​​​​​​​​Child Development Permit

Professional Growth Advisors: Dr. Chris Becerra​ and Professor Chantal Lamourelle

A Child Development Permit is an early childhood education credential issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. It authorizes service in the care, development, and instruction of children in a child care and development program.  These permit​​s are required for individuals working in a state funded (in a school district) or federally funded (head start) child care and development program with children ages 0-5 and/or ages 5-12 (school age emphasis).  There are multiple levels within the structure of these permits that authorize different levels of care and instruction for young children, as well as supervision of child care and development programs.

• Child Development Permit Authorizations
• Child Development Permit Matrix

Education code  §8303(a) provides that, "each person employed by a public or private agency in a position requiring a child development permit for the supervision and instruction of children...  shall be deemed to be employed in a position requiring certification qualifications."​

We offer certificate programs that students can obtain in order to recieve professional growth hours to renew your child development permit.​

Resources

• ​Child Development Permit Worksheet.pdf
• Child Development Professional Growth Plan.pdf
• Child Development - Verification of Experience.pdf​

Application Process

• ​Join Professor Chantal Lamourelle and Dr. Chris Becerra at a Child Development Permit Information Session. You can also set up a time for them to review your unofficial transcripts.
  

• You will need to obtain your official transcripts - request your SAC transcripts​.

• Review all of the materials you will need for the permit application.

• Apply for your child development permit on the Child Development Training Consortium​ Website.

• Make an appointment at the Orange County Department of Education to turn in all your materials.

Funding is available for students that will pay for the application fee and reimursement for the live scan fingerprint fees through the child development permit stipend from the child development training consortium​.

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