Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
1.
Be an adult of good physical, cognitive, social, and emotional health, and
shall use mature judgment when making decisions impacting the quality of child
care;
2. Possess knowledge or
experience in management and interpersonal relationships;
3. Hold at least one of the following
qualifications, in addition to those set out in subsection 1:
a. A bachelor's degree in the field of early
childhood education or child development;
b. A bachelor's degree with at least six
months of experience in a child care center or similar setting and one of the
following:
(1) Eight semester hours or twelve
quarter hours of department-approved early childhood education or child
development;
(2) One hundred twenty
hours of department-approved early childhood training; or
(3) A director's credential approved by the
department;
c. An
associate's degree in the field of early childhood education or child
development with at least six months of experience in a child care center or
similar setting;
d. An associate's
degree with at least one year of experience in a child care center or similar
setting and one of the following:
(1) Eight
semester hours or twelve quarter hours of department-approved early childhood
education or child development;
(2)
One hundred twenty hours of department-approved early childhood training;
or
(3) A director's credential
approved by the department;
e. A teaching certificate in elementary
education with at least six months of experience in a child care center or
similar setting;
f. A current
certification as a child development associate or successful completion of a
department-approved diploma program with emphasis in early childhood or child
care, with at least one year of experience in a child care center or similar
setting; or
g. Certification from a
Montessori teacher training program with at least one year of experience in a
Montessori school, child care center, or similar setting and at least one of
the following:
(1) Eight semester hours or
twelve quarter hours of department-approved child development or early
childhood education;
(2) One
hundred twenty hours of department-approved early childhood training;
or
(3) A director's credential
approved by the department; and
4. Certify annual completion of a minimum of
thirteen hours of department-approved training related to child care, including
one hour on safe sleep prior to the director providing care to infants and one
hour on mandated reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect.. A
department-approved basic child care course must be completed within ninety
days of employment. The same training courses may be counted toward licensing
annual requirements only if at least three years has passed since the last
completion date of that training course, with the exception of safe sleep and
mandated reporter annual training.
