As an organized, competency-based credential, the CDA represents foundational knowledge and skills essential for early childhood educators. Many CDA training programs, such as Teachstone’s CDA with CLASS, represent a convenient, user-friendly teacher preparation alternative to traditional higher education models. Where there is growth, however, there is also inequity. Private, independent providers without an auspice or sponsorship (whether for-profit or non-profit) are less likely to have the capacity to apply for, design, and manage Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) that help them develop their teacher pipelines and retain their workforce. Suppose we believe in the benefits of a mixed-delivery system. In that case, we must make workforce development solutions accessible to the small business owners caring for many of our children. It begins with broadening access to the CDA.
Read the blog post linked below and let us know what you think!
I am a director at a small childcare center and in the past, I paid for our teachers to get there CDA's, but they would always end up leaving halfway through their CDA progress, so they basically get a free CDA and leave me to go somewhere else where they think they can make more money having the CDA. so, I feel they offer the teach scholarship teachers should do that, or they paid for the CDA, and I will reimburse them at the end of the progress.