Early Childhood Education Administration
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The completion of the Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate prepares the student to act in a leadership and administrative capacity in a child care and development program. This includes providing for budget design and fiscal management, marketing, constructing personal policies and procedures, including job analysis, developing a staff in-service plan, and designing a comprehensive educational philosophy. To qualify for the Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate, the student must have already met the minimum requirements for the Teacher Permit on the Child Development Permit matrix and must complete the total of 27 units of required courses. Many of the courses in this program utilize the CDES Child Development Laboratory Instructional Classrooms for observation and study of young children and their programs. A minimum grade of "C" is required in each course taken. See Child Development Permit Matrix for requirements needed for Title V programs. The Child Development Permit Matrix is available in the Social Sciences Division Office.
Early Childhood Education Administration Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Art Therapists
Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 38,840
- High salary: 120,050
- Average salary: 65010
Childcare Workers
High school diploma/GED, Associate's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 22,900
- High salary: 44,560
- Average salary: 32050
Clinical Neuropsychologists
Post-doctoral training
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 51,410
- High salary: 163,570
- Average salary: 117580
All Careers in Early Childhood Education Administration (11)
| Clinical Neuropsychologists | Post-doctoral training | Stable | 117,580 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuropsychologists | Post-doctoral training, Doctoral degree | Stable | 117,580 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 77,280 |
| Education Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree | Stable | 72,090 |
| Art Therapists | Master's degree | Rising | 65,010 |
| Music Therapists | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 65,010 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 62,340 |
| Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 61,430 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 58,120 |
| Childcare Workers | High school diploma/GED, Associate's degree | Rising | 32,050 |
| Nannies | High school diploma/GED, Some college | Rising | 32,050 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Upon successful completion of courses leading to the CDES Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate the student will be able to analyze and think critically about the teacher’s comprehensive role in early learning and development settings.
- Upon successful completion of courses leading to the CDES Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate the student will be able to apply human development theory to observation and practice
- Upon successful completion of courses leading to the CDES Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate the student will be able to design quality early childhood programs and curriculum.
- Upon successful completion of courses leading to the CDES Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate the student will be able to know and understand the established as well as recent theories of child development.
- Upon successful completion of courses leading to the CDES Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate the student will be able to recognize and challenge issues of bias that children, individuals and families experience.
- Upon successful completion of courses leading to the CDES Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate the student will be able to recognize and evaluate the interrelationships of the child, family, school and greater community.