Creating a Brighter Tomorrow for Our Children
Having trained early childhood staff is essential to creating a quality childcare program. Unfortunately, you can’t always get your staff to attend training classes for various reasons. This leaves you, the employer, at a loss.
At Pratt Educational Services, Inc., we offer a program that brings the training to your staff. We have taught CDA (Child Development Associate) training classes for more than 26 years with an excellent success rate of students receiving their CDA. This course is available to clients in Greater Cincinnati and other areas in Ohio.
- SUTQ/OA Training Classes
- CDA Classes
- CDA Renewal Classes
- Face-to-Face and Online Classes Available
- Ohio Healthy Programs
- Childcare Consulting for Centers and Family Childcare
CDA Training Modules
We developed the CDA program to:
- Meet all the qualifications set forth by NAEYC
- Meet the community needs for professional childcare providers in various settings
- Offer advancement and learning opportunities for experienced childcare providers
Admission Requirements
- Must have at least 480 hours of childcare experience within a group setting over a three-year period
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Have a high school diploma or GED (proof)
- Have a clean police background check
How It Works
Once a participant finishes the whole program, he or she will be issued a certificate of completion. They can apply for their CDA immediately after they receive it. We will also help them through this process. It’s just that simple!
Schedule
The CDA program is an online course. You can complete it anywhere from three to five months. We also offer face-to-face classes.
Rates
The tuition for the entire program is $625 per student for face to face, books are not included.
- Payment is due in full prior to starting the classes
- A 3% convenience fee for credit card payments.
We also do not offer refunds.
Other Expenses*
- $49: Textbook - $60 with shipping
- $25: Competency Standards Book - $33 with shipping
- If Textbook and Competency Standard book are purchased together the cost will be $87.00.
- $425: Testing Fee (Once You Have Determined When You Want to Be Tested) There is a scholarship available through TEACH.
*Scholarships Are Available for All Childcare Workers (Testing Fee)
Payment Options
We accept payments made through PayPal. You can also make your payment over the phone with a credit or debit card. If you want to mail it to us, you may do so as well. Mailing address is P.O. Box 531642, Cincinnati, Ohio 45253. We also accept CashApp and Zelle.
If you are a Preschool Promise site we are a vendor for payments for our classes.
CDA Renewal
If you are looking for a training class to renew your CDA, you can get the required 45 clock hours of SUTQ\OA training classes from our company. To learn more about the CDA renewal process, please visit the website of Council for Professional Recognition.
Remember: trained staff leads to retention, and retention leads to happy parents. We look forward to meeting you and helping you with your successes as an early childhood educator!
