DCC Program will Help Day Care Workers Prepare for Credential Test

Release date: April 17, 2008

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Dutchess Community College is offering a 12-credit program that will prepare early childhood caregivers to apply for a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.

DCC’s CDA program is a two-semester Tuesday evening class geared toward people already working in the child care field who are unable to attend a traditional daytime study program. It begins in the fall 2008 semester, but an open house for prospective students will be held on May 13 at 6 p.m. in Taconic Hall, Room 209.

The CDA is a nationally recognized credential given by the Council on Professional Recognition, a Washington D.C.-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the professional status of early childhood care providers. The credential is awarded for three child care settings; center-based, for which candidates are endorsed to work with infants and toddlers or pre-school children; Family Child Care; and Home Visitor.

For more information about the program, the open house, or how to use SUNY Educational Incentive Program funds toward tuition costs, contact Early Childhood Education Field Supervisor Eileen Hall at 845-431-8346.

Founded in 1957, Dutchess Community College is a two-year community college celebrating its 50th anniversary of excellence and service to the residents of Dutchess County. It is part of the State University of New York and is one of 30 community colleges in the state system. The College offers a wide variety of associate degree programs, as well as career programs in major technical, human service and business areas. The College also offers non-credit courses through its Office of Community Services to meet the continuing education needs of civic, cultural, business and professional groups and the community at large. The main campus is at 53 Pendell Road in Poughkeepsie, while the Dutchess South extension site is in Hollowbrook Park, Building #4 at 31 Marshall Road in Wappingers Falls.

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