Current Courses:

Certification and Licensing Options

CERTIFIED CARE
This is for child care done in one’s own home.
                                               
PROVISIONALLY CERTIFIED
This is still child care in one’s home but only authorized for care of immediate family members. 

Courses required
The same courses are required for both certifications:

• Introduction to the Child Care Profession ( 40 hour course with modules A and B combined) 
• Fundamentals of Family Child Care (8 hour course focusing on the business of child care)
                                 

How do I complete the documentation for certification?
Contact the social services agency in your area for information:

FAMILY LICENSED
This is for child care in one’s home within the state of Wisconsin.  The Department of Children and Families oversees the business requirements. 

Courses required

• Introduction to the Child Care Profession (40 hour course with modules A and B combined )
• Fundamentals of Family Child Care (8 hour course focusing on the business of child care)

How do I complete the documentation for certification?
Contact the Department of Children and Families
Telephone: 608.267.3905
Email: dcfweb@wisconsin.gov

• State of Wisconsin Certification Rules
• Marathon County Social Services
• The Childcare Connection

Need additional information? 
Please contact Amy Tamsen,  NTC ECE Faculty at 715.803.1278 or  tamsen@ntc.edu

Interpreting

NTC is an approved provider of continuing education credits and our courses are certified through the Department of Public Instruction. Our courses are offered for credit, meeting the need for 6 credits of continuing education for interpreters.

• Oral Interpreting
• American Sign Language & Mathematics

Human Services

Clinical Supervision Program

NTC’s Clinical Supervision program covers the full 30 hours of education necessary, including all the requirements of s.SPS 161.04.