What is Your Educational Background?

[permanentvacation]

I'm just curious to know what type of education everyone has. I haven't completed any college degrees. But I have taken years of daycare related classes such as curriculum, health and safety, professionalism, etc. But those are just little one day classes required to maintain our daycare license.

I am:

CPR Certified
SIDS Certified
AED Certified
Certified Infants and Toddlers Teacher
Certified Preschool Teacher
Qualified to be a director of a center with up to 20 children (qualification includes numerous daycare classes (not college courses) and my years of experience as a licensed home daycare provider)

I started working on my A.S. degree in Early Childhood Education years ago and every time I start back to work on that, something happens in my family's life that makes me put it on the back burner.

I also started working on my A. A. degree in Accounting a while ago, but again, life threw a whole tool box full of wrenches at me which made me have to stop attending college.

[finsup]

Associates in early childhood. 14 years professional experience working with kids (although the majorityof those were school age in the public school system as opposed to the birth-4 group in childcare.) As for trainings/certificates, too many to remember .

[Controlled Chaos]

I have a bfa in modern dance with a minor in French ::::::

I also am a prek-8th grade licensed educator. I taught dance in middle and elementary schools for 5 years before opening a home daycare. I had worked in centers during college.

[Febby]

High school, of course, and some college (I went for two years, but no degree).

I also have my Commonwealth Child Care Credential (it's basically half a CDA)

CPR and first aid certification

And ~20 hours of training on miscellaneous topics

[Annalee]

On an iPhone so I hope this comes thru. AS degree early childhood, CDA in family child care, infant/toddler credential, FCC mentor, CPR/first aid certified

[DaveA]

Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice
21 college credit hours in Early Childhood Education (IL Director's qualification)
Basic Life Support (Healthcare provider and Heartsaver) CPR/ AED Instructor

[jenboo]

Bachelors degree in child and family development, specializing in child development.
Then all your typical trainings:
Cpr
First aid
Aed
Nutrition
Baby sign language
Curriculum
Blood borne pathogens
Behavior management
Motivating staff
Gross motor activities
Etc
Etc
Etc
We have to do so many hours a year.

[Annalee]

Bachelors degree in child and family development, specializing in child development.
Then all your typical trainings:
Cpr
First aid
Aed
Nutrition
Baby sign language
Curriculum
Blood borne pathogens
Behavior management
Motivating staff
Gross motor activities
Etc
Etc
Etc
We have to do so many hours a year.

Same here: To remain the highest star we have to have 28 per licensing year for a group home which is what I am as well and it has to be DHS approved....

[Indoorvoice]

I have a bachelors in special and elementary education and a bachelors in psychology. I taught for 3 years in an autism classroom and 3 years in a cognitively impaired vlassroom before starting a daycare.

[jenboo]

Same here: To remain the highest star we have to have 28 per licensing year for a group home which is what I am as well and it has to be DHS approved....

Thankfully, they have many online options and I just skip to the quiz

[Annalee]

Thankfully, they have many online options and I just skip to the quiz

Some of ours are online as well.....

[midaycare]

Bachelors in Elementary Education and Masters in K-12 school counseling. Plus a whole bunch of other early Ed certifications.

I'm also trained as a grief counselor.

[Givingthemgrace]

2 years of college, no degree. My goal is to start working on my AS in Early Childhood Education once I can have more than one DCK. I can't afford it otherwise. I'll get my CPR done before I take on another kid too, but I have had training in resuscitation.

[AmyKidsCo]

Bachelor in Music Education, Associate in Early Childhood Education.

When I was a kid I always said I wanted to be a teacher. lovethis

[daycarediva]

SO CLOSE to my Bachelors in ECE, then on to club Med (masters in education).
CPR/FIRST AID/AED
CDA
All of those ridiculous trainings I take every year. ::