Community Action, Inc. Early Education Vision - Page 7

Community Action has made raising the level of teacher qualifications a priority and, as stated earlier, much has been done to make progress toward achieving this objective. It is the goal of Community Action to provide at least one Bachelor’s degreed teacher per classroom. In addition, many Community Action Teaching Assistant’s have a CDA credentials. Though the CDA credential is not required for Teaching Assistants, we expect all Teaching Assistants to at least get an initial CDA and encourage those interested to maintain their CDA certification.

Community Action Early Education has the following priorities in training for Center Directors, Teachers, and Early Education Management:

With the implementation of structured curriculum for all Community Action Head Start classrooms, teachers will need to be trained in the development of lesson plans using the adopted curriculum and the Pre-school First ongoing assessment and 45 day mandatory educational screenings. In addition teachers will receive training on creating a classroom that meets the social and emotional needs of all the children in the class.