There comes a moment in almost every early childhood professional's career when a quiet thought slips in: What if I opened my own child care center? Maybe you're a teacher who has spent years helping someone else build their dream. Maybe you're a director who knows you could create a program that reflects your own philosophy. Maybe you're running a family child care program and wondering if it's time to grow into a center. Or maybe you've simply always dreamed of creating a p

EEAS-105: Early Childhood Program Administration · Starts August 2, 2026 at Theoria Technical College Somewhere in the early childhood field, right now, there is a woman running a center that everyone assumes is being run by someone else. She is the assistant teacher who has been in the same classroom for eleven years. When the director is out and the director is always out, because directors are always in five places at once she is the one who fields the parent phone call

Foundational. Title 22-compliant. Fully online. EEAS-101 opens the door to Assistant Teacher, Teacher, and Lead Teacher positions in California's licensed child care programs, and it's the fastest course we offer. Every child care classroom in California starts with someone who understands how children grow. Not just love knowledge. The kind that lets a caregiver look at a toddler stacking blocks and see cognitive development, motor skills, and emerging social behavior happen