{"id":180519,"date":"2023-07-19T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=180519"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:17:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:17:56","slug":"honolulu-cc-early-childhood-cert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/19\/honolulu-cc-early-childhood-cert\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant, toddler caregiver certificate launched at Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child.jpeg\" alt=\"Teachers playing with toddlers\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-180526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child-130x73.jpeg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new certificate for infant and toddler caregivers is now available through Honolulu Community College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/post\/program\/eced\/\">Early Childhood Education (<abbr>ECED<\/abbr>) program<\/a>. Building on the momentum from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readykeiki.org\/\">Ready Keiki<\/a> initiative to expand access to preschool, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/06\/600k-supports-ece-initiative\/\">tuition stipend<\/a> available to current and potential early childhood educators and caregivers, the <abbr>ECED<\/abbr> program launched the certificate to provide more opportunities for individuals in the early childhood education and care profession.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child-cert-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Teachers playing with toddlers\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-180525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child-cert-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child-cert-1-130x73.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hono-cc-early-child-cert-1.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This certificate creates a promising efficient pathway specialized for those who want to work with infants and toddlers. It is a thoughtfully constructed pathway to build <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s infant and toddler caregiver workforce,&rdquo; said Caroline Soga, assistant professor and program coordinator. &ldquo;This certificate is also stackable and enables students to continue on to finish an associate degree and then transfer to a four-year university, if they choose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The infant and toddler caregiver certificate requires a 21-credit sequence designed to meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/humanservices.hawaii.gov\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Department of Human Services\u2019<\/a> education and experience qualifications of an infant and toddler caregiver. The new certificate is in addition to offerings such as the <abbr>ECED<\/abbr> associate in science degree, with either preschool or infant and toddler specializations, and certificates of competence.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/post\/program\/eced\/\"><abbr>ECED<\/abbr> program<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new certificate builds on the tuition stipend available to current and potential early childhood educators and caregivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[908,62,71],"class_list":["post-180519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-early-childhood-education","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180519"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180537,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180519\/revisions\/180537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}