Child Development and Family Studies

Early childhood education, K-12 and CTE teacher preparation and school-age/youth worker development are rapidly growing fields. Increasing public awareness of the importance of quality early childhood education, research on the importance of early brain development, research on the importance of quality settings for children and youth and awareness of the need for a well prepared K-12 teacher workforce that is grounded in both child development principles and subject matter content and changes in family structure and employment patterns have all increased the demand for child development services. Our primary objective is to prepare students for these careers or university transfer.

Career choices include working directly with children in infant and toddler programs, preschools, or school-age, before and after-school programs, youth settings or working indirectly on behalf of children in administrative positions. Students may also transfer to a four-year college to obtain a BA/BS and K-12 classroom teaching credentials or pursue a career in a related field.

Professional Development Project

Career fairs, connections with Career Advising resources, Early Childhood Permit Advising, and professional development opportunities for individuals interested in developing and maintaining a career in early childhood education is available at the SF Early Childhood Development Project.

California Early Care and Education Workforce Registry

Students and members of the workforce are encouraged to join the California Early Care and Education Workforce Registry. Visit www.caregistry.org for information and call us at 415-452-5605 for additional information.

CDEV Employment Specialist for Students: 

Our Employment Specialist and our CCSF Career Services Office provide workshops and individual support on your journey to finding a position in the field of education. This short video offers a wonderful introduction as you explore career options:

Handshake is CCSF’s online career platform that connects students and recent graduates