Education Path
Our Education Path is designed to serve those on their road to a career in education. SCOE provides high-quality internship and residency programs to assist educators with earning their teaching credentials.
Urgent Call: The Need for Educators
We must Increase the number and preparedness of all teachers available to Sacramento County Public School Districts.
8-10,000
The expansion of Transitional Kindergarten in California means we need 8,000–10,000 more TK teachers statewide.
196
In Sacramento County, we will need approximately 196 new Transitional Kindergarten teachers and 100 Preschool teachers by 2025–2026.
3 million
California has almost 3 million children under the age of 5, yet we trail behind other states in access to early education.
80%
In Sacramento County, there is projected to be an 80% shortage of Special Education teachers in 2023–2025.
37%
Only 37% of California children under 5 are enrolled in transitional kindergarten and state-subsidized preschool programs.
Early Learning
The Sacramento County of Education (SCOE) Career Pipeline supports the full continuum of professional careers in early learning and care. The pipeline is a roadmap to the profession which is defined by a series of flexible paths starting with sparking an interest in high school students and continuing with support for aspiring preschool and transitional kindergarten teachers.
SacE3: Sacramento Consortium for Empowering Early Educators
About SacE3
In 2022, SCOE was awarded a $3.7 million Early Education Teacher Development (EETD) three-year grant from the California Department of Education. The Sacramento Consortium for Empowering Early Educators (SacE3), made up of school districts, charter schools, institutions of higher education, early learning and care educators, and community partners, was formed with the goal of increasing the number of transitional kindergarten (TK) and prekindergarten (PreK) teachers, and supporting all early learning educators, including expanded learning.
Opportunities with SacE3
Through SacE3, current and aspiring TK, PreK and early learning and care educators may apply for:
Stipends for college coursework completed at Los Rios Community College to:
Complete early childhood education college units required to teach TK
Acquire, upgrade, or maintain a Child Development Permit or towards an associate degree
Learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
Tuition support to complete a Multiple Subject or P-3 Teaching Credential internship program to teach TK
Tuition support to attain a Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development (CHAD) at Sacramento State
Transitional Kindergarten - Grade 12
The Career Pipeline’s transitional kindergarten through grade twelve path is designed to support you on the road to earning your teaching or administrative credential. Through the Sacrameto County Office of Education’s School of Education you will have access to high-quality credential programs and professional development as you start, or continue, your career as an educator.
School of Education
Teaching Credential & Leadership and Administrative Credential
SCOE’s School of Education includes programs that help new teachers get their credentials and aspiring leaders become administrators. Its mission is to provide high-quality credential programs and professional development to support teachers and leaders in the Capital Region. The School of Education is comprised of two divisions: Teaching and Leading.
The “Teaching” division of the School of Education includes an Intern Program and an Induction Program. The Intern Program supports candidates in a variety of ways during their mandatory “pre-service” and during their time as full-time teachers during the two years of the Intern Program. The Teacher Induction Program supports teachers who have earned their preliminary credentials, are in their first two years of teaching with their preliminary credentials and are working to further develop their teaching practice.