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Treffer: California Early Educator Experience and Interest in Teaching Birth to Three. Data Snapshot. Updated

Title:
California Early Educator Experience and Interest in Teaching Birth to Three. Data Snapshot. Updated
Language:
English
Authors:
Anna Powell, Wanzi Muruvi, Lea J. E. Austin, Abby Copeman Petig, University of California, Berkeley. Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE)
Source:
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. 2025.
Availability:
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley, 2521 Channing Way #5555, Berkeley, CA 94720. Tel: 510-643-7091; Web site: https://cscce.berkeley.edu/
Peer Reviewed:
N
Page Count:
8
Publication Date:
2025
Sponsoring Agency:
Heising-Simons Foundation
Blue Shield of California Foundation
First 5 California
Document Type:
Report Reports - Descriptive<br />Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level:
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Kindergarten
Primary Education
Descriptors:
Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teaching Experience, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Child Care Centers, Transitional Programs, Career Choice, Teacher Characteristics, Social Emotional Learning, Literacy Education, Career Pathways
Geographic Terms:
California
Entry Date:
2025
Accession Number:
ED674640
Database:
ERIC

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California will soon offer transitional kindergarten (TK) to all four-year-olds, a school-based option for early care and education (ECE). According to the state Master Plan for Early Learning and Care, universal TK for four-year-olds should enable more children age three and younger to be served in other settings like child care centers and family child care homes. To investigate how this transition is impacting the ECE workforce, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) conducted an early educator survey in the spring of 2024. The survey asked how early educators were faring during this transition, because California's TK expansion strategy asks current teachers of four-year-olds to make a grand pivot. This snapshot shares data from the 2024 California ECE Workforce Study on early educators' readiness to teach children under four years old. It also looks at whether early educators are thinking about changing jobs or leaving the field. The authors explore how early educators might react if they could no longer teach four-year-olds in their current classroom.

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