Assistant Childcare Teacher (ACCT) Certification Program
The DPI-approved Assistant Childcare Teacher Certification (ACCT) program is considered an advanced-level vocational career and technical education industry credential course. The students who take this course are encouraged to take other courses in the programs of study in the Human Services or Education and Training career clusters. Courses in the learning plan could include child development or parenting. The teacher who teaches this course must have a #1210 Family and Consumer Sciences teacher license and a #1211 supplemental vocational child care services license. The #1216-HERO Co-op license requires 2,000 hours of family-and-consumer-sciences-related industry-based work experience, with at least 1,000 hours are required in the child care services licensed regulated child care facilities where students eventually will enter the workforce.
Infant and Toddler (I/T) Certification Program
The DPI-approved Infant and Toddler (I/T) Certification program is considered an advanced-level vocational career and technical education industry credential course. The students who take this course have satisfactorily completed the Assistant Childcare Teacher Certification course. This certification includes 10 hours of classroom instruction plus 10 hours of student observation. The teacher who teaches this course must have a #1210 Family and Consumer Sciences teacher license and a #1211 supplemental vocational child care services license. The #1216-HERO Co-op license requires 2,000 hours of family-and-consumer-sciences-related industry-based work experience, with at least 1,000 hours are required in the child care services licensed regulated child care facilities where students eventually will enter the workforce.
Childcare Teacher (CCT) Certification Program
The DPI-approved Childcare Teacher Certification (CCT) program is considered an advanced-level vocational career and technical education industry credential course. For seniors who are 17 years of age and who have satisfactorily completed the Assistant Childcare Teacher (ACCT) course during their junior year, the competency areas covered include the following:
- personal/interpersonal
- thinking/information processing
- systems/technology
- introduction to childcare services
- the center environment
- children professional development
- food and nutrition
- health and safety
- special needs of children
Core employability skills are also measured. Students who satisfactorily complete the program and graduate from high school also qualify to receive the second-level Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) employment designation as a Childcare Teacher.The teacher who teaches this course must have a #1210 Family and Consumer Sciences teacher license and a #1211 supplemental vocational child care services license. The #1216-HERO Co-op license requires 2,000 hours of family-and-consumer-sciences-related industry-based work experience, with at least 1,000 hours are required in the child care services licensed regulated child care facilities where students eventually will enter the workforce.