Last month, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing’s (CTC) Committee on Accreditation approved the first teacher preparation programs to offer the PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Instruction Credential. The CTC’s newest teaching credential is intended to increase the ranks of qualified preschool and early childhood educators. As “preschool for all” becomes a reality, California will have a heavy lift to properly staff such programs, especially in light of the shortage of trained teachers. Offerings like this PK-3 early childhood credential should help to support the growing need for properly prepared preschool teachers.
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As California continues to expand its free public preschool program to include all 4-year-olds, the state must find a way to staff these classrooms with qualified educators — a difficult task, considering the statewide teacher shortage. To address this need, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing introduced a new pre-K through third grade credential that could accelerate some teachers’ paths to the classroom.
