Child Development Associate Teacher Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2023-2024. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. explain physical, cognitive and psychosocial domains in the preschool age child.
  2. analyze a variety of programs available to pre-school children and employ essential components for a quality program.
  3. analyze the core components of environmental influences on children and families, including socialization, diverse family structures, family interpersonal relationships, education and mass media influences.