California Career Lattice Educational Requirements
A chart depicting the California Career Lattice Educational Requirements.Acronyms Defined
In this document, the following acronyms are used:
- Associate of Arts (AA)
- Associate of Science (AS)
- Associate Transfer Degree (AST)
- Child Development (CD)
- Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- Human Development (HD)
- General Education (GE)
- Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)
- Resource and Referral (R&R)
- Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
California Career Lattice Educational Requirements [Draft]
Level | Description |
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1 | 16 hours of health & safety training OR Current Title 22 Family Child Care Licensing Requirements |
2 | 16 hours of health & safety training OR 3 semester (4.5 quarter) units of ECE/CD/HD |
3 | 6 units in ECE/CD |
4 | 12 units in ECE/CD Required ECE courses include: child/human growth & development; child/family/community or child and family relations; and programs/curriculum. You must have a minimum of three semester units or four quarter units in the core areas of child/human growth & development and child/family/community. |
5 | 24 units of ECE/CD + 16 semester units of GE ECE core content areas required GE courses must include: One course in each of four general education categories, which are degree applicable: English/Language Arts; Math or Science; Social Sciences; Humanities and/or Fine Arts. |
6 | AA/AS/AST in ECE/CD OR AA/AS/AST with 24 semester units in ECE/CD OR 60 units including 24 units of ECE/CD and 36 units of GE |
7 | 7A. Support Baccalaureate degree in any field 7B. ECE Support Baccalaureate degree in any field with 24 semester units in ECE/CD 7C. ECE ContentBaccalaureate degree in ECE/CD OR Baccalaureate degree in any discipline with 36 semester units of ECE/CD, including 18 semester units of upper division coursework. 7D. CredentialMultiple Subject Teaching Credential with 24 units ECE/CD (ex. K–12 or TK Teacher) OR Early Childhood Special Education Credential (ex. K–12 or Preschool Teacher focused on children with special needs) OR Pupil Personnel Services Credential 7E. AdministratorProgram Director Permit OR Baccalaureate degree or higher with 15 units of management/administration/ supervision/leadership /policy including 6 administrative units, 2 adult supervision units and 24 units of ECE/CD including coursework related to serving infants and toddlers. Examples: ECE program director or director mentor/coach |
8 | 8A. Master Support Master’s Degree in any field 8B. Master ECE Support Master’s degree in any field with 24 semester units in ECE/CD |
9 | 9A. Master ECE ContentMaster’s degree in ECE/CD OR Master’s degree in any discipline with 36 semester units of ECE/CD, including 18 semester units of graduate level coursework. 9B. Master AdministratorMaster’s Degree in any field plus a Program Director Permit OR Master’s degree in any field plus Administrative Service Credential OR Master’s degree or higher with 15 units of management/administration/ supervision/leadership /policy including 6 administrative units, 2 adult supervision units and 24 units of ECE/CD including coursework related to serving infants and toddlers. |
10 | 10A. Doctorate Doctorate or Post Doctorate in any subject 10B. ECE Content Specialist Doctorate or Post Doctorate with 24 units in ECE 10C. ECE Content Doctorate Doctorate or Post Doctorate in ECE/CD |