Infant and Toddler Teacher
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Infant and Toddler Teacher Certificate is designed to educate caregivers for employment in programs serving infants and toddlers. It is also recommended for Licensed Family Child Care Providers who care for very young children in their homes. Completion of this certificate will meet the State of California Title 22 requirements to teach infants and toddlers in a licensed facility. In many of the courses taken in this program, students will study, observe and learn utilizing the Child Development Laboratory Instructional Classrooms. Completion of this certificate will meet the requirements for six specialization units for the Title V Child Development Permit at the Master Teacher level. Completion of the AA or AS-T degree (transfer) in Child Development is strongly recommended for those students considering a professional career in the area of Infant Development. A minimum grade of C is required in each course taken. The Infant and Toddler Teacher Certificate requires a total of 21 units.
Infant and Toddler Teacher 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 Infant and Toddler Teacher (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.
- Analyze and apply human development theory to observation and practice.
- Analyze and think critically about the teacher’s comprehensive role in infant and toddler learning and development settings.
- Assess and challenge issues of bias that children, individuals and families experience.
- Know and understand the established as well as recent theories of child development.