Focus Area C

Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) Workforce Requirements

UPK - Workforce Development Funding Opportunities

UPK - Professional Learning for Leaders and Principals

UPK - Research on Benefits of Joint Professional Learning

Best Practices for In-Service Preparation

Professional Learning on Observational Assessments

Best Practices and Resources for Recruitment

Universal PreKindergarten Teacher Pipeline Resource Compendium

Inclusive Early Education Professional Resources

Resources to support inclusive policies and practices for early care and education on CDE Website.  

Transitional Kindergarten - Summary of Educator Workforce Requirements and Sample Pathways

CA TK Workforce Requirements and Pathways

Stanford FIND Professional Development Flier - English

Stanford FIND Professional Development Flier - Spanish

FIND Professional Development at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood - Video

Promising Universal Prekindergarten Practices Video Series: Collaborative Professional Learning Models

California educators highlight the importance of providing collaborative professional learning opportunities that bring together early educators from various early learning settings to support the implementation of UPK. 

Nine Strategies for Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Diverse Teachers

Seven Strategies for Strengthening DEI in Teacher Hiring

Building a Well-Qualified Transitional Kindergarten Workforce in California

This report from the Learning Policy Institute discusses potential pathways to support a diverse, well-prepared workforce, both in TK and in other early childhood programs. The report also offers recommendations that state policymakers could follow to stabilize, support, and expand the broader early childhood workforce and build pathways for racially, linguistically, and culturally diverse educators. This is an external resource that is not created, updated, or endorsed by the California Department of Education. 

ECEPTS Apprenticeship

Early Care & Education Pathways to Success (ECEPTS) provides information about their apprenticeship model for training early educators. This is an external resource that is not created, updated, or endorsed by the California Department of Education.

Preparing TK-3 Educators Through Teacher Residencies

This brief from the Learning Policy Institute describes two early childhood-focused residency programs in California. It describes each program’s coursework, clinical experiences, resident and mentor supports, and program outcomes, including perspectives from former residents, program leaders, and mentor teachers. This is an external resource that is not created, updated, or endorsed by the California Department of Education. 

Promising Models for Preparing a Diverse, High-Quality Early Childhood Workforce

A report from the Learning Policy Institute providing case studies of promising programs that recruit and prepare early educators. This is an external resource that is not created, updated, or endorsed by the California Department of Education. 

Early Childhood Essentials Framework

Analysis of the essential skills and competencies children should acquire before they enter kindergarten, and the related skills and competencies early childhood educators must cultivate in order to provide high-quality early learning experiences. This is an external resource that is not created, updated, or endorsed by the California Department of Education.

Addressing Exclusionary Discipline Practices