Open the door to college with your CDA

Your Child Development Associate credential (CDA) can be more than a credential. It can be the beginning of your college education and your future early childhood career.

When you complete your educational requirements for your CDA through college credit, you are doing more than completing training. You are building a stronger educational foundation in early childhood education while earning college credits that can help you continue toward an associate degree and beyond. The knowledge you gain in college can give you a deeper understanding of child development, teaching practices, and the work you do every day with children and families.

That means your CDA becomes a starting point, not a stopping point.

The TEACH Missouri CDA Scholarship makes this opportunity possible without taking on the financial burden of college. Scholarship recipients earn 9–12 early childhood education college credit hours over three consecutive semesters while completing the education requirement for their CDA. TEACH Missouri covers 95% of tuition and books and 100% of college fees, while providing a scholarship counselor to support you throughout the process.

And those college credits can open doors. You can use your CDA as a first step toward additional education, career advancement, and new possibilities in early childhood education. As you build your education, you are also building your confidence, knowledge, and future.

So, why wait?

You already have the experience. You have the passion for working with children. Now is the time to invest in yourself and build an educational foundation that can take you further.

Start with your CDA. Earn college credit. Build into your future.

What do you have to lose? Start now with a TEACH Missouri CDA Scholarship. Learn more and apply at TEACH-Missouri.org.