State Initial Early Childhood Education Certificate of Completion
Prepare for a career caring for and educating young children. The credits earned with this certificate can be applied to additional certificates or an associate degree. You’ll learn how to apply developmentally appropriate guidance and curriculum methods to meet the individual and group needs of children and their families.
Program Points of Pride
Build Your Credits
Immediate employment with your first stackable certificate.
Work Towards a Degree
Stackable certificates can apply to an associate of applied science degree.
Featured Faculty
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DeeDee Orcajo, Ph.D.
- Program Chair
Dr. Orcajo’s professional roles include infant development specialist, foster care social worker, parenting instructor, parent advocate, and community college and university faculty in the fields of early childhood education and child/family development. She specializes in working with children who have experienced trauma and developmental delay in both home and center-based programs.
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Alicia Brender
- Program Faculty
Alicia Brender has worked for more than two decades as a teacher, early learning director, early childhood education and assistance program director, STARS trainer, integrated pre-K administrator, and professor. She has served on the Early Childhood Education Advisory Committee at Renton Community College and the Governor’s Early Learning Advisory Council, and testified before Washington State legislators on early learning initiatives.