Hello! I earned my CDA in 1980, while teaching Pre School. I was 26 at the time. I taught Pre School in a Head Start program for 23 years, and then I was a CDA Trainer for a couple of years. Now I am a Staff Development Administrative Assistant, and help other to get hooked up with their CDA training, and work with them to go on to take college classes and eventually earn their AA in ECE. Our organization recently instituted a new Teacher pay scale which is based on completing a CDA, a CDA +30 college credits, a CDA +60 credits, and AA in ECE, and AA + 30 crdits toward a BA, AA+60, BA.
By the way even though i have my AA degree, i have kept my CDA active all of these years. It is an excellent program, if you have a good trainer or trainers.
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