Child Development Teacher Permit

A Child Development Teacher Permit authorizes the holder to provide service in the care, development, and instruction of children in a child care and development program, and supervise a CDP Associate Teacher, a CDP Assistant, and an aide.

Required Documents
  1. CTC Educator Profile with full LEGAL name
    • IMPORTANT: Please do not apply directly through CTC's online application. Submitting your application via CTC will significantly delay the process, taking up to 50 days for clearance.
  2. Completed CTC fingerprints
  3. OFFICIAL transcripts verifying qualification
    • Official transcripts MUST be sent directly from the university to the Credential Specialist assigned to the first letter of your last name (see chart below)
  4. Verification of Experience (if applicable)

Alyss Cuiriz (A-H)
Credential Specialist
acuiriz@fcoe.org

Felicia Urrabazo (I-Q)
Credential Specialist
Bilingual - Spanish
furrabazo@fcoe.org

Gina Sorensen (R-Z)
Credential Specialist
gsorensen@fcoe.org

Eligibility Requirements

To qualify for the Child Development Teacher Permit, individuals must satisfy all of the requirements listed in one of the following options:

Option 1
  • 24 semester units of ECE or child development including 3 core areas of "Curriculum", "Child family and community", and "Child growth and development"
  • 16 semester units in general education including "ENG", "SS", "MAT/SCI", and "HUM
  • 175 days of experience in last 4 years 
Option 2
  • Associate or higher degree in ECE or child development
  • 3 semester or 4 quarter units of Supervised field experience

After verifying that all requirements have been met, click HERE to submit your application electronically.


Additional Information
Once FCSS verifies that all requirements have been met, a recommendation will be sent to CTC for approval. CTC will send detailed instructions to the email listed on your CTC Profile after you have been recommended. The fee for the permit is $102.65 paid by Debit or Credit.
Applications are processed in the order received. Once you submit your application to FCSS you will be sent a link to view your application at any time. Once your application has been completed and the recommendation has been made, you will receive an additional email from Informed K12 of the completion status. At that time, you will also receive the email from CTC to finish the recommendation and pay.
IMPORTANT: Please do not apply directly through CTC's online application. Submitting your application via CTC will significantly delay the process, taking up to 50 days for clearance.

 Incomplete applications will be rejected.


HR

Human Resources Division