Early Childhood Development and Services

The Early Childhood Development and Services pathway focuses on the careers relating to meeting the needs of children (birth to age eight), be they providers in home, community, educational or institutional settings and includes child growth and development, nutrition, recreation, planning and supervising learning activities; child abuse and neglect prevention, working with parents and the legal and administrative requirements of the field.


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Potential Careers

  • Preschool Teachers

  • Child Care Workers

  • Education Administrators

  • Early Elementary Teachers

Careers from Kansas Department of Education

Pathway Completer

In order to be named a pathway completer a student must earn three credits of CTE courses in the same state approved pathway earning an industry recognized, comprehensive certification or pass a third-party, end-of-pathway assessment.