More than a Scholarship: Scholarships, Education, Compensation and Commitment
T.E.A.C.H. is a research based comprehensive strategy to educate and retain early childhood practitioners, positively impacting outcomes for the children in their care. The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Program began in 1990 in North Carolina as a small pilot program providing a single comprehensive scholarship model to 21 early childhood teachers and has grown to providing scholarships in 23 states across the country. T.E.A.C.H.is a proven effective strategy through its use of four key elements: Scholarships, Education, Compensation and Commitment.
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® TEXAS provides scholarships for those working in licensed child care centers and registered or licensed family child care homes in Texas. The goals of T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® are:
- To provide educational scholarship opportunities for people working in regulated child care centers and family child care homes;
- To increase the knowledge base of early childhood professionals working with young children‚ thus improving the care these children receive;
- To encourage child care programs to support the continuing education of their staff;
- To provide increased compensation that is directly related to increased education;
- To reduce staff turnover by supporting the above goals while also requiring from participants a specified time commitment to their sponsoring program after their scholarship year;
- To provide a sequential professional development path for teachers and family child care home providers currently in the field;
- To create a model of partnership for improving the quality of care that children in child care programs receive.
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Since 2011 T.E.A.C.H. Texas has been able to provide 1100 scholarships and impacted more than 11,000 children!
T.E.A.C.H. Texas Advisory Committee
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Title
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Ana De Hoyos O’Connor, Chair
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Faculty, San Antonio College
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Shari Anderson
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V.P. of Child Care Assistance
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Megan Burk
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Program Director T.E.A.C.H. TXAEYC
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Rickie Lafon
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Past President, Texas Licensed Child Care Association
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Lyn Lucas
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Board Member, Texas Association of Resource and Referral Agencies
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Jeannie Young
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Program Coordinator, Eanes ISD
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Erin Schmidt
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Director of Accreditation, Association for Early Learning Leaders
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Alferma Giles
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Director, Head Start Collaboration Office
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Tracy Jones
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Program Coordinator, Texas Early Care and Education Professional Development System
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Lindsay Locke
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T.E.A.C.H. Graduate, Family Home Provider
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Debbie Weiland
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Career and Technical Education Coordinator, Texas Education Agency
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Marcella Atkinson
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Recipient. Family Home Provider
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Nicole Allen
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Child Care Contract Manager. Workforce Solutions Tarrant County
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Preeti Jain
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Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Clear Lake
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Loretta Priest
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Child Care Services , Administrator
YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region
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Contact Us
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ® TEXAS CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: P.O. Box 4997, Austin, TX 78765-4997
Telephone:1-800-341-2392/512-215-8142
FAX: 866-240-5175
T.E.A.C.H. Counselor Darleta McKinnis-Weems: darleta@texasaeyc.org
T.E.A.C.H. Texas Program Director Megan Burk: meganburk@texasaeyc.org