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Building a Well-Qualified Transitional Kindergarten Workforce in California: Needs and Opportunities
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Download full textMelnick, Hanna; García, Emma; Leung-Gagné, Melanie – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
In 2021, California made major new investments to advance its commitment to early childhood education through universal preschool. One important investment was extending state funding for transitional kindergarten (TK), previously just for older 4-year-olds, to all 4-year-olds by 2025-26. To ensure the quality of new preschool investments,…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Qualifications, Labor Force Development
Gottfried, Michael; Kirksey, J. Jacob; Hutt, Ethan – Urban Institute, 2021
Children in kindergarten and first grade are missing more school than at any other point during the elementary years. Some research has examined schoolwide policies and practices that might help reduce absences, but limited research has focused on the role of teachers. This is the first known study to examine the role teacher preparation programs…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Preschool Teachers
Baron, Kathryn; Stipek, Deborah; Meloy, Beth; Arambula, Anna; Harris, Vickie Ramos; Guernsey, Lisa – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
Access to affordable preschool programs is a crucial issue for improving kindergarten readiness for 3- to 5-year-olds, but research shows that the quality of teaching and learning in those programs is just as essential. Across the country, states are boosting preschool policy standards and strengthening educational requirements for preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Readiness, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
Austin, Lea J. E.; Whitebook, Marcy; Kipnis, Fran; Sakai, Laura; Abbasi, Ferheen; Amanta, Felippa – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2015
Midway through the second decade of this century, the importance of early care and education (ECE) to children's lifelong learning and to the nation's economic well-being is recognized up to the highest levels of government, and in businesses, schools, and living rooms across the country. This understanding represents a dramatic shift from earlier…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Alignment (Education)
Austin, Lea J. E.; Whitebook, Marcy; Kipnis, Fran; Sakai, Laura; Amanta, Felippa; Abbasi, Ferheen – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2015
Today, the importance of early care and education (ECE) to children's lifelong learning and to the nation's economic well-being is recognized up to the highest levels of government, and in businesses, schools, and living rooms across the country. This understanding represents a dramatic shift from earlier decades, and carries with it heightened…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Alignment (Education)
Austin, Lea J. E.; Kipnis, Fran; Whitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2015
Teacher preparation in the field of early childhood education (ECE) has historically included a variety of higher education degree programs, in various child-related disciplines, all of which have generally been considered equally acceptable. And too often, these highly diverse degree programs are assumed to produce equivalent results. In…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Alignment (Education)
