State/Territory Preschool Credential Overview
Explore the various types of preschool credentials offered by states and territories in this overview.
Early Childhood Credential Planning and Implementation Guide
Explore this planning and implementation guide. Learn ways that state and territory teams can use it to help create or revise early childhood education credentials.
Early Educator Central
Explore the Early Educator Central website. Find resources that support infant-toddler educators as they work along their career pathway. Browse materials for administrators, trainers and coaches, and professional development system leaders.
Credentialing and Degree Programs Databases for Head Start Staff Who Work with Families
Head Start program staff who work with families can explore two databases with professional development and educational opportunities. They can explore career pathways in social work, human services, family services, counseling, and related fields.
Head Start Staff Qualifications
Head Start programs must ensure all staff, consultants, and contractors have sufficient knowledge, training, experience, and competencies to fulfill the roles and duties of their position. FInd the resources to understand these requirements.
Steps Local Agencies Can Use to Determine Credential or Degree Equivalency
Head Start and Early Head Start agencies must ensure they have qualified staff in accordance with the Head Start regulations. The Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) include equivalency provisions for some staff roles as part of the educational requirements.
It is the agency’s responsibility to determine equivalency. Local agencies have flexibility in determining and justifying how their employees meet the educational equivalency qualification requirements.
The steps outlined in the following document help guide agencies in the equivalency determination and justification process.