T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® Scholarship Program

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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. The project offers a strategy for systematically improving the education, compensation and retention of the early childhood work force. The model is based on a partnership principle that involves the sharing of expenses by the teacher, director or family child care provider receiving the scholarship, the sponsoring child care facility and T.E.A.C.H. The Forum is licensed and authorized to administer T.E.A.C.H.

The T.E.A.C.H. program works with 48 colleges, universities and vocational technical schools throughout the state as well as 14 community-based training institutions. Under management of the Forum, the Florida T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood^® Scholarship Program serves as an umbrella for a variety of educational scholarship opportunities for people working in early care and education programs including family child care homes. Since 1998, more than 22,000 scholarships have been awarded. The turnover rate for these T.E.A.C.H. program participants is less than 8% - a testament to the success of this program.

To learn more about the T.E.A.C.H. program or to become a participant contact us at: 877-FL-TEACH (358-3224) or TeachQuestions@thechildrensforum.com.

• Frequently Asked Questions
• T.E.A.C.H. English Brochure
• T.E.A.C.H. Spanish Brochure
• T.E.A.C.H./Wage$ National Annual Report for 2008-2009
• T.E.A.C.H. Annual Report for 2007-2008
• T.E.A.C.H. Annual Report for 2006-2007
• T.E.A.C.H. Evidence-Based Findings