Helping teachers reach their promise
 Early childhood teachers are so important to a child’s development.
They become one of the trusted adults in a young child’s life. Studies
have shown that the education and experience of the teacher is a crucial
factor to the quality of the child’s learning experience. Thousands of
early childhood teachers have made the commitment to increase their
education and professional development so that they can better foster
quality early learning in our young children.
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Pennsylvania’s Early Learning Keys to
Quality system and the
T.E.A.C.H.
Early Childhoodâ
PENNSYLVANIA Scholarship program are making it possible
for our child care teachers to increase their education while
providing a better education to our young children. Pennsylvania
Early Learning Keys to Quality has also developed a
Career Lattice for all
professionals in the early learning field to use as a guide in their
professional development and to map their career goals.
- The
Keystone STARS program
provides research-based standards for teacher qualifications and
professional development as well as supports to help teachers meet
those standards.
- The
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency (PHEAA) has expanded eligibility for
loan forgiveness for teachers in early childhood programs.
- The
State Board of Education
updated its regulations in 2006 addressing pre-kindergarten
to require all lead teachers in pre-kindergarten classrooms to have
teacher certification in early childhood education by 2011.
- The State Board of Education
is also working to redesign Early Childhood Education teacher
certification to better prepare our early childhood teachers with
the techniques that stimulate learning in our young children.
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