Family Child Care Teaching, Certificate of Achievement (COA)

The Family Child Care Teaching, Certificate of Achievement (COA) is intended to provide foundational skills in child development knowledge, behavior management, curriculum planning applicable to children from birth to 6th grade, and small business education to successfully run a small business.

Upon successful completion of this COA, students will be able to:

1.  Describe the progressive nature of child development to inform activity, experience, and lesson planning.

2. Describe underlying needs of behavior communication and evaluate strategies to meet these needs.

3. Create developmentally appropriate activities, experiences, and lessons supported by state standards.

4. Identify best best practices in running a small business.

Conservative estimates of completers for this COA is 15 per year.  With changes in the early care and education field, family child care is an even more essential part of the mixed delivery system of care in Ventura county.

Child care demand, especially for care of infants and toddlers, is high in the Ventura area. The Family Child Care Teaching, Certificate of Achievement (COA) is designed to provide developmental knowledge, behavior management, and curriculum planning applicable to children from birth to 6th grade, and to provide small business education for completers to successfully run a small business.

Child care demand, especially for care of infants and toddlers, is high in the Ventura area. The Family Child Care Teaching, Certificate of Achievement (COA) is designed to provide developmental knowledge, behavior management, and curriculum planning applicable to children from birth to 6th grade, and to provide small business education for completers to successfully run a small business.

Required Courses

BUS V38Small Business Management  3 units

CD V02Child Growth and Development  3 units

CD V22Behavior Management in Early Childhood Education  3 units

CD V24Child Nutrition, Health, and Safety  3 units

CD V29Adult Supervision in Early Childhood Education  2 units

CD V63Introduction to Curriculum in Early Childhood Education  3 units

CD V65Administration of Early Childhood Education Programs  3 units

Total Required Units for COA                         20 units