Fy 16 serk-funded Credit and Credentialing Courses 1199c training and Upgrading Fund

FY 16 SERK-Funded Credit and Credentialing Courses

1199C Training and Upgrading Fund

District 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund prepares people without degrees in developing career pathways. District 1199C offers CDA programs as well as prep courses to aid students in meeting the 8^th grade reading level requirement needed in order to take the CDA assessment. CDA courses taken through 1199C will matriculate into college credits at Community College of Philadelphia. Interested applicants may sign up for the prep courses and/or CDA classes at any time by contacting:

Cheryl Feldman

215-568-2220

[e-mail]

http://1199ctraining.org/

CDA Credential

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
CDA	August 24, 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	1199C, Philadelphia
CDA	August 10, 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	Today’s Child, Delaware County

Community College of Philadelphia (CCP)

The Community College of Philadelphia Early Childhood (Birth- 4th Grade) Program develops the knowledge and competence of students interested in teaching or working in related careers with children birth through fourth grade. The program provides a sound theoretical foundation in principles of child growth and development from the prenatal period through the primary years, as well as a functional understanding of programs and curricula appropriate for young children. Skills emphasized include child observation, curriculum planning for diverse learners, advocacy, and interpersonal and communication abilities. Interested applicants should contact:

Amy Saia

215-751-8000

[e-mail]

http://www.ccp.edu/site/

CDA Credential/Renewal

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
CDA (3 cohorts offered)	October 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	Philadelphia
CDA	January, 2016	Face-to-face	Matriculates	Philadelphia
(CDA Renewal) ED 204: Curriculum and Instruction: Engaging Young Children in the Learning Process	October 2015	Face-to-face	Yes	Philadelphia
(CDA Renewal) ED 135: Family and Community Relationships	October 2015	Online	Yes	Philadelphia

Director’s Credential/Renewal

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
MNGT 121: Introduction to Business	October 2015	Online	Yes	Philadelphia
LEAD 114: Leadership for Effective Organizations	January 2016	Online	Yes	Philadelphia
ED 275: Early Childhood Leadership	May 2016	Hybrid	Yes	Philadelphia
(Director’s Credential Renewal) ED 245: Assessment of Young Children	January 2016	Face-to-face	Yes	Philadelphia
(Director’s Credential Renewal) ED 255: Teaching English Language Learners	January 2016	Hybrid	Yes	Philadelphia

Child Care Professionals Network (CCPN)

CCPN has partnered with SERK to provide CDA, SAPC and college courses for ECE practitioners. CCPN provides high quality, relationship based training that considers barriers and hardships practitioners face in providing childcare. At the completion of the CDA course, each student is prepared to apply for CDA assessment. Trainers are available to support the students in every capacity; through mentoring, conversation, instruction, networking, partnering current students with previous students, providing supplemental material and working one on one. Interested applicants should contact:

John Sperduto

484-368-1090

[e-mail]

http://www.childcarenetwork.org/dnn/ChildCareProfessionals/tabid/62/Default.aspx

CDA/SAPC Credentials

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
CDA	August 24, 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	John Anderson Cultural Center –Philadelphia
				Penn State Cooperative Ext.- Delaware County
				Warwick Child Care Administration Building-Montgomery County
SAPC	August 24, 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	Young Scholars - Philadelphia
				Loving Care - Delaware County

Training Resources Unlimited

Training Resources Unlimited will assess computer skills and collect writing samples of all participants prior to beginning the CDA course. Instructors will also view participants PD history to ascertain levels of background knowledge of participants that may support coursework. The actual CDA course is structured as a face-to-face course (coupled with field experiences) and will meet twice per week to accumulate the 120 instructional hours. Participants will receive information via classroom instruction, group projects and individual based projects. Students will receive support in preparation for the CDA assessment throughout this course. Participants are expected to have access to a computer as well as basic computer skills. Interested Applicants should contact:

Geralynn Summers-Mundondo

267-779-9376

[e-mail]

CDA Credential

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
CDA	August 18, 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	Learning Tree - Philadelphia
				A Place to Grow - Philadelphia
CDA	September 2, 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	Today’s Child – Delaware County

Northampton Community College (NCC)

NCC coursework is available on line, and provides professional development services to early childhood education practitioners everywhere. NCC prepares students for their CDA assessment by providing a nine credit specialized diploma which integrates into the associate degree, allowing students to move seamlessly along the PA Keys Career Lattice. The courses are written with the credential requirements integrated into the assignments for the CDA and PA School Age Professional Credential and the Leadership for Early Childhood Program Directors meets the education requirements for the PA Director’s Credential. Upon completion of each credential, the practitioners are provided with the information required to apply for their NCC Specialized Diploma. This information is included in each course that provides the next step for obtaining their credential. Pre req. is 15 prior ECE credits to enroll in Leadership for Early Childhood Directors Specialized Diploma courses. Interested applicants should contact:

Sharon Vietmeier

610.332.6087

[e-mail]

www.northampton.edu

CDA/SAPC Credentials

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
CDA (2 running)	September 15, 2015	Online	Yes	All counties
SAPC	Fall 2015	Face-to-face	Yes	Today’s Child, Delaware County

Director’s Credential

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
BUSA101 Introduction to Business	December 2015	Online	Yes	All counties
EARL231 Organization and Administration of Early Childhood Programs	December 2015	Online	Yes	All counties
EARL232 Leadership Seminar in Early Childhood Programs	May 2016	Online	Yes	All counties

Credit-Bearing Coursework

(Can be used for Credential or Certification Renewal)

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
SPED160 Introduction to Special Education	December 2015	Online	Yes	All counties
EARL160 Child Care Health Advocate	May 2016	Online	Yes	All counties

Manor College

Since 2007 Manor College has organized over two dozen CDAs sponsored by the Southeast Regional Key, conducting CDA courses throughout Montgomery and Bucks county areas and have helped achieve the credential of over 500 Early Childcare professionals. Each CDA student is visited at minimum three times for the purposes of not only ensuring the smooth operation of the class but also to inform and answer questions concerning transforming the CDA experience into college credits and achieving a degree in Early Childcare Education. They will guide the student through the application process and waive the application fee for all SERK-Funded CDA students. Manor College serves a demographically wide range of students and can anticipate differing needs and approaches to optimize the student’s experience. The CDA instructors make themselves available to students beyond the classroom by providing them with personal contact information and accommodating them in personalized sessions and counseling.

