Early Childhood educators will need to provide a Verification of Child Care Experience form showing 6 months including 500 hours or 12 months including 1000 hours of experience working with children birth through second grade, depending on the requirements needed to become qualified for a particular position. This form must be completed by the administrator/owner/human resource staff of your current or previous employer.
School-age educators will need to provide a Verification of Child Care Experience form showing hours providing care to children kindergarten through sixth grade in a group setting. The amount of time needed to qualify varies depending on the position desired and which months were worked in the year (September to June or June to August). This form must be completed by the administrator/owner/human resource staff of your current or previous employer.
If you are using student teaching to meet the experience requirement, student teaching must appear on your official college or university transcript. If the ages of the children you worked with cannot be determined, you will need to have Verification of Teaching form completed by the school where your student teaching placement was conducted.
