Elevate your ability to manage a successful child care center by earning the National Administrator Credential (NAC)!

Developed for center directors and other child care professionals, the NAC is recognized as a mark of excellence that designates individuals who have demonstrated the knowledge essential to managing a child care center.

NAC program participants learn how to:

• Develop the organization and the program
• Implement appropriate curriculum and food programs
• Institute marketing and communication initiatives
• Manage people, including legal issues, staff recruitment and supervision
• Maintain the facility
• Understand legal and regulatory issues
• Create strong financial management systems

NAC Frequently Asked Questions

What you will learn - the NAC Course Competencies

 Register for the NAC

To register for the NAC course, please download our NAC Registration form. Be sure to read our NAC Cancellation Policy  prior to registering for any class.

• Registration Form
• Iowa Registration Form
• Louisiana Registration Form
• New Jersey Registration Form

Scholarship Information

Florida Scholarship Application

 Testimonial from a NAC Certificant
"This was the best course I have ever taken - including my college classes! Wish I had known all of this information when I first became a director. Every director should have to take the NAC!"
---- Misty Harper

NAC Renewal Instructions - Click here for more information!

Become a NAC Instructor

If you have been awarded the National Administrator Credential and are interested in becoming a NAC Instructor, please download the following information.

• NAC Instructor Qualifications
• NAC Instructor Training Process
• NAC Instructor Application