How do I become qualified as a Director in Texas?
According to Texas Child Care Regulations the director of a child-care center licensed for 13 or more children must be at least 21 years of age, have a high school diploma or its equivalent, and meet an approved combination of education and experience. One of these combinations is a Day-Care Administrators Credential and at least 2 years experience in a licensed child care center. NICCM offers the National Administrative Credential (NAC). This is an approved Day-Care Administrators Credential for the State of Texas as well as being a National Credential.
Minimum Standards for Child-Care Centers
§746.1017 What qualifications must the director of my child-care center licensed for 13 or more children meet?
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the director of a child-care center licensed for 12 or fewer children must be at least 21 years old, have a high school diploma or its equivalent, and meet one of the following combinations of education and experience, as defined in §746.1015 of this title (relating to What constitutes experience in a licensed child-care center, or in a licensed or registered child-care home?):
| Education | Experience |
| (1) A bachelor’s degree with 12 college credit hours in child development and three college credit hours in business management, | and at least one year of experience in a licensed child-care center; |
| (2) An associate of applied science degree in child development or a closely related field with six college credit hours in child development and six college credit hours in business management. A “closely related field” is any educational instruction pertaining to the growth, development, physical or mental care, or education of children ages birth through 13 years, | and at least two years of experience in a licensed child- care center; |
| (3) Sixty college credit hours with nine college credit hours in child development and six college credit hours in management, | and at least two years of experience in a licensed child- care center; |
| (4) A child-care administrator’s certificate from a community college with at least 15 college credit hours in child development and three college credit hours in business management, | and at least two years of experience in a licensed child- care center; |
| (5) Six college credit hours in management a Child Development Associate credential or Cerified Child-Care Professional credential. | and at least two years of experience in a licensed child- care center; |
| (6) A day-care administrator’s credential issued by a professional organization or educational institution and approved by Licensing based on criteria specified in Subchapter P of Chapter 745 of this title, (relating to Day-Care Administrator’s Credential Program), | and at least two years of experience in a licensed child-care center; or |
| (7) Nine college credit hours in child development and nine college credit hours in management, | and at least three years of experience in a licensed child-care center. |
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