Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXV - Bulletin 139-Louisiana Child Care and Development Fund Programs › Chapter 9 - Louisiana Pathways Early Learning Center Career Development System (LA Pathways) › Section CLXV-903 - Participation in LA Pathways

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An
				individual working or planning to work in the child care facility industry as a
				director of a child care facility is eligible to enroll in LA pathways upon
				successful submission of an application and the required documents to LA
				pathways.
B. An individual working
				or planning to work in the child care facility industry as a staff member of a
				child care facility is eligible to enroll in LA pathways upon successful
				submission of an application and the required documents to LA
				Pathways.
C. LA pathways will
				register child care facility directors and staff according to requirements
				based on training and education, experience, and professional activities, as
				approved by the LDE. Participation is voluntary.
D. The state superintendent of education,
				pursuant to authority delegated by BESE, may waive compliance with a
				requirement in this Chapter when the superintendent determines that the
				economic or adverse impact is sufficiently great to make compliance
				impractical, as long as the health and well-being of the staff and children are
				not imperiled. When the individual has been determined to have met or exceeded
				the intent of a requirement, the requirement may be deemed met. The decision to
				grant or deny a waiver rests with the sole discretion of the state
				superintendent.
E. Training,
				Education, Experience, and Professional Activity Requirements for the
				Administrator Track for LA Pathways through December 31, 2017
1. Assistant Director I-annual training as
				required by early learning center licensing regulations in LAC 28:CLXV.139; no
				experience required; and encouraged to participate in an early childhood
				professional organization.
2.
				Assistant Director II-60 clock hours in approved core knowledge CDA subject
				areas including 6 hours in regulations; minimum of six months experience; and
				encouraged to participate in an early childhood professional
				organization.
3. Assistant Director
				III-90 clock hours in approved core knowledge CDA subject areas including 15
				hours in approved administrative training categories; minimum of one year
				experience; and encouraged to participate in an early childhood professional
				organization.
4. Director-training
				and experience as required by early learning center licensing regulations in
				LAC 28:CLXV.139; and encouraged to participate in an early childhood
				professional organization.
5.
				Director I-CDA credential or approved early childhood diploma; and 30 clock
				hours in approved administrative training categories, related associate degree,
				or 30 hours toward associate degree with four college courses in early
				childhood/child development; minimum one year of experience; and membership in
				an early childhood professional organization.
6. Director II-CDA credential or approved
				early childhood diploma; and 45 clock hours in approved administrative training
				categories/national administrative credential, associate degree in early
				childhood/child development, related associate degree with four college courses
				in early childhood/child development, or related bachelor's degree with three
				college courses in early childhood/child development; minimum 18 months
				experience; and membership in an early childhood professional organization and
				service to the profession such as serving on a board or committee, presenting
				at a conference, participating as a CDA advisory/mentor, or attendance at a
				conference or professional event.
7. Director III-administrator certificate;
				and CDA credential or approved early childhood diplomas, associate degree in
				early childhood/child development, bachelor's degree in early childhood/child
				development of which three courses focus on infants and toddlers, or related
				bachelor's degree with six college courses in early childhood/child development
				of which three courses focus on infants and toddlers; minimum two years of
				experience, and membership in an early childhood professional organization and
				service to the profession such as serving on a board or committee, presenting
				at a conference, participating as a CDA advisory/mentor, or attendance at a
				conference or professional event.
8. Director IV-administrator certificate; and
				master's degree in early childhood/child development or early childhood
				administration of which three courses focus on infants and toddlers, or related
				master's degree with eight college courses in early childhood/child development
				of which three courses focus on infants and toddlers; minimum of two years of
				experience; and membership in an early childhood professional organization and
				service to the profession such as serving on a board or committee, presenting
				at a conference, participating as a CDA advisory/mentor, or attendance at a
				conference or professional event.
9. In order to receive an administrator
				certificate, 75 clock hours of instruction in approved administrative training
				categories are required. Two college courses in approved administration can be
				substituted for the administrator certificate.