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Description
Prepare for the nationally recognized Child Development Associate® (CDA) Credential—the most widely accepted certification in early childhood education. Whether you’re new to the field or looking to advance, this program helps you build essential skills, boost your confidence, and meet job qualifications.
Syllabus
Course Overview:
Prepare for the nationally recognized Child Development Associate® (CDA) Credential—the most widely accepted certification in early childhood education. Whether you’re new to the field or looking to advance, this program helps you build essential skills, boost your confidence, and meet job qualifications.
This course introduces key principles of professionalism in early childhood education, emphasizing ethical conduct, legal responsibilities, and effective communication. Students will develop interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and strategies for maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality. The course also covers leadership, teamwork, advocacy, and continuous professional development, focusing on cultural competence and managing challenging situations. Additionally, students will learn how to maintain a professional image and avoid burnout through effective stress management and self-care practices.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the concept and importance of professionalism (CDA Functional Area [FA] 13)
- Understand ethical requirements and legal standards associated with professionalism (CDA FA 13)
- Develop effective communication for professionalism (CDA FA 13)
- Develop interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
- Learn professional boundaries and confidentiality
- Learn collaboration, teamwork and leadership (CDA FA 12, 13)
- Learn about challenges to professionalism and importance of cultural competence (CDA FA 13)
- Learn more about advocacy and professionalism CDA FA 13)
Instructor(s):
Aileen Garcia and Elizabeth Ireland
Accommodations
University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request. All requests must be made a minimum of 14 days before course start date. MU Extension will attempt to implement late requests but cannot guarantee they will be met.
Cancellations and Refund Requests
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