ECE teachers with a teacher-level permit and a baccalaureate are allowed to teach in TK under an emergency waiver for one year. They can continue teaching in TK after that if they are enrolled in a credential program, either Pk-3rd or Multiple Subjects. If they enroll in a Multiple Subjects’ credential, they also need to get 24 semester units of ECE. Both our ECE Associate Teacher Certificate and our Leader Teacher Certificate combined offer the required 24 semester units (36 quarter units).
An ECE Director permit does not qualify for the waiver to teach in TK.