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T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® NATIONALLY

The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® Project, now in its second decade, is flourishing throughout the United States as more and more states recognize the benefits of a well-educated, well-compensated early childhood workforce.

· T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Education and Compensation Helps) offers an effective strategy for addressing the education, compensation and retention of the early childhood workforce across the country. The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® Project is also building the capacity of educational institutions. As a purchaser of college education credits for thousands of early childhood professionals across the county, T.E.A.C.H. has played a significant role in increasing the demand for early childhood college level coursework. T.E.A.C.H. states have reported that the scholarship program helped create more relevant coursework and has been a catalyst for a more flexible and responsive higher education system, which now offers a wider variety of coursework, as well as, non-traditional hours, distance learning, satellite locations and accelerated degree programs.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® SOUTH CAROLINA

Administered by the Center for Child Care Career Development/South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness.

· The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® Project provides comprehensive scholarships for teachers employed at regulated child care facilities to take courses toward the South Carolina Early Childhood Credential, a Certificate, a Diploma, or an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education. The Project is an effort to improve the quality of child care in South Carolina by increasing the education, compensation and stability of the early childhood work force. The scholarships are available to teachers, directors, and family child care providers who are working in state regulated child care facilities.

· The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® Project is a partnership that involves the teacher, the child care program employing the teachers and the South Carolina Office of First Steps. The scholarships provide assistance with tuition and books, a travel stipend, paid release time, compensation, and counseling services.

Eligibility Criteria:

· To be eligible for any T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® scholarship, an applicant must work a minimum number of hours per week in a child care program licensed or registered with the South Carolina Department of Social Services. Employees of licensure-exempt programs are also eligible. An applicant must have the sponsorship of their employing child care program. The South Carolina Early Childhood Credential scholarships require applicants to be working a minimum of twenty hours per week in their sponsoring child care program. All other scholarships require an applicant to work a minimum of thirty hours per week. Teacher and family child care provider applicants must earn less than $14.45 per hour and directors or director/owners must earn less than $15.00 per hour; however, partial scholarships may be available for providers earning just over the maximum. Each scholarship has additional eligibility criteria specific to the scholarship model.