Tamara Thomas Email & Phone Number

Tamara Thomas is a CDA Professional Development Specialist at The Council for Professional Recognition at The Council for Professional Recognition. She possess expertise in early childhood education, staff development, child development, teacher training, program development and 8 more skills.

Listed skills include Early Childhood Education, Staff Development, Child Development, Teacher Training, and 9 others.

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  Cda Professional Development Specialist

  The Council For Professional Recognition

  May 2013 - Present - National And Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

  The CDA Professional Development (PD) Specialist role brings the mentoring/coaching skills and ECE expertise needed to assess the Candidate's competencies and facilitate the Candidate's self-reflection during the Verification Visit. The role of the PD Specialist maximizes the skills, knowledge and experience of advanced early childhood professionals around the nation. About the Council for Professional RecognitionMission of the CouncilThe Council for Professional Recognition promotes improved performance and recognition of professionals in the early childhood education of children aged birth to 5 years old.Vision of the CouncilThe Council works to ensure that all professional early childhood educators and caregivers meet the developmental, emotional, and educational needs of our nation’s youngest children.The Child Development Associate® (CDA) CredentialIn keeping with its goal to meet the growing need for qualified early child care and education staff, the Council administers the Child Development Associate® (CDA) National Credentialing Program. The CDA Program is designed to assess and credential early childhood education professionals.The Council recognizes and credentials professionals who work in all types of early care and education programs - Head Start, pre-k, infant-toddler, family child care, and home visitor programs.The Council sets policies and procedures for assessment and credentialing, publishes the Competency Standards and other materials used for CDA credentialing, and administers the assessment.