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 accept applications for future cohorts on a rolling basis. 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:

Benefits of participation:

Black ECE Pipeline students will:

Course Topics:

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).