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Child Care CE Requirements

State Requirements

	Teachers in Child Care Centers		Master Teachers in Child Care Centers
States	Preservice Qualifications	Ongoing Hours	Preservice Qualifications	Ongoing Hours
Alabama*	12 hours of training in child care and development	12
Alaska	None	15
Arizona	None	12
Arkansas	None	10
California*	6 post secondary semester or equivalent quarter units in ECE or child development	0	CDA credential and 6 months experience	0
Colorado	None	9
Connecticut	None	1% of hours worked	CDA credential and 1080 hours of experience	1% of hours worked
Delaware	60 hours of training in child development or early childhood education and 1 year experience	15
District of Columbia	CDA credential and experience	0
Florida	40 clock hours of training in early childhood education	8
Georgia	10 clock hours of child care training within the first year of employment	10
Hawaii	CDA credential or Certificate in ECE and 1 year of experience	0
Idaho	None	4
Illinois	CDA or CCP credential	15
Indiana	None	12
Iowa*	None	10
Kansas*	CDA credential and 1 year experience	10
Kentucky	None	12
Louisiana	None	0
Maine	None	24
Maryland*	90 clock hours in early childhood development and programming and 1 year of experience	3

	Teachers in Child Care Centers		Master Teachers in Child Care Centers
States	Preservice Qualifications	Ongoing Hours	Preservice Qualifications	Ongoing Hours
Massachusetts*	3 credit course in child development and 9 months of experience	20	at least 4 courses in early childhood education and 36 months of experience	20
Michigan	None	0
Minnesota	CDA credential and 1560 hours experience	2% of hours worked
Mississippi	None	15
Missouri	None	12
Montana	8 hours of training in early childhood in the first year	0
Nebraska	None	12
Nevada	6 hours of early childhood training (with no more than 3 hours in CPR) in the first 6 months of employment	12	6 hours of early childhood training (with no more than 3 hours in CPR) in the first 6 months of employment	12
New Hampshire*	Completion of a 2-year vocational child care course	6	Non-expired CDA and a minimum of 3000 hours of experience	6
New Jersey	CCP Certificate or CDA credential	8	Bachelor's degree in any field with 9 college credits in early childhood education and 3 years experience	12
New Mexico	None	24
New York*	None	15	CDA credential and 2 years experience	15
New York City	Early childhood teacher certification	0
North Carolina*	None	20	NC Early Childhood Credential (NCECC) or equivalent & 1 year experience	20
North Dakota*	None	13	None	13
Ohio*	None	15
Oklahoma	None	12	None	12
Oregon	None	15	None	15
Pennsylvania	None	6	Associate's degree that includes 30 credits in early childhood education and 3 years experience	6
Rhode Island	Bachelor's degree in any field and must meet the standards for Rhode Island Early Childhood Certification (24 credits in ECE and 6 credits of student teaching)	20	Bachelor's degree in any field and must meet the standards for Rhode Island Early Childhood Certification (24 credits in ECE and 6 credits of student teaching)	20
South Carolina*	None	10
South Dakota	None	20	None	20
Tennessee	None	6
Texas	8 hours of required training in early childhood	15
Utah	None	20
Vermont*	12 credits in topics related to ECE and 3 years experience	12	Master's degree in ECE or related field and two years experience	12
Virginia*	None	8
Washington	20 hours of approved training	10
West Virginia	None	U
Wisconsin	2 credit/non-credit department-approved courses (at least 2 credits each) in ECE and 80 days experience	25
Wyoming	None	30 every 2 years
Total Number of States with Training Requirement	22	45	11	14