CA Child Development Permit Matrix
www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl797.pdf
The CARES program for Santa Clara County bases its stipend criteria on the CA state child development permit matrix. The CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) establishes the educational standards for the CA child development permit matrix.
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California Child Care Resource & Referral Network
www.rrnetwork.org
Santa Clara FCCH Report 07-28-06 (PDF)
Santa Clara Center Report 07-31-06 (PDF)
Santa Clara Highlights 08-16-06 (PDF)
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CARES County Contacts
www.edgateway.net/cs/cares/query/q/2595
A list of primary contact for each county in California.
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Center for the Child Care Workforce (CCW)
www.ccw.org
The Center for the Child Care Workforce is a national organization dedicated to improving the quality of child care services by upgrading the wages, benefits, training opportunities, and working conditions for child care teachers and family child care providers. Over 40 counties in California are developing and implementing compensation programs based on the CARES model.
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Center for the Study of Child Care Employment Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California Berkeley
www.iir.berkeley.edu/cscce
The report, Clearing a Career Path: Lessons from Two Communities in Promoting Higher Education Access for the Early Care and Education Workforce, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, California (2006), presents accomplishments and challenges to offering educational opportunities that will increase the quality of care for children.
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Child Development Training Consortium (CDTC)
www.childdevelopment.org
The Child Development Training Consortium supports the professional development of the early childhood profession through a number of initiatives including grants for child development permit processing fees, career incentive grants, a community college program, a professional growth advisor project, and a child development administrator institute.
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College Accreditation
www.eduselect.com/accreditation.htm
There are six regional accreditation associations in the United States:
- Middle States Association of Collegs and Schools
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Schools
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is one of six regional associations that accredit public and private schools, colleges, and universities in the United States. The CARES Program for Santa Clara County accepts coursework from colleges and universities that have achieved accreditation through one of the following Commissions: the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, and the Accrediting Commission for Schools.
Four-year colleges and universities, go to www.wascsenior.org
Community and junior colleges, go to www.accjc.org
Other schools, go to www.acswasc.org
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First 5 California
www.ccfc.ca.gov/
The California Children and Families Act of 1998 is designed to provide, on a community-by-community basis, all children prenatal to five years of age with a comprehensive, integrated system of early childhood development services.
The Santa Clara County CARES program is supported partially through a grant from FIRST 5 California.
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FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
www.first5kids.com
FIRST 5 Santa Clara County was formed when the voters approved Proposition 10 in November 1998. Proposition 10 established a tax on tobacco products from which approximately $650 million was collected in 2001. Eighty percent of the revenues are allocated to county commissions to fund local initiatives. The First 5 Commission of Santa Clara County receives approximately $25 million of these funds.
The Santa Clara County CARES program is supported primarily with funds from FIRST 5 California.
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International Transcript Evaluation
www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl635.html
Individuals who have completed college or university coursework at an institution in a country other than the U.S. must obtain a complete evaluation of their foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents prior to applying for a CARES stipend. The web site indicated above provides a listing of Foreign Transcript Evaluation Services that are accepted by the CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC). The CARES Program will accept foreign transcripts and degrees only if they have been evaluated from one of the services accepted by the CTC.
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National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
www.nafcc.org
NAFCC is dedicated to strengthening the profession of family child care by promoting high quality, professional early care and education and strengthening communities where providers live and work. NAFCC is the only national accreditation system for family child care providers.
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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
www.naeyc.org
NAEYC offers an accreditation program designed to improve the quality of care and education provided for young children in center-based and family child care programs in the United States. Find out about the accreditation process, criteria, application, and NAEYC resources for accreditation.
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