Child Development Training Consortium
Services
CDTC provides financial and techical assistance to child development students and professionals to promote high quality early education to California's children and families. Our services include the following:
This program is available to fund specific educational costs at 96 community colleges throughout California. Access to this program is available through the CDTC Campus Coordinator designated at each of the colleges. For more information click the Community College Program link above or call (209) 572-6086.
Child Development Permit Stipends
The CDTC pays the permit application processing fees to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing for eligible Child Development Permit applicants. It also reimburses first-time permit applicants their $56 fingerprint processing fee. For a Child Development Permit application packet or more information, call (209) 572-6080 or click on the Child Development Permit Stipends link above. Permits are funded by both CDE/CDD and First 5 California.
This program reimburses eligible students the cost of their tuition, books, and other required enrollment fees. The types of grants (in priority order) are available to students who are:
- Recipients of permit waivers issued by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division (CDE/CDD).
- Attending non-CDTC community colleges.
- Attending 4-year colleges or universities
For more information, click the Career Incentive Grants link above or call (209) 572-6086.
Through 96 community colleges, the CDTC provides training and support to new and previously trained professional growth advisors. Click on the Professional Growth Advisor Project link above for a registry of trained advisors or for more information, call (209) 572-6085.
This program aims to develop a lower-division program of study that supports early care and education teacher preparation, constructed on an evidence-based foundation with shared professional consensus. For more information click the Curriculum Alignment Project above.
Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) for CARES Programs
The CDTC in collaboration with Working for Quality Child Care provides comprehensive and readily available T&TA that supports the stability and professional development of individuals affiliated with California’s early care and education workforce. The T&TA is available to county Children and Families Commission staff, CARES program administrators, community college faculty and staff, AB212 program staff, and CARES participants. For more information click the link above.
Schedule of Nontraditional Classes and Trainings
The CDTC maintains a Schedule of Nontraditional Classes and Trainings. To view the schedule, click the link above. Up-to-date information about the following is provided:
- Online classes
- Short-term classes
- Video and correspondence classes
- Classes available in languages other than English
- Workshops and conferences
- Distance degree and certificate programs
This project is funded by First 5 California. We need your assistance to make this resource as comprehensive as possible. Please email information about nontraditional class offerings available in your community to Susanne Valdez at valdez_susanne@sac.edu
Stanislaus County Children and Families Commission funds the CARES Project to improve the quality of early care and education programs by building a more qualified, stable work force. Cash payments and/or resources will be provided to encourage continued professional growth that in turn builds a more qualified and stable child development workforce.