Cincinnati State launches Early Childhood program at Diamond Oaks
October 8, 2010
In an effort to better serve western Hamilton County residents, Cincinnati State is partnering with the Great Oaks Career Campus at Diamond Oaks to offer one of the College’s most popular Early Childhood Education sequences.
Starting in mid-November, Cincinnati State will offer its complete Early Childhood Education Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate curriculum at the Diamond Oaks campus, 6375 Harrison Avenue near I-74.
The CDA certificate curriculum provides the opportunity for students to meet the requirements of the Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition’s Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.
The courses leading to the CDA Certificate are also part of a pathway toward the Early Childhood Care and Education Associate Degree offered at Cincinnati State’s main campus.
The target audience for the CDA Certificate includes home child care providers, community residents and high school seniors in districts that are part of the Great Oaks network. (High school students who have completed the high school early childhood education curriculum at Diamond Oaks will be able to receive credit for up to seven Cincinnati State CDA courses, enabling them to significantly accelerate their progress toward the CDA credential.)
Dr. Rayma Smith, Dean of the Humanities and Sciences divisions at Cincinnati State, said the CDA Certificate offered at Diamond Oaks offers students in western Hamilton County:
- Complete course curriculum offered in the evenings at Diamond Oaks
- Free and convenient parking
- Classes offered in well-equipped, state-of-the-art Diamond Oaks ECE classroom environment.
“Cincinnati State is committed to excellence in child care education,’’ Dr. Smith said. “We believe this partnership between Cincinnati State and Great Oaks will prove beneficial to residents –¬ and ultimately to children,’’ she said.
The ECE degree and certificate programs at Cincinnati State are designed to meet the standards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition (which sponsors the Child Development Credential) and the Ohio Department of Education.
The first class of students in the Cincinnati State CDA Certificate program at Diamond Oaks will begin in the Late Fall Term, which starts Nov. 16. Classes will be available in the evenings beginning at 6 p.m. each week.
Students who follow the prescribed enrollment plan will be able to complete their CDA Certificate in four terms, ending in Summer of 2011.
Future plans call for the expansion of this curriculum at the Great Oaks Scarlet Oaks Campus in the spring of 2011 for those in the northern regions of Cincinnati.
Students interested in participating in the CDA Certificate program should contact the Admissions Office at Cincinnati State at 513.861.7700 or by e-mail at emal.
