Early Learning Program Certification Representative pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 43601
- Class code
- 43601
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Early Learning Program Certification Representative is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 43601.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 04/13/2011.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and specialized field work inspecting,certifying, and monitoring early learning child care facilities within an assigned geographic area for the Department of Public Welfare. An employee in this job is responsible for the inspection, certification, and monitoring of child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes to ensure that they meet certification standards and are operated in accordance with legal requirements and departmental rules and regulations. Work involves conducting on-site inspections and evaluations of facilities for compliance with state and Federal requirements and for the purpose of recommending approval, renewal, or revocation of certificates of compliance or registration. Work includes investigating complaints received from parents, other agencies and the general public regarding early learning child care facilities.
Examples of the work
Reviews applications for child care center and group child care home certificates. Recommends approval, renewal, or revocation of certificates of compliance and registration for early learning child care facilities. Monitors and reviews the operation of early learning child care facilities for compliance with state and federal requirements. Schedules and conducts on-site inspections of early learning child care facilities. Evaluates the progress of early learning child care facilities in correcting regulatory violations. Conducts orientation sessions for prospective operators of early learning child care facilities.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of professional experience providing direct services to children and youth and a bachelor’s degree that includes 24 semester hours of college level courses in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education, psychology, or human development; or An equivalent combination of professional experience and training, which includes one year of professional experience providing direct services to children and youth and 24 semester hours of college level courses in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education, psychology, or human development.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.