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11th & 12th Grade - The Child Care Services program is a two-year course for juniors and seniors to prepare for a variety of occupations relating to the care and education of preschool aged children.  Child care attendants and preschool professionals provide prekindergarten children with a routine of basic physical and social/emotional care, and stimulate them with physical, social and intellectual experiences to prepare them for school and society.  High school students that enroll in this program prepare for national certification as a Child Development Associate.  This curriculum, which includes the laws and regulations that govern the supervision of children, provides a foundation for college entry in early childhood education or for immediate employment in fields relating to the care of children.

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A Child Care worker should:

  • have a desire to work with children
  • be kind and patient
  • have energy and physical stamina
  • have skills in music, art, drama and storytelling
  • have the ability to nurture, motivate, teach and influence others
  • have average aptitudes in verbal reasoning, numerical ability, abstract reasoning and language usage

Click on the link below to see a comprehensive list of Duties and Tasks and how they relate to the NOCTI (National Occupational Competency Testing Institute) and the National Skills Standard.

Each student is expected to complete these upon graduation.

Duty/Task List

Click on the link below to see a chart of the curriculum taught in the Child Care Services lab each year.

Instructional Sequence Chart

 


PA Skills Certificate for Early Childhood Care and Education

CDA-Ready Certificate (if all requirements are met)

 

Mrs. Kathy Cooper

Mrs. Cooper had been teaching at Crawford County Career and Technical Center for 16 years. Before teaching at Crawford County CTC, she taught Home Economics at Northwestern Senior High School and Meadville Area Senior High School. She taught Personal Care (Child Care/Elderly Care) at Mercer County Career Center, where she was also an advisor for FHA/HERO (Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations). Mrs. Cooper received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics Education from Penn State University. She received her Vocational Instructional II Certification from the PA Department of Education.

While working for Crawford County CTC, Mrs. Cooper has served on a Strategic Planning Committee, the Safety Committee and is the Chairperson of the Senior Recognition Assembly Committee. She has been a mentor teacher for new teachers, is a Child Development Associate Advisor for her former students and has served on the Program of Study Committee for the PA Department of Education.

Employment of child care workers is expected to increase as fast as the average for all occupations, primarily because of the growth of the number of preschool age children with working mothers

Related occupations in Child Care Services are Child Care Aide, Teacher's Aide, Childhood Program Director*, Children's Tutor, Self-employed Child Care Worker, Kindergarten Teacher* and an Elementary Teacher*. Job placement in Child Care would be in day care centers, preschools, handicapped children's schools, Head Start Programs, private homes (nanny positions), family day care homes, group day care homes and elementary schools.

*Require post-secondary education