Florida Department of Education
School Age Certification Training Program (V200310)

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

Florida Statute 402.305(3) requires the presence of one credentialed staff person for every 25 children (5 years or older) in a licensed child care facility.  The Florida Department of Education School Age Professional Certificate (SAPC) is accepted by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) for the Staff Credential. 

Students who participate in the School Age Certification Training 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 School Age Certification Training Program (includes DCF Part I and Part II School-Age Appropriate Practices) 	
      Course 1			
      Course 2			
2.	DCF Competency Exam 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) **[Optional; can substitute with another DCF training as outlined in section g.			
e.	Behavioral Observation & Screening (6 hours) **[Optional; can substitute with another DCF training as outlined in section g.			
f.	School-Age Appropriate Practices (10 hours)			
g.	Any combination of other DCF training identified in paragraphs 65C-22.003(2) (a) and (b), F.A.C. or by specialized school age training, provided by a national organization or its affiliates that requires demonstration of competencies through passage of examination(s) or completion and assessment of a Professional Resource File (portfolio of materials that demonstrate competency). (6 hours or more)			
2.	Completion of Portfolio (includes autobiographical statement, description of school age program, and written entries for functional areas; see #22 in curriculum frameworks)			
3.	Completion of Resource File  (must include items listed in #23 in curriculum frameworks)			
4.	Documentation of 480 hours of direct work with children in a school age setting (**80 of those hours must be completed while enrolled in the School Age Certification Training Program; attach Practical Experience Summary Documentation Form for each experience)			
5.	Documented observation by a qualified observer.   (Observation must be within a school age setting while student is working as the lead teacher).			
6.	Demonstration of competency in the six child care content areas (see SAPC Program Guidelines for content areas).			
7.	Earn a high school diploma or GED (**NOTE – A Certificate of Completion is not a diploma)			
8.	Document 18 years or older			
9.	Submit a completed SAPC application and this checklist to School Age Certification Training Program instructor			

Congratulations on completing the process to receive your 
Florida Department of Education
School Age Professional Certificate!

When you have received your SAPC, 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.  Hard copies will no longer be mailed out from the Program Office and/or the Child Care Training Information Center.