Child Development Site Supervisor Certificate
What can I do with this?
The Child Development Site Supervisor Certificate
- Provides students with the minimal level of education to work with children in a group setting.
- Includes required classes in the core areas (development; child, family, and community; curriculum).
- Allows students to qualify for Assistant Teacher, Associate Teacher, Teacher, and Site Supervisor* permits.
*Site Supervisor Permit: Teacher Certificate requirements plus experience of 350 days of 3+ hours per day within 4 years including at least 100 days supervising adults plus 16 general education units in English/Language Arts, Math/Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities/Fine Arts.
You can use this to:
- Enhance career opportunities as:
- Child Care Center Associate Teacher
- Child Care Center Teacher
- Child Care Center Administrator
- Preschool Teacher
All professionals working with children are required to have a clean criminal record, to demonstrate freedom from tuberculosis (TB), and to demonstrate the physical ability to perform all of the duties of a professional position working directly with children.
Early-childhood education "improves children's cognitive abilities, helps to create a foundation for lifelong learning, makes learning outcomes more equitable, reduces poverty and improves social mobility from generation to generation.
(OECD, 2012)
What will I learn?
- To examine teaching and care practices that provide a developmentally appropriate program to support children's growth, development, and learning.
- To identify one's own values, experiences, and philosophies and how they guide and inform practices.
- To integrate understandings of children's development and needs to maintain healthy, safe, supportive, and challenging learning environments that demonstrate culturally relevant, inclusive, age-appropriate, and anti-bias approaches respectful of children, families, and early learning professionals.
- To design appropriate strategies and program policies in compliance with California state laws and regulations that guide the administration of respectful and responsive quality care and education programs.
Program Learning Outcome Assessments
Thank you so much for all your productive feedback, prompt grading, and for caring about all of your students and the children who will benefit from them. It has been a pleasure for me to be part of this class...
—Online Student
What courses do I take?
Note: Some courses within the major have a required prerequisite. If you feel you have equivalent knowledge and skills to those included in the prerequisite course through professional experience, licensure, or certification, you have the opportunity to submit a Prerequisite Challenge to be reviewed by the Department Chair. For the Prerequisite Challenge to be considered, you must submit documentation and verification to substantiate the basis for the challenge. Please see a counselor for more information about the Prerequisite Challenge process.
Complete all of the following courses
Permit
STATE OF CALIFORNIA CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing grants permits in accordance with the Child Development Permit Matrix. Applications are separate from Cerro Coso Community College and must be submitted to California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Contact any Child Development faculty member or visit the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing website at California Commission on Teacher Credentialing for more information regarding the Permit Matrix and Professional Growth Advisors. For all permits, all course work must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
Supervisor Permit: AA (or 60 units) including 24 ECE/ CD units with core courses, plus 6 units administration, plus 2 units Adult Supervision.
Program Pathways
All classes needed for this certificate are available at the following campuses: CC Online
See Counseling for specific help with enrolling and completing this major.
How can I afford it?
This degree requires 33.0 units and will likely take 3 semesters.
Approximate Total Costs
CA Residents
33.0 units
at $46 per unit
Equals $1,518 in tuition and fees
Plus approximately $1,980* for books and supplies
Total cost $3,498 for 3 semesters
Non-residents
33.0 units
at $382 per unit
Equals $12,606 in tuition and fees
Plus approximately $1,980* for books and supplies
Total cost $14,586 for 3 semesters
*This is an estimate. Actual costs will vary.
Need help? Financial Aid can help with fee waivers and scholarships and other aid. Make sure to fill out your FAFSA every January.
