CHILD DEVELOPMENT SITE SUPERVISOR

Certificate of Achievement Child Development and Family Studies · Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog

The Child Development Site Supervisor Certificate of Achievement matches the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Site Supervisor Permit Early Childhood Education course requirements. Students need an Associate Degree to meet the Child Development Site Supervisor Permit Education Requirement.

Learning Outcome(s):

  1. Apply human development theory to the early learning classroom and recognize the multiple interacting influences on a child’s development.
  2. Apply effective guidance and interaction strategies that support children’s social learning and promote positive and reciprocal relationships among culturally and linguistically diverse teachers, children, and their families.
  3. Identify and demonstrate the necessary skills to effectively supervise, lead, and evaluate staff in an early childhood education program.
  4. Develop and design curricula and environments that are healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging for the children.
  5. Analyze and implement strategies that promote partnerships between teachers and families, identifying programs and community resources that promote children’s health, development, and learning.
  6. Identify and conduct themselves as a member of the Early Childhood field; employing work skills, ethics, and dispositions that support professionalism and continued professional development.
CourseTitleUnits
Required Courses (35 units)35
CDFS 201CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT3
CDFS 202CHILD, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY3
CDFS 203CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN3
CDFS 204HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION3
CDFS 205INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES3
CDFS 206OBSERVATION, RECORDING TECHNIQUES AND ASSESSMENT3
CDFS 215CHILDREN IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY3
CDFS 216PRACTICUM: CURRICULUM/ENVIRONMENT SUPERVISED FIELD EXPERIENCE5
CDFS 245ADULT SUPERVISION AND MENTORING3
CDFS 246ADMINISTRATION I: PROGRAMS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION3
CDFS 248ADMINISTRATION II: PERSONNEL AND LEADERSHIP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION3
Total35

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