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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly does D.C. hope to accomplish with this new requirement?[/quote]

To make kids safer and better cared-for?

Seems pretty obvious [/quote]

Except having a teacher with a degree doesn't make a kid any safer or better cared for.  If we were talking about CPR training or some other training specifically tied to the job you might have a point, but a degree (which could be in something wholly unrelated to childcare/early education) doesn't provide that.

I would much rather have a 50-year old with years of experience caring for kids (her own and others in a professional capacity) than a 22-yr old who happens to have a degree.[/quote]

I don't like creeping credentialism either but isn't the degree in child development / early education?

otherwise yes it's totally insane.

What DC should do is form a partnership with UDC, AU, Trinity, Catholic etc-subsidize this degree and have a 'payback requirement'. IE loan forgiveness for working two years in a DC daycare facility. This type of set up is common for school teachers. They should also grandfather current workers so they have time to do this, subsidize daycare for their kids while they do this, and of course expect salaries to rise and address the impact of that. Last, they should have a non-traditional route that accounts for those who have proven or can prove they have the skillset in other ways. Teachers have hated creeping credentialing as it has inadvertently kept as many good people out as in, and that should not be the result here.[/quote]

I understand the need for some level of training and education, but the CDA and associate degrees exist, and I'd like to know why those aren't adequate.  [/quote]

Well an associate's degree is a college degree, and is what DC is now requiring. Assistants have to have CDAs.

I'm a director and honestly (and generally), [b]there is a HUGE difference in the quality of care given by degree holding caregivers vs. non degree caregivers. And this just happened a few minutes ago: a CDA-holding assistant teacher at my center was asked to take an online training on SIDS. There was a simple 7 question quiz at the end, requiring a minimum score of 60% to pass. After 4 tries, she still had not passed so I sat down with her and reviewed the material and helped her take the test. 
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I thought this article was very enlightening:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/16/the-famous-word-gap-doesnt-hurt-only-the-young-it-affects-many-educators-too/?utm_term=.c6f19ce2321d[/quote]
LOL.
Again, how does that affect her ability to take care of babies/infants?
Uneducated women have been taking care/raising kids from the beginning of time.[/quote]

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