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ECE Teacher Qualifications

Please Note: Sealed or Electronically Secure College Transcripts Are Required for Processing

All applicants need to complete:

AB 1207 - CALIFORNIA CHILD CARE PROVIDERS: MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING

The training is valid for two years. Please submit certificates and renewals to ECE-HR email

Click here to access the CDSS AB1207 website

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

LAUSD Requirements:

• • AA Degree or 60 semester units of coursework from an accredited college or university
  • Must include 3 semester units of English: College Reading and Composition
  • 3 Units Child Development: Infant and Toddler   
  • A Child Development Associate Teacher Permit or higher(see below*)
  • Early Childhood Education Interview
  • Pediatric CPR, First Aid and AED (Online courses do not qualify)

Per Senate Bill No. 792 (SB792) a person will not be allowed to work or volunteer at a day care center if they have not been immunized against Pertussis, Measles, and Influenza. Only one dose of Pertussis and Measles given at any prior time is required.

Each employee and volunteer must receive a yearly influenza vaccination between August 1st  and December 1st of that year. The influenza vaccination is the only one that may be declined with a LAUSD declination form on an annual basis.

Within 2 years from the date of employment, a substitute teacher’s status will be reviewed and must qualify with:

• 24 semester units of Child Development course work
• 175-days work experience, or ECE field course work

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Requirement:

To obtain a Child Development Associate Teacher Permit, the state requires:

• 12 semester units of Child Development course work
• 16 semester units of General Education course work including (must include Humanities, Social Science, Math/Science, English)
• 50 days of experience in an early childhood licensed classroom, or ECE field course work from an accredited college or university 

PROBATIONARY CONTRACTED TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

LAUSD Requirements:

• AA Degree or higher from an accredited college or university 
  (must include 3 semester units of English: College Reading and Composition)
• 3 units of Child Development: Infant and Toddler  
• A Child Development Teacher Permit or higher
• Early Childhood Education Interview
• Pediatric CPR, First Aid and AED (Online courses do not qualify)

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Requirement:
To obtain a Child Development Teacher Permit, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing requires:

• 24 semester units of Child Development course work
• 16 semester units of General Education course work including (must include Humanities, Social Science, Math/Science English)
• 175 days of experience in an early childhood licensed classroom, or ECE field course work from an accredited college or university or 3 units of ECE field work    

Please use the link below for additional information:
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Website-Child Development Permits