Staff Agencies & Guidance

Professional Associations

Colleges & Universities

Training & Professional Development

Additional Resources

State Agencies & Guidance 

• Community Care Licensing: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/child-care-licensing
• Resource & Referral Network: https://rrnetwork.org/
• Commission on Teacher Credentialing Child Development Permits: https://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/early-care
• California Child Care Initiative Project:  http://www.crcnapa.org/child-care-initiative-project/

Professional Associations

• NAEYC: https://www.naeyc.org/
• CA Associate for the Education of Young Children:https://caeyc.org/
• Southern California Association for the Education of Young Children: http://scaeyc.net/
• National Association of Family Child Care: https://www.nafcc.org/

Colleges & Universities

Ventura College

• Child Development Page: https://www.venturacollege.edu/departments/academic/child-development
• Resource Page: https://www.venturacollege.edu/departments/academic/child-development/resources
• Career Pathway: https://www.venturacollege.edu/departments/academic/career-education

Oxnard College

• Child Development Page: https://www.oxnardcollege.edu/departments/academic/early-childhood-education
• Career Pathway: https://www.oxnardcollege.edu/career-pathways/childdevelopment
• Brochure: https://www.oxnardcollege.edu/sites/oxnardcollege/files/imported/assets/pdf/brochures/asm-child-devel-hi.pdf

Moorpark College

• Child Development Page: https://www.moorparkcollege.edu/departments/academic/child-development
• Career Pathway: https://www.moorparkcollege.edu/career-pathways/child-development

California State University Channel Islands

• Main Page: https://www.csuci.edu/academics/earlychildhoodstudies.htm
• BA Degree in Early Childhood Studies Website: https://education.csuci.edu/programs/early-childhood-studies.htm
• Resource Page: https://education.csuci.edu/resources/soe-student-resources.htm

Training & Professional Development

• CPIN: https://cpin.us/
• CA Career Lattice: https://earlyedgecalifornia.org/update-on-californias-twb8-workforce-initiatives/ece-career-lattice/
• PITC: https://www.pitc.org/
• CA Workforce Registry: https://www.caregistry.org/
• CTC Training Consortium: https://www.childdevelopment.org/cs/cdtc/print/htdocs/home.htm
• CA Early Childhood Online: https://www.caearlychildhoodonline.org/
• CA Early Childhood Educator Competencies: https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/ececomps.asp
• ECE Competencies Self-Assessment Tool:  http://ececompsat.org/index.html

Additional Resources

• US Department of Health & Human Serices, Administration for Children and Families, Early Childhood Career Pathways: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ecd/early-childhood-career-pathways 
• Community Resources for Children (FFN Providers):    http://www.crcnapa.org/family-friend-and-neighbor/