Early Education Teacher Development Grant

The Early Education Teacher Development Grant is funded in combination with the California Universal Prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant.

The EETD grant supports California's Universal PreKindergarten Initiative to expand access to pre-kindergarten services for young children. As LEAs and early learning and care centers are expanding programs, there is a need to ensure there is a robust workforce that is ready to serve our youngest learners. The EETD grant's purpose is to build capacity and strengthening the teacher workforce by building teacher competencies to serve young children, helping educators obtain the necessary child development permits and/or credentials, and increasing the number of teachers who are eligible to work in CA State Preschool Program (CSPP) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) classrooms.

The EETD grant allows LEAs to fund tuition reimbursements and professional development training for educators. In addition, the EETD grant will also fund efforts between ACOE and LEAs to implement best practices and strengthen the alignment in Pre-K through 3rd grade instruction.