Report: The State of Preschool 2008: State Preschool Yearbook
Report: The State of Preschool 2008: State Preschool Yearbook
Report: The State of Preschool 2008: State Preschool Yearbook
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STATE<br />
PERSONNEL<br />
Minimum teacher degree requirement<br />
Alabama<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Arizona HSD (public and nonpublic) 12<br />
Arkansas BA/BS in ECE or CD (one for every three classrooms); other classrooms, AA in ECE or CD (public and nonpublic) 8<br />
California CDA (public and nonpublic) 14<br />
Colorado CDA or AA in ECE or CD (public and nonpublic) 16<br />
Connecticut CDA (public and nonpublic) 17<br />
Delaware CDA (public and nonpublic) 8<br />
Florida BA (summer); CDA (academic year) 10<br />
Georgia AA (public and nonpublic) 10<br />
Illinois<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Iowa Shared Visions BA (public); CDA (nonpublic) 7<br />
Iowa SVPP BA (public and nonpublic) 11<br />
Kansas<br />
BA (public)<br />
Kentucky BA (public and nonpublic) 11<br />
Louisiana 8(g)<br />
BA (public)<br />
Louisiana LA4<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Louisiana NSECD BA (nonpublic) 4<br />
Maine<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Maryland<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Massachusetts BA (public); None (nonpublic) 15<br />
Michigan BA (public and nonpublic) 13<br />
Minnesota HdSt BA (public); CDA (nonpublic) 14<br />
Missouri<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Nebraska<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Nevada<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
New Jersey Abbott<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
New Jersey ECPA<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
New Jersey ELLI<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
New Mexico BA (public and nonpublic) 9<br />
New York BA and NYS teaching certificate (public); AA or CDA (nonpublic) 9<br />
North Carolina BA (public); AA and working toward BA and birth-K license within 4 years (nonpublic) 7<br />
Ohio ECE AA (public); CDA (nonpublic) 6<br />
Ohio ELI HSD (public and nonpublic) 14<br />
Oklahoma<br />
BA/BS and ECE certification (public and nonpublic)<br />
Oregon BA and teaching license plus 15 ECE credits (public); CDA (nonpublic) 9<br />
Pennsylvania EABG<br />
BA and ECE certification (public); AA (nonpublic)<br />
Pennsylvania HSSAP CDA (public and nonpublic) 12<br />
Pennsylvania K4<br />
BA and ECE certification (public)<br />
PA Pre-K Counts BA in ECE (public); AA in ECE or CD (child care and Head Start); private school ECE certification and 18 credits (nursery) 9<br />
South Carolina 4K<br />
BA (public)<br />
South Carolina CDEPP<br />
BA (public); AA (nonpublic)<br />
Tennessee<br />
BA and ECE certification (public and nonpublic)<br />
Texas<br />
BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
Vermont Act 62 BA (public and nonpublic) 15<br />
Vermont EEI BA (public and nonpublic) 6<br />
Virginia BA (public); HSD (nonpublic) 9<br />
Washington<br />
AA or BA (public and nonpublic)<br />
West Virginia BA in ECE or pre-K special education (public); AA (nonpublic) 8<br />
Wisconsin 4K<br />
BA and early childhood teacher license (public and nonpublic)<br />
Wisconsin HdSt BA (public); CDA (nonpublic) 14<br />
190 Footnotes are grouped by state at the end <strong>of</strong> Appendix A. All data are for the ‘07-’08 school year, unless otherwise noted.