CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST • APPRENTICE
Program Number 50-307-1
2-Year Contract
Work Hours (including related instruction): 4000
Related Instruction Hours: 288 • Night School Hours: 8
ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP
The Child Care Development Specialist Apprenticeship requires 4,000 work hours. Of this,
3,712 are on the job, documented in the job book provided by the LTC Early Childhood
program, and 288 are in paid-related instruction. In addition, 8 hours of unpaid-related
night school are required. Upon successful completion of this apprenticeship, you will
receive:
• A Certificate of Completion of Paid-Related Instruction from LTC.
• A Certificate of Completion of the Apprenticeship from the Bureau of Apprenticeship
Standards.
• A Journeyworker Card from the Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards.
• Eligibility to transfer 30 credits into the Early Childhood Education associate degree.
To begin the apprenticeship process:
• You must have a sponsoring employer before receiving an apprentice contract and being
invited to school. Discuss with your employer the desire to enter the apprenticeship for
this trade. Your employer should contact the local Bureau of Appenticeship Standards,
Apprenticeship Training Representative (ATR) and discuss next steps and procedures.
• Specifics of the apprenticeship contract are worked out between you, your employer, and
the ATR.
• Once everything is in order, a Wisconsin Apprentice Contract is issued, and you will then
be invited to school.
Catalog No.Class Title Credit(s)
Term 1
10307148 ECE: Foundations of Early Childhood Education
10307151 ECE: Infant and Toddler Development
10307167 ECE: Health, Safety and Nutrition
10307178 ECE: Art, Music and Language Arts
Term 2
10307179 ECE: Child Development
10307188 ECE: Guiding Children’s Behavior
3
3
3
3
12
3
3
6
TOTAL 18
ABOUT THE CAREER
This apprenticeship program prepares individuals for employment as child care specialists
in child care agencies. The child care apprentice will gain skills and knowledge while
working with a seasoned veteran within the early childhood setting. The theory and
classroom content offered in the paid-related instruction include courses addressing the
foundations of early childhood, health, safety, nutrition, art, music, language arts, child
development, guiding behavior, and the development of infants and toddlers. Practical
skills are both learned and practiced on the job in the areas of safety, health, first aid,
abuse and neglect, administrative duties, nutrition and hygiene, child development,
supervision, and consultation techniques. Wage increases over the period of the
apprenticeship compensate the gradual gain in skills and knowledge. Apprentices may be
eligible to transfer 30 credits into the Early Childhood Education associate degree.
CAREERS
Companies in the Manitowoc/Sheboygan area that have employed Child Care
Development Specialists include: Precious Memories Child Care, Head Start Manitowoc,
Lakeshore Day Care Center, Head Start Sheboygan, and Montessori Children’s House of
Sheboygan.
APPRENTICE APPLICATION STEPS
• Employer Application
• Apprentice Application
• Entrance Assessment Scores
• High School Transcript
APPROXIMATE COSTS
Contact the LTC Apprenticeship Office or visit www.gotoltc.edu/apprenticeship for detailed
information.
recommended PLACEMENT SCORES
Accuplacer: Arithmetic-50, Reading-55, Sentence Skills-70
ACT: Mathematics-16, Reading-16, English-16
CAREER & EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
LTC credits transfer to over 30 universities. For more information visit gotoltc.edu/
future-students/transfer.
Curriculum and Program Acceptance requirements are subject to change.
Program start dates vary; check with your advisor/counselor for details.
2016-17
ECE: Art, Music and Language Arts…prepares the student to examine the
critical role of play; establish a developmentally appropriate environment for art, music,
and language arts; develop activity plans that promote child development and learning;
analyze care giving routines as curriculum; create developmentally appropriate art
activities; create developmentally appropriate music and movement activities; and
create developmentally appropriate language, literature, and literacy activities.
ECE: Foundations of Early Childhood Education...prepares the
student to investigate the history of early childhood education; summarize types
of early childhood education settings; identify the components of a quality early
childhood education program; summarize responsibilities of early childhood education
professionals; explore early childhood curriculum models; integrate strategies that
support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; and analyze the principles of the WI Model
Early Learning Standards.
ECE: Guiding Children’s Behavior…prepares the student to integrate
strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; summarize early childhood
guidance principles; analyze factors that affect the behavior of children; practice
positive guidance strategies; develop guidance strategies to meet individual needs;
create a guidance philosophy; and integrate strategies that support diversity and antibias perspectives.
ECE: Health, Safety and Nutrition…prepares the student to follow
governmental regulations and professional standards as they apply to health, safety,
and nutrition; provide a safe, healthy and nutritionally sound early childhood program;
adhere to child abuse and neglect mandates; apply Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS) risk reduction strategies; incorporate health, safety, and nutrition concepts into
the children’s curriculum; and integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias
perspectives.
ECE: Child Development…prepares the student to analyze social, cultural, and
economic influences on child development; summarize child development theories;
analyze development of children age three through age eight; summarize the methods
and designs of child development research; analyze the role of heredity and the
environment; examine the role of brain development in early learning (ages 3-8); and
integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives.
ECE: Infant and Toddler Development…prepares the student to analyze
development of infants and toddlers (conception to three years); correlate prenatal
conditions with development; summarize child development theories; analyze the role
of heredity and the environment; examine research-based models; examine culturally
and developmentally appropriate environments for infants and toddlers; examine
the role of brain development in early learning (conception through age three); and
examine caregiving routines as curriculum.
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