Developed for center directors, emerging leaders and child care professionals, the Online National Administrator Credential (NAC) is a comprehensive,  45 hour course conducted online, and is an award for demonstrated mastery of child care administration skills. The NAC is recognized as a mark of excellence that designates professionals who have demonstrated the knowledge that is essential for managing a child care program. 

Advance Your career with an Online National Administrator Credential 

NECPA’s National Administrator Credential program is designed to prepare you to join the ranks of the most efficient and knowledgeable childcare directors and administrators in the field in a public, private, or nonprofit setting.. Pursuing our National Administrator Credential can enhance your opportunities for career growth and advancement as well as bolster your critical problem-solving abilities through assignments and scenarios based on real-world best practices. The National Administrator Credential provides students with a steady basis in business and practical skills in Early Childhood Education suitable for students from any academic background.

 

The National Administrator Credential (NAC) Course Overview

 
 

The NAC course offers childcare and education directors and administrators forty-five (45) hours of high-quality, relevant education.

  • This candidate has complete real-world projects and relevant reading assignments.
  • Assignments were graded by a live instructor who worked with the completer to ensure success. .
 

The 10 National Administrator Credential (NAC) Competencies

 
 
What the Candidate has Mastered in the National Administrator Credential Online
 
The NAC course is organized into 10 sections encompassing the professional development competencies for administrators of early childhood education programs.
  1. History of Early Childhood Education, and Personal and Professional Development of the Child Care Professional
  2. An Effective Organization
  3. Internal and External Systems
  4. Laws and Regulations
  5. Staff Management and Human Resources
  6. Educational Programming
  7. Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations
  8. Financial Management
  9. Operational Planning and Evaluation
  10. Leadership and Advocacy

This course is valued at 45 clock hours

In Florida, the NAC is recognized at 4.5 CEUs

In Conjunction with our Top Quality Partner:

Home - State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota

•The course is being offered by SCF-NECPA, as only this entity is approved by the Department to offer the approved OCCM course.

•    The student must:
download a copy of the Director Credential Application (CF-FSP Form 5290) from the Department‘s website at www.myflorida.com/childcre and complete section 3, 4 or 5 (depending on the level of credential the student is applying for). The student must write in SCF-NECPA and the date SCF issued the NAC course and 4.5 CEUs.

 

     • submit the Director Credential Application, proof of the qualifications listed under the “Core Requirements" subheading and a copy of their SCF transcript documenting completion of the NAC course for 4.5 CEUs.

 

      • submit a FERPA release which would allow NECPA to communicate completion to SCF so that a n unofficial transcriptmay be sent to the completer to satisfy DCF requirements.