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CDA Competency Standards Books

The book includes information and documents you need to begin your CDA credentialing process.

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Mary visits tribal residents in Spokane

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This month, CDA Professional Development Specialist Program Manager, Mary LaMantia, traveled to the 22nd Annual Northwest Indian Head Start Coalition Conference in Spokane, Washington. The Coalition represents 80 tribes in 10 states.  More than 350 representatives in the tribal early childhood education community attended the conference where the Council gave presentations on CDA 2.0 and the new role of CDA PD Specialist.

“President Viola Wood graciously acknowledged the Council’s participation and continued support of their member organizations,” LaMantia said.  LaMantia said participants also expressed interest in the CDA 2.0 process and in expanding the opportunity for tribal professionals to become PD Specialists. 

 

Hillsborough County Head Start

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Florida-based early childhood professionals pose with their framed certificates at Hillsborough County Head Start's pre-service event on August 9, 2012. More than 30 early childhood educators received their Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ at the event, which was attended by the Council's Manager of Partnerships, Brocklin Qualls, and representatives from the County Commissioner's office. Kristy Pinkey, a training specialist with the Head Start Program, said she began organizing the ceremony each year as a way to honor the staff for the hard work they put into their CDA work.

Congratulations Hillsborough County CDAs!!

 

Take a Moment to Reflect on… Creativity

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The Council is excited to announce that later this year we will release the newly-revised third edition of the landmark textbook Essentials for Child Development Associates Working with Young Children. The new Essentials will provide all of the most current research, information, ideas and strategies needed by entry-level early childhood professionals. The textbook will be organized around each of the thirteen Functional Areas, along with new information about reflection, intentionality, observation, documentation and other key topics of interest to contemporary teachers and caregivers.

In our last article we reflected on "Functional Area 6 - Communication." Please see, below, the many responses we received about this topic from members of the national CDA community. This month, we focus on... Creativity 

Here is an advanced sneak peek of "Chapter 7: Creative" for you to reflect on...

 

Creativity is the ability to see things in new ways. In addition to originality, it involves imagination, flexibility, and curiosity. All things are possible to the creative mind. Creativity also implies usefulness. It's one thing to come up with new ideas. If these ideas don't solve a problem or contribute to our well-being, we wouldn't dub them creative. Only ideas that have impact are creative.

It may be helpful to think of creativity as having two dimensions. It is both a way of thinking and of feeling. As a thinking process, creativity includes generating novel ideas in alternative, unimagined ways. As a feeling process, creativity involves curiosity, risk-taking, and imagination. 

  

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