To enroll in a certificate or credential program, you must be employed at a Head Start or Early Head Start program and complete a candidate application.  The application begins your journey into the curriculum and provides the university with needed personal information in order to start your candidate profile and transcript.  Once you complete the application, you submit it with the application fee.  The fee is $485 and covers the 3 years you are enrolled into the program.

The credentialing and certificate program is designed to create a competency-based curricula relevant to the work of a Head Start family worker and includes a credible approach to assessing the attainment of Head Start competencies.  The program is linked to academic credit and degree programs and to other forms of recognition for Head Start employees.  The program is a curricula for Head Start employees and accommodates the training needs of those staff who are likely to work for a Head Start full time.

The University has created state of the art training and assessment strategies that will ultimately increase job performance as well as enhance the quality of the services and outcomes to children and families served.