For Administrators 

Updated on May 6, 2024

• UPK Expenditure Announcement: UPK Expenditure Report #4 (for reporting period of November 1, 2023-April 30, 2024) - Due on May 31, 2024.  Resource: Technical Assistance  Session Slide Deck and Expenditure Report #4 Survey Questions.

• New! CDE PreK-3: Best Practices for Supporting Educators to Address Children's Behaviors that Challenge Adults. Webinar Slide Deck and Recording coming soon.

• Updated! CDE Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations Updates: View pre-recorded webinar and resource. The revised California PreK and TK Standards will be released in summer 2024. For planning purposes, CDE has provided a draft of the Early & Later Mathematics and Language/Literacy Later Foundations

• Updated! CTC Announcement: 

  1. The first institutions to receive program approval for a PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential Program are: San Jose State University, Fresno State University, and San Diego County Office of Education. Coming soon: List of approved programs on the CTC website.

  2. The new  PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential will meet the TK Teacher Apportionment Requirement of 24 ECE units. Resources and FAQs

• The Teaching Pyramid Early Elementary training is being hosted by SRCS in 2024-2025. The Teaching Pyramid approach provides a systematic framework that promotes social and emotional development, provides support for children’s appropriate behavior, and prevents challenging behavior. This evidence-based practice is authorized by CDE and is aligned to California’s Early Learning & Development System.

1. 1. The training will be hybrid with in-person sessions, asynchronous work on Canvas, and virtual coaching cadres. Teachers can earn 3 ECE units.

   2. For more information, please contact Jen Waters a jwaters@srcs.org. A flyer is coming soon!

• UTK: Building Family & Community Engagement, Fostering High Quality Experiences throughout the P3 Continuum (21CSLA). Analyze the equity implications of current family engagement practices; Inquire into the ways in which leaders are engaged with UTK families and P-3 community; partners in equity-focused early learning partnerships; Identify meaningful ways to build authentic, reciprocal partnerships with families. May 7, and May 9 from 9:00-11:00 (Virtual). Registration

• Trauma Responsive & Resilience Building Online Modules: For TK-5 educators, staff, and administrators. Registration

• Promising Universal Prekindergarten Practice Video Series. Resource from CA County Superintendents

• CDE  Developmentally Appropriate Toileting  Practices Toolkit: Resource and Webinar Slide Deck

• 21CSLA Modules for Educational Leaders

  • Family Engagement for High Quality TK Experience. Registration Link and Flyer

  • Inquiry through Play. Registration Link and Flyer

• Transitional Kindergarten: Summary of Educator Workforce Requirements & Sample Pathways. Resource

• ELO-P Environmental Best Practices for Younger Students (TK and K). Resource

• Transitional Kindergarten Data: Downloadable data files for school-level TK data disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and student group 

• White Paper - Learning Through Play: A Review of the Evidence (Link)

• Ed Code Reminders

  • Ed Code 48000 (g)(3) (A) Commencing with the 2025–26 school year, and for each year thereafter, school districts and charter schools will be required to maintain an average of at least one adult for every 10 pupils for transitional kindergarten classrooms.

• Ed Code 48000 (g)(4) Ensure that credentialed teachers who are first assigned to a transitional kindergarten classroom after July 1, 2015 have, by August 1, 2025 (updated from previous date of Aug 1, 2023), one of the following:

1. At least 24 units in early childhood education, childhood development, or both.

2. As determined and documented by the local educational agency employing the teacher, professional experience in a classroom setting with preschool age children meeting the criteria established by the governing board or body of the local educational agency that is comparable to the 24 units of education described in subparagraph (A).

3. A child development teacher permit, or an early childhood education specialist credential, issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

• CDE UPK/UTK FAQs

  • What criteria must be met by the LEA to determine the professional experience option for TK teacher requirements under Ed Code 48000? Pursuant to Education Code (EC) 48000(g)(4)(B), local educational agencies (LEAs) must determine and document the employing teacher’s professional experience in a classroom setting with preschool age children meeting the criteria established by the governing board or body of the local educational agency that is comparable to the 24 units of education. This professional experience option is determined by each district and not automatically transferable between districts. 

  • Newly Updated: Can an LEA run a TK program at a private community based preschool or community college? Having a LEA operate a TK program at a satellite facility, such as a private community based preschool or community college is allowable as long as the teacher and second adult is an employee of the school district, all required conditions of apportionment are met as described in Education Code 48000 (class size max, ratio, teacher requirements, etc.), instructional time/ADA requirements (minimum day, supervsion, etc.) are met, the facility is approved by the Division of the State Architect by meeting all Field Act requirements,  and the classroom being used meets Title 5 regulations. Even if the school district is occupying an existing space, the learning environments should be comparable to other learning environments in the district/state.