This paper reviews the history of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, created in 1972 to meet the growing need for skilled child care workers to provide quality programs for young children in the United States. A pilot program was launched in 1974, leading to the granting of CDA credentials in 1975. Since 1976 over 60,000 CDA…

"Taking the Lead: Investing in Early Childhood Leadership for the 21st Century" is an initiative to support quality in early childhood programs by promoting director credentialing and leadership development in the early care and education field. In developing its two initiatives, "Experiments in Director Credentialing" and…

California Assembly Bill 1725 repealed the credentials used to determine the subject areas that community college faculty could teach and mandated the development of a list of disciplines. This two-part paper describes policies of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) with respect to assigning courses and proposing changes…

Continuing medical education is entering a new era. What has been casual and emergent will incresingly be directly related to the professional affairs of the individual practitioners. The medical profession will find itself drawn progressively into the continuing educational activities of other allied health professions. The author discusses…

One requisite of a profession is that its practitioners hold a credential certifying that the individual is competent to provide needed services. In the fields of health, physical education, recreation, and dance, diverse groups compete in credentialing practitioners. The four papers in this collection discuss who is, or should be, responsible for…

As more public money is spent on educational reform, the issue of school accountability arises more often. California high schools have traditionally participated in an external validation process to gain accreditation from the regional commission, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Schools that receive compensatory funding…

Part 1 of this publication lists certification regulations for prospective public school teachers in South Carolina and includes policy statements on: (1) school personnel required to have credentials; (2) requirements for certification; (3) application procedures; (4) credential classification; (5) additional areas of certification; (6) renewal…

This document sets forth the requirements for teacher education and certification for the State of South Carolina. There are four sections: (1) certification and credentialing requrements; (2) requirements for additional areas of certification; (3) requirements for initial certification at the advanced level; and (4) requirements for trade and…

This paper, based on a study of 169 institutions and 397 faculty, reports the findings of a national survey of institutions offering credit instruction in gerontology. The survey sought to identify the most pertinent administrative and procedural characteristics of gerontology education programs and, in addition, sought to describe the training,…

This PLACE workbook for clients in employment counseling helps them assess their employability, specifically in the parts of PLACE related to identifying an occupation and fitting the requirements. (A companion Sourcebook is available separately as CE 031 884.) It contains employment-related topics about which the clients are asked questions that…

The guidelines address the qualifications, training, and functions of occupational and physical therapists in working with handicapped children in Maryland public schools. A section on personnel lists job specifications (salary scale, education, experience, employment conditions, examples and essential requirements of work) for four levels of…

This description of a Foundations of Adult Education course, one of two required core courses for the Designated Subjects Adult Teaching Credential, begins by describing the student population for which the course was designed, and goes on to provide a glossary of terms such as adult basic education, competency, and lifelong learning. Next, the…

A movement in many states proposes licensing those that wish to identify themselves as professional counselors. In attempting to pass licensing legislation, however, the question of support becomes a critical one. In order to survey the attitudes of a group of Human Development Counseling (HDC) graduate students, licensure, program accreditation…

Management competencies within the higher education system are vitally important to the effectiveness of the institution. An examination of 50 institutional codes and bylaws reveals rather general statements with respect to specific duties of management professionals. Only five of 24 institutions surveyed had developed detailed position guides…

This selective, annotated bibliography presents reference materials concerning international education in its broadest aspects. It is intended for all those interested in study, teaching, or work in a country other than their own. Part I, Description and Comparison of Education Systems of the World, organized by world, region, and nation, cites…