After School Education Credential

The Credential in After School Education is a professional certification program developed through collaboration among Charter Oak State College, The Connecticut School-Age Care Alliance, the Connecticut After School Network, and Connecticut Charts-A-Course.  The Credential establishes educational and experiential competency standards for specialists in the care and education of children, ages 5 – 15, outside of school hours.

Requirements for the Credential consist of four online courses offered by Charter Oak State College, and 240 hours of documented experience in after school education, with submission of a professional resource file and completion of either a 1-credit or a 3-credit field experience course, depending on the applicant's level of previous experience.

Course Information

The Credential in After School Education courses include:

• ASE255: Introduction to After School Care and Education. This course must be taken first and is offered every term.
  
  The remaining three courses may be taken in any order:
  
• ASE260: Program Environment & Curriculum Development in After School Education
• ASE265: Child Development: The Middle Years
• ASE270: Supervision and Leadership in After School Education

These courses are offered online by Charter Oak State College.

For course fees, to register for a course, or to download a syllabus, please visit our Online Course Search and next to "Select Subject", choose "After School Education".

Application Information

To apply for the program, download the Credential in After School Education Application here (as .pdf file).
Then mail the completed application, along with the $60 application fee to:

Carole Weisberg
Coordinator
Early Childhood and Youth Programs
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul Manafort Drive
New Britain, CT 06053-2150

For more information, contact Ms. Weisberg at:
E-mail: cweisberg@charteroak.edu
Phone: 860.832.3933
Fax: 860.832.3999