CBS 21: Hershey Students Receive Certification to Teach Before College Amid PA Teacher Shortage

Milton Hershey School and Derry Township School District students joined us for the 2025 CHS ECE Leaders Summit in late February. Many of the students are interns at our Hershey location, gaining valuable hands-on experience. The students are working towards their Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, with the hopes of obtaining it by their high school graduation to begin working with our earliest learners.

Watch and read CBS 21 Fatima Moien’s story spotlighting the program.

Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning are subsidiaries of Milton Hershey School and will be staffed and operated independently of the Milton Hershey School core model.

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