Tammy Young gets national certification

Tammy’s Little Tikes owner Tammy Young spent nearly a year earning a Child Development Associate Credential for her outstanding work with children.

Tammy took a course at Vol State through Tennessee Tech and had professor LeeAnn Jules. Tammy says this is a certificate required by the state for anyone who will be working in the pre-K program.

‘I went through a five-hour observation from my professor and I graduated with a 4.0, so it was a challenge,’ said Tammy, who managed to find the time to take classes two days a week despite being a mother of three and having a full schedule as director of Tammy’s Little Tikes.

Let’s all give Tammy a big round of applause for her certification. Anyone who has been around Tammy at her daycare knows she’s great around children. That’s easy to see with or without this credential.