Oct 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum

Child Development/Early Childhood: Administrator's Credential, CERT

Location(s): TJC West


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If you want to become a director of a quality early childhood program, then TJC has the right program for you.

The Administrator's Credential Certificate of Proficiency meets the high demands of a rapidly growing field and we provide you the necessary academic training to launch your career as a director in child development.

Earning a certificate from TJC qualifies you to be an early childhood administrator. With the knowledge you’ll gain from TJC, you’ll be on the right track to managing an early childhood facility or operating and owning your own.

Marketable skills for this award include: analytical/quantitative skills, building effective relationships, computer skills + typing, critical thinking, customer service, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, leadership, listener, mathematics, meeting deadlines, organizational skills, problem solving, project management, research, strategic planning skills, strong work ethic, supervisory skills, tactfulness, team work, time management, verbal communication skills, Word + Office and written communication skills.

 

Certificate of Proficiency
TSI Exempt

First Semester


Second Semester


Total Semester Hours: 24


CDEC 2328  is the Capstone for this certificate.

NOTE: Some courses are only offered during Fall semester or Spring semester but not both. Please plan accordingly.
# Indicates course only taught in the fall semester
+ Indicates course only taught in the spring semester

All CDEC courses have a required textbook.

CDEC 1303 , CDEC 1311  and CDEC 1318  content are aligned with State Board for Educator Certification Pedagogy and Professional Responsibility standards which requires students to participate in a minimum of 16 hours of field experience with children from infancy through age 12 in a variety of settings with varied and diverse populations. Students living in the TJC Service area must complete the required field experiences at TJC’s Laboratory School, the Family Learning Center of Tyler. Those living outside of the TJC Service area will complete the required field experiences at an approved center in their service area. Students are responsible for transportation.

*Note: Students enrolling in the child development/early childhood program will be subject to a criminal background check.

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