How Can I Train in the Core Areas of Knowledge?

All Connecticut Charts-A-Course training in the Core Areas of Knowledge must be delivered by individuals who are Connecticut Charts-A-Course approved trainers. All Connecticut Charts-A-Course approved trainers:

1. Are members of the Connecticut Professional Registry.
2. Have also requested access and approval as a trainer from Connecticut Professional Registry.

In commitment to the high standards of Connecticut Charts-A-Course, the Training Approval Board (TAB) has established specific education and experience requirements for approving trainers to deliver Overview and Related topics in the Connecticut Charts-A-Course Core Areas of Knowledge. In order to ensure best practices within the field of Early Childhood Education, the Training Approval Board reviews and modifies trainer approval requirements as needed.

Trainers must fulfill one of the four criteria below:

1. Associate Degree OR enrolled in a Bachelor (or equivalently planned) program with at least 60 credits earned:
   • 30 of these credits must be in early childhood education,
   • AND three of these credits MUST be any one of the following Early Childhood Education areas: Child Development (birth to age eight), Child Psychology (birth to age eight), or Developmental Psychology (birth to age eight),
   • AND three of these credits MUST be in Introduction to Early Childhood Education,
   PLUS 2 years working as a child care provider,
   PLUS 2 years responsibility for the professional growth of another adult.
2. Associate Degree in either Early Childhood Education, Child Development or Home Economics:
   AND 2 years of experience working directly with children as a child care provider,
   PLUS 2 years of responsibility for professional growth of another adult.
3. Bachelor, Master or Doctorate Degree in either Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or Home Economics
   AND 1 year of experience working directly as a child care provider,
   PLUS 1 year of responsibility for the professional growth of another adult.
4. Specialty degrees outside the field of Early Childhood Education with relevant experience. Due to the diverse nature of Connecticut Charts-A-Course Core Areas of Knowledge, college degrees of potential trainers are not limited to the field of Early Childhood Education.

Trainers also have to meet these additional requirements for approval:

1. Mandatory completion of the Adult Learning Theory Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Session.
2. Completion of specific college degree for delivery of:
   • Overview topics
3. Completion of specific college credits and completion of train-the trainer sessions for delivery of:
   • Any topic in the Infant/Toddler, Early Language and Literacy and/or Inclusive Child Care strands.
4. Completion of train the trainer sessions for delivery of the following related topics:
   • Preschool Assessment Framework
   • Preschool Curriculum Framework
   • CT’s Guidelines for the Development of Infant and Toddler Early Learning.