Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 27, 2024
(a) In addition to Section
101216, the following shall
apply:
(b) Prior to employment, a
teacher shall meet the requirements of (b)(1) or (b)(2) below:
(1) A teacher shall have completed, with
passing grades, at least six postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units
of the education requirement specified in (c)(1) below; or shall have obtained
a Child Development Assistant Permit issued by the California Commission on
Teacher Credentialing.
(A) After employment,
a teacher hired under (b) above shall complete, with passing grades, at least
two units each semester or quarter until the education requirement specified in
(c)(1) below is met.
(2)
A teacher shall meet the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section
1597.055.
(c) To be a
fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following:
(1) Twelve postsecondary semester or
equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development
completed, with passing grades, at an accredited or approved college or
university; and at least six months of work experience in a licensed child care
center or comparable group child care program.
(A) The units specified in (c)(1) above shall
include courses that cover the general areas of child growth and development,
or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and
family; and program/curriculum.
(B)
Experience shall be verified as having been performed satisfactorily, at least
three hours per day for a minimum of 50 days in a six-month period, as a paid
or volunteer staff member under the supervision of a person who would qualify
as a teacher or director under this chapter.
(2) A current and valid Child Development
Associate (CDA) credential with the appropriate age-level endorsement issued by
the CDA National Credentialing Program of the Council for Early Childhood
Professional Recognition; and at least six months of on-the-job training and/or
work experience in a licensed child care center or comparable group child care
program.
(A) A CDA credential shall show the
appropriate preschool or infant/toddler age-level endorsement to qualify an
individual for employment in a preschool or infant care center.
(B) A CDA credential is valid for three years
from the date of award. A renewal may be granted every five years thereafter
upon approval by the CDA National Credentialing Program.
(C) Experience shall be verified as having
been performed satisfactorily, at least three hours per day for a minimum of 50
days in a six-month period, as a paid or volunteer staff member under the
supervision of a person who would qualify as a teacher or director under this
chapter.
1. Individuals who possess a CDA
credential may have also completed the required six months of work experience
specified in (c)(2)(C) above. This work experience shall be verified to confirm
that the experience requirement has been met.
(3) One of the following Child Development
Permits issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing:
(A) Child Development Associate Teacher
Permit; or
(B) Child Development
Teacher Permit; or
(C) Child
Development Master Teacher Permit.
(d) Approved schools, colleges or
universities, including correspondence courses offered by the same, means those
approved/authorized by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Postsecondary Education, or by the California Department of Consumer Affairs,
Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education.
(e) Accredited schools, colleges or
universities, including correspondence courses offered by the same, means those
accredited by any one of the following recognized accrediting agencies:
(1) Accrediting Commission, Distance
Education and Training Council.
(2)
Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
(3) Accrediting Bureau of Health Education
Schools.
(4) Association of
Independent Colleges and Schools.
(5) National Association of Trade and
Technical Schools.
(f)
Units earned through correspondence courses from approved or accredited
schools, colleges or universities shall be accepted for meeting educational
requirements as specified in (c) above.
(g) A photocopy of the teacher's Child
Development Permit as specified in (c)(3) above, or a photocopy of the
teacher's transcript(s) documenting successful completion of required course
work, shall be maintained at the center.
(h) These education requirements shall not
apply to teachers employed as teachers prior to May 1, 1970. A teacher who was
employed prior to May 1, 1970, shall remain qualified provided that he/she has
had no break in employment as a teacher in a child care center exceeding three
consecutive years.
(i) A teacher
shall complete 16 hours of health and safety training if necessary pursuant to
Health and Safety Code Section 1596.866.
(j) Each teacher shall visually observe aides
under his/her supervision whenever the aide is working with children, except as
provided for in Sections
101216.2(e)(1)
and 101230(c)(1).
1.
Renumbering of former section
101316.2 to new section 101216.1,
including amendment of section and NOTE, filed 9-14-98; operative 11-1-98
(Register 98, No. 38).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
subsection (i) filed 4-11-2018 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2018, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section
1596.81,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
1596.72,
1596.73,
1596.866,
1596.87,
1597.05,
1597.055
and
1597.057,
Health and Safety Code.
