Educational Aide
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
This certificate provides students who want to work as a school aide, paraprofessional educator, after school aide or teacher assistant with essential knowledge of child development, how to work with diverse populations and children with special needs, hands-on curriculum development, and field work in an elementary school setting. In addition, they have an option to focus on behavior guidance, literacy development or health and safety. A recipient will qualify under state licensing regulations to be a preschool teacher and will have the course work to earn the Associate Teacher California Child Development permit. A grade of "C" or higher is required in all courses.
Educational Aide Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- demonstrate an understanding of child development theory, pedagogy, and current research, and their application to responsive and reflective practice in early care and elementary school settings.
- demonstrate an understanding of typical and atypical development in children birth through elementary school age by planning curriculum that meets the diverse needs and learning styles of all children;