Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Certification Policy Manual
The coursework completed to earn a degree in Early Childhood Education meets the requirements of the Introduction to the Child Care Profession. If the degree also included a business/administration course, that course meets the requirements for the Fundamentals of Family Child Care. A transcript must be reviewed to determine if the applicant/provider has completed a business/administration course or if the non-credit course, Fundamentals of Family Child Care, training in child abuse and neglect and CPR training must also be completed to meet pre-service training requirements.
If the degree is an Associates from one of the WI Technical Colleges in Early Childhood Education, students have received training in CAN in the course Health, Safety and Nutrition.
The Wisconsin Technical College System recently made changes to its statewide ECE curriculum and the new curriculum no longer includes an administration course. The new curriculum must be in full effect by spring 2020, however, some technical colleges have already begun implementing the new curriculum. Once the new curriculum is fully implemented, an AA degree in ECE may not include an administration course. The transcript must be reviewed to determine if the provider has completed a business/administration course (2 or more credits) or if they must complete the non-credit course, Fundamentals of Family Child Care (along with CPR training), to meet pre-service training requirements.
Note: If the applicant has a degree in another area (other than ECE), the applicant should submit a transcript to the certification agency so the certification worker can determine if s/he has completed any credit-based training as indicated in 4.2 or in accordance with the acceptable broad-based courses list on the Wisconsin Registry.
The applicant / operator will still need to complete SIDS and AHT/SBS training, unless the transcript indicates the training was included in the degree along with CPR training documentation.
This page last updated 01/2020.