Cherie Crosby

215-885-2360, ext.246

[e-mail]

http://www.manor.edu/

CDA Credential

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Type	Credit-Bearing?	Location
CDA	September 1, 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	Manor College – Montgomery County
				Adath Jeshurun – Montgomery County
				Tiferet Bet Israel – Montgomery County

Arcadia University

Arcadia University is an undergraduate and graduate institution that offers the Director’s Credential. Instructors discuss the Director Credential submission process and are available to help students even after the course ends. Many of the faculties are not only professors, but also early childhood professionals who have been through the process and can share their personal experiences. In addition, program coaches are available work with students on the application process, are well versed in the Rising Stars quality systems, and work with students to ensure they are meeting their goals as they move up the levels. Class time is spent on how to improve parental involvement, how to improve leadership qualities, how to assess teachers, how to better deal with multiculturalism within various contexts, and how to become stronger educational leaders, whether it's in the classroom or a center. A great deal of time is also spent on the early childhood standards and best practices for implementing them into the childcare settings. Courses are offered in a blended manner meeting on three Saturdays from 9:00am – 4:00 pm over 9 weeks with online work in between. Arcadia offers all three Director Credential courses (three credits each, totaling nine). Current tuition is $720 per credit, and they offer a 1/3 discount to all early childhood students. The course costs a student $1440.00. Interested applicants should contact:
Lorraine Brandenburger

[e-mail]

http://arcadia.edu/

Director’s Credential

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Types	Credit-Bearing?	Location
ED621 Communication Strategies for Effective Early Childhood Programs	January 4, 2016	Hybrid	Yes	Arcadia University, Montgomery County
ED637 Instructional Leadership	February 29, 2016	Hybrid	Yes	Arcadia University, Montgomery County
ED620 Planning of Early Childhood Programs	May 9, 2016	Hybrid	Yes	Arcadia University, Montgomery County

Penn Literacy Network

The Penn Literacy Network (PLN) is a comprehensive professional development/curricular enhancement/school reform program based in The University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. PLN has provided onsite and regionally-based credit-bearing or noncredit bearing courses, workshops, coaching programs and leadership trainings to more than 34,000 early childhood through grade 12 educators across the United States and internationally in the areas of reading, writing, special needs, english language learning, mathematics, science, and technology since 1981. PLN has worked with Keystone STARS early childhood programs in the SERK service delivery area, both in the Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. PLN is excited about the opportunity to broaden our reach and share our expertise with more early childhood programs in the SE Region.
Dr. Bonnie Botel- Sheppard

215-898-1984

Admin: Iris Sanchez

[e-mail]

http://www.gse.upenn.edu/pln/

Credit-Bearing Coursework

(Can be used for Credential or Certification Renewal)

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Types	Credit-Bearing?	Location
EDCE 533 Forming and Reforming Reading, Writing, and Talking Across the Curriculum	September 14, 2015	Face-to-face	Yes	TBD, Philadelphia
EDCE 533 Forming and Reforming Reading, Writing, and Talking Across the Curriculum	November 12, 2015	Face-to-face	Yes	TBD, Montgomery County
EDCE 533 Forming and Reforming Reading, Writing, and Talking Across the Curriculum	December 9, 2015	Face-to-face	Yes	TBD, Philadelphia

Professional Development Dimensions (MELC)

For the past 27 years, Professional Development Dimensions has provided PD and TA to school age practitioners. PD Dimensions pro-actively addresses the challenge that most students face to complete their work and obtain their credential; successfully balancing their coursework and their job, by structuring the course to include weekly SAPC submission requirements. Additionally, the curriculum and course design builds in expert and peer feedback to support students in attaining course objectives and credential requirements through a streamlined approach. Supporting program staff in meeting the career lattice requirements, pursuing professional goals, and achieving academic credentials by showing administrators how to guide their staff through various professional credentialing processes and support staff in pursuing resources is a crucial part of their work as technical assistance consultants.

Admin: Ingrid Molinares

610-617-4550 Opt. 4

[e-mail]

http://pddimensions.org/SAPC/

SAPC Credential

Course Title	Start Dates	Course Types	Credit-Bearing?	Location
SAPC	September 2015	Face-to-face	Matriculates	MELC – Narberth, Montgomery County
SAPC	October 2015	Technical Assistance Cohort support *	TBD	Various Locations

*10-15 students will be supported by an additional 150 hours of TA to support student completion of submission requirements (each student receiving a minimum of 10 hours each)

To Access Rising STARS Tuition Assistance & CDA Vouchers

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  Log into your www.pakeys.org account
  
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  Click on the appropriate “Apply Online” link in the upper right-hand “Voucher Applications” box
  

Tuition Assistance FAQ:

https://www.pakeys.org/uploadedContent/Docs/Tuition%20Assistance%20FAQ%20July%201%202014%20MJM.pdf

July 2015