Support work placement while taking CHILD DEVELOPMENT Classes to obtain your Associate teacher certificate.

Associate Teacher Apprenticeship

TUITION IS FREE! THIS PROGRAM IS OF NO COST TO THE APPRENTICE.

Jump-start your Early Childhood Education career. The Sonoma County Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship is a unique paid learning and on-the-job training experience where participants will earn 12 Early Childhood Education units through Santa Rosa Junior College, complete 2,000 hours of paid work experience, and will be eligible for an Associate Teacher permit through CTC  California Commission on Teaching Credentialing.

Program Benefits

• Embedded classroom tutoring
• Career Counseling
• No school fees 
• Job placement with local employers, including:
  • 4C’s Sonoma
  • Santa Rosa Junior College
  • Community Action Partnership- Sonoma County Head Start and Early Head Start
  • Child Family Inc,
  • North Bay Children's Center.
  • and more

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• ✓ Be 18 years or older
• ✓ Pass a criminal background fingerprint check
• ✓ Provide immunization record
• ✓ Pass a physical health screening
• ✓ Have evidence of a negative tuberculosis test
• ✓ Be able to attend college classes, participate, and submit written assignments
• ✓ Have a high school degree or equivalent
• ✓ Be legally authorized to work in the United States

Applications are now closed

EARLY EDUCATOR APPRENTICE PROGRAM

• Qualifies you for higher Career Pathway    
• Increases your earning     
• Combines Employment, Training, College Coursework and Individualized Mentoring

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