PNC Foundation awards $190k grant to UofL and JCPS to provide pathways for early childhood educators

The University of Louisville has received a $190,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to help bolster the region’s early childhood education sector through an innovative workforce development program. The grant will enable UofL’s Early Childhood Research Center (ECRC) to implement a Child Development Associate (CDA) and Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) credential program curriculum. The ECRC is working with Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) to potentially extend the curriculum to high school students in JCPS’ Academies of Louisville Early Childhood programs.

Through this collaboration students in grades 10-12 who are engaged in early childhood-focused academic coursework would have the opportunity to earn a CDA and/or RBT credential during or immediately following their studies in the JCPS Early Childhood Academy program. The CDA credential is the minimum requirement for Early Head Start lead teachers and Head Start assistant teachers.

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