Financial Resources for
Professional Development
About TEACH
T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Education And Compensation Helps) Early Childhood® MINNESOTA seeks to improve education and compensation for child care providers, while reducing turnover rates.
TEACH is a scholarship program that helps child care providers earn a college degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development. The scholarship pays for a large portion of college tuition and books and also provides assistance with transportation and substitution costs. Successful scholarship recipients also qualify for a pay raise or bonus upon completion of their scholarship contract.
Centers and providers
can use their participation in the TEACH program as a recruitment and
advertising tool as well as market the reduced turnover rates and increased
quality of
their programs. Most critically, children benefit from caregivers who
are specialists in early
childhood
education and understand the complexities of child development.
Smaller scholarships are available to cover CDA assessment fees for providers seeking this credential.
History
TEACH began in North Carolina in 1990 as a strategy to increase the education of child care providers and offer incentives for them to remain at their current place of employment. TEACH has reduced the turnover from 35% to 9% in some parts of North Carolina and the program has been replicated successfully in 20 states nationwide.
The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MINNESOTA program was developed to increase the level of education among child care providers.
What does TEACH offer?
- TEACH offers scholarships to child care providers who want a CDA, an Associate's Degree, or a Bachelor's Degree.
- TEACH covers 85% of the CDA Assessment Fee, and up to 80% of the cost of tuition and books for Associate's and Bachelor's degree students seeking a degree in child development or early childhood education.
- TEACH also offers money for travel, release time, and a bonus (if applicable to the scholarship).
Click here for additional program information and application requirements for T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MINNESOTA
Or call:
- Metro Phone: 651-290-9704 Extension 109
- Toll-Free: 888-308-3224
Funders
- Federal Child Care Block Grant
- Rochester Area Foundation
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