism – 12
7. Observing and recording children’s behavior – 16
8. Principles of child growth and development – 16
Total Hours 120
Susan P. McKoy, Ed.D.