ECD Future
Students - Nontraditional Credit Options
A
variety of nontraditional credit options is available to students who
are eligible to apply life or work experience credit. If you can answer
yes to anyone of these questions then you may eligible for
nontraditional credit.
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Have
you been employed for the past three years in an early childhood
program with children birth to age 5 that is licensed ODE or ODJFS
or certified through another approved agency?
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Do
you hold a current Child Development Associate Certificate (CDA)?
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Do
you hold current certifications required by ODJFS in Red Cross First
Aid, Communicable Disease Recognition, Infant and Child CPR,
Bloodborne Pathogens Management, and Child Abuse and Neglect
Recognition and Prevention?
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Have
you attended another vocational school, career center, college or
university?
Students enrolling in the Associate
Degree Early Childhood Development Program may apply for nontraditional
credit by contacting the ECD Program Director at 740-366-9359 or via
email at rwilliam@cotc.edu.
Nontraditional Credit Options Overview
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Articulation Agreement
grants college credit to recent grads of Vocational or Career Center
Early Childhood program. Grads must enroll at COTC within 15 months
of graduation from the vocational program. Graduates must work with
their vocational education instructor to complete the required
application. The Licking County Joint Vocational School agreement
grants up to nine credits.
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Credit Equivalency for Training
verifies the student has equivalent training to course goals and
objectives. Students submit the required forms or work for review.
The following credit equivalency options are available. (Note:
Other colleges or universities may not accept credit equivalency
transfer credit)
The CDA credential can be converted
to six ECD technical elective college credits by completing an
approved CDA program and receiving a valid CDA certificate. The
original current certificate is needed at time of the appointment
with the ECD Program Director. (All COTC ECD course can be used for
the 120 clock hours needed to complete the CDA) For more
information contact the Council for Early Childhood Professional
recognition at 1-800-424-4310 for the closest CDA program.
The following courses have been
approved for Credit Equivalency for Training:
5656 Family Child Community
Health and Safety
5684 Fundamentals of Reading and
Writing
Six ECD Technical Electives for
competed current CDA
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Portfolio options
verifies through documentation for a specific course that the student
has completed the requirements for the course goals and objectives.
(Note: Other colleges or universities may not accept credit equivalency
transfer credit)
The following Courses have been approved
for Portfolio Option
5614 Introduction to Early Childhood
Development
5615 Managing Children in Groups |
