Florida Department of Education
ECPC (Early Childhood Professional Certificate)

You must complete and submit the following checklist, an ECPC application, and all required documentation to your instructor to be awarded the ECPC.

Florida Statute 402.305(3) requires the presence of one credentialed staff person for every 20 children within a child care setting.  As a recipient of the Florida Department of Education Early Childhood Professional Certificate (ECPC) you are eligible for a Staff Credential from the Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Students who participate in the Early Childhood Education Program should complete all of the following and obtain the instructor’s signature upon completion of each requirement.
 
Student’s Name:

DCF ID Number:			

Requirement	Instructor Signature	Date Completed	
1.	Complete Early Childhood Education Program (includes DCF Part I, Part II Preschool DAP, and 5 hour approved literacy training)  	
      Course 1			
      Course 2			
      Course 3			
      Course 4			
2.	DCF Competency Exam/Literacy Completion (attach DCF Child Care Training Transcript):  	
a.	State and Local Rules and Regulations (6 hours)			
b.	Health, Safety, & Nutrition (8 hours)				
c.	Identifying & Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect (4 hours)			
d.	Child Growth & Development (6 hours)			
e.	Behavioral Observation & Screening (6 hours)			
f.	Preschool Appropriate Practices (10 hours)			
g.	5-clock hours of DCF approved literacy training 			
3.	Documentation of 480 hours of direct work with children 5 years of age or younger (use Practical Experience Summary Documentation Form)			
4.	Documented observation by a qualified observer.   (If children are napping or (free) playing during the majority of a class period, this does not meet observation requirements).			
5.	Demonstration of competency in the eight child care content areas (see ECPC Program Guidelines for content areas).			
6.	Completion of Professional Resource File (including autobiography, statements of competence, and resource collection).  			
7.	Earn a high school diploma or GED.			
8.	Document 18 years or older			
9.	Submit a completed ECPC application and this checklist to the Early Childhood Education Program instructor			

Congratulations on completing the process to receive your
Florida Department of Education
Early Childhood Professional Certificate!

When you have received your ECPC, your instructor will submit your name and required information to DOE and DCF.  Confirmation of your Staff Credential will be available through your online transcript.

NOTE:  Effective November 24, 2008, the Child Care Program Office will only issue a Staff Credential, CF-FSP Form 5206, through a student’s on-line training transcript.  Students may print hard copies of their Staff Credential directly from their transcript.