CDA Renewal Training (45 Hours)
Renewing Your CDA Certification with Care Courses
The CDA Credential renewal process has several steps. Care Courses can help.
Complete your renewal training with Care Courses. Our specialists can answer any questions about the renewal steps and process. Confused? Contact us at 1-800-685-7610 or email cda@carecourses.com for help with your CDA and CDA decisions.
CDA Renewal Training Sets
Use a course set below* to renew your Family Child Care, Infant/Toddler Center-Based, Preschool Center-Based CDA, Birth to Five Center-Based CDA, or Home Visitor CDA. Nearly all of our training may be used for CDA renewal.
*Already taken the courses in the sets below? Email us at: cda@carecourses.com and we can suggest alternative courses!
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CDA Renewal Course Set #1 (RCB)45 Clock Hours / 4.5 CEUs / $128.00
This set includes the courses Making Learning Fun, Nurturing Children's Self-Esteem, Sanitation for Disease Prevention in Early Childhood Programs and a CDA transcript (upon successful completion of all courses in the set). Click to learn more about this set and order.
CDA Renewal Course Set #2 (RCL)45 Clock Hours / 4.5 CEUs / $128.00
This set includes the courses Challenging Behavior: Positive Guidance in Child Care, Transitions and Other Troublesome Times, Creating Schedules and Routines, Making Learning Fun, Understanding Each Other: Communicating with Families, Staff and Your Community and a CDA transcript (upon successful completion of all courses in the set). Click to learn more about this set and order.
CDA Renewal Course Set #3 (RCM)45 Clock Hours / 4.5 CEUs / $128.00
This set includes the courses The Early Childhood Environment: Learning Centers, Understanding Each Other: Communicating with Families, Staff and Your Community, Nutrition in Early Childhood: Shaping a Healthy Future, Challenging Behavior: Positive Guidance in Child Care, Music and Movement, Block Play, Social-Emotional Development in Young Children, Early Childhood Stress: Serious Stress in Children's Lives and a CDA transcript (upon successful completion of all courses in the set). Click to learn more about this set and order.
CDA Renewal Course Set #4 (RCN)45 Clock Hours / 4.5 CEUs / $128.00
This set includes the courses Nurturing Children's Self-Esteem, Child Abuse and Neglect: A Caregiver’s Guide to Adverse Childhood Experiences, The Early Childhood Environment: Learning Centers, Language Development: Milestones, Theories, and Dual Language Learners, Nutrition in Early Childhood: Shaping a Healthy Future and a CDA transcript (upon successful completion of all courses in this set). Click to learn more about this set and order.
All CDA renewal candidates must meet the following CDA renewal requirements:
- Proof of 45 clock hours (4.5 CEUs) of training in early childhood education/child development that is related to your CDA setting. This training must be completed after your CDA credential’s issue date. You may not re-take the same courses you completed when you applied for your original CDA credential or for previous CDA renewals.**
- Verification of 80 hours of work experience with young children or families of young children within the past year
- Recommendation from an Early Childhood Education Professional.
- Proof of membership to a national or local early childhood professional organization.**
- CDA Council Renewal fee: $300. Candidates who apply online using YourCouncil.org will receive a discount of $50 and will be charged a $250 renewal fee.
- You may submit your Renewal Application no sooner than six months before your credential expiration date. Note: You must renew your credential before it expires. Your credential will expire 3 years from the date of award.
**Your training and membership documentation will be reviewed by a Verifier. Please refer to the Renewal Procedures Guide for more information.
Additional details, including the CDA Renewal Procedures Guides, are on the CDA Council’s renewal page.
Please call us for specific renewal instructions for a Home Visitor CDA. Our CDA renewal sets may be used for the 45 hours of training needed to renew your Home Visitor CDA.
Frequently Asked Questions
You need 45 hours (4.5 CEUs) of training related to your CDA setting.
No. For renewal, you may not reuse the same courses from your original CDA or prior renewals.
Yes. You get an instant certificate for each course and a transcript when your set is complete.
You can apply up to six months before your credential expires. Submit through YourCouncil when ready.
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