Pipeline for Black Early Childhood Educator Career Development
Are you passionate about working with children and families?
Are you looking to begin or advance your career as an early childhood educator?
Children’s Council of San Francisco is seeking Black individuals who are passionate about working with children and families, and who want to grow in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) field.
Our Black ECE Pipeline is growing every year, and we are accepting applications for future cohorts beginning on March 15 2024. Read about our first cohort’s graduation in 2022, and our 2023 graduation celebration.
This program is funded by the Dream Keeper Initiative www.dreamkeepersf.org
Learn more about our Pipeline, meet two of our 2022-23 cohort graduates, and see why this program is so successful and important to our city in this KQED article.
To learn more about the impact of our Black ECE Career Development Pipeline program, read our second Pipeline Cohort summary.
For a more in-depth look at the first Pipeline Cohort, click here to read our full report.
To learn more about the program please join us at one of our in-person information sessions.
Click here to register for an info session.
Through our Black ECE Career Development Pipeline program you will:
- Increase the number of Black early educators in San Francisco
- Improve educational and developmental outcomes for Black children
- Actively contribute to an improved ECE system that affirms and uplifts San Francisco’s Black families, educators and young children
Benefits of participation:
- Earn college credits in our accelerated program
- Build a support system of Black colleagues
- Receive tutoring and academic support
- Start off your career strong!
- Connect to jobs at ECE center-based child care programs
- Build your own Family Child Care business
Black ECE Pipeline students will:
- Attend all child development class meetings virtually*
- Work 1-on-1 with a mentor
- Complete on-site fieldwork in a licensed child care facility
- Qualify for a teaching permit through the California Department of Teaching and Credentialing**
- Work cooperatively as a cohort
Course Topics:
- Orientation to ECE Principles and Practice
- Introduction to Early Childhood Curriculum
- Child, Family, and Community
- Child Growth and Development
More information:
Email: blackeceteam@childrenscouncil.org
*Classes will be online with live zoom instruction
**Upon completion of all classes, lab & work experience hours
This program is funded by the Dream Keeper Initiative and San Francisco Office of Economic & Workforce Development (OEWD).