California wants to enroll all 4-year-olds to public schools within the next four years. But will there be enough teachers there to meet them?
Incorporating non-profit and private preschools would create better quality, Fuller agrees.
Now, the district runs transitional kindergarten classes, as well as state preschool and federal Head Start programs. In addition to recruiting more teachers for next year, the district is also leveraging existing staff to make the expansion work. “We don’t have the level of qualified teachers to fill those positions,” he said. “This residency capacity grant is designed to plan and also to build the pipeline to get those teachers.”
“It’s such a special place. It’s not TK and it isn’t K and it’s not a 3-year-old,” she said. “Four-year-olds are a special niche that early childhood educators do know.” In Modoc County, in the northeastern corner of the state, the three school districts serve a total of only 1,300 students. So combo classes with kindergarteners and even first-graders are the norm for 4-year-olds.But Deputy Superintendent Misti Norby calls the combo classes “developmentally not appropriate.” So Martin and Norby will work closely with families to select the right placement, which may be staying in their current preschool setting.
Many early childhood educators want to know: If the governor was going to dedicate money to kids under 5, why didn’t he bolster the early childhood system that already exists?
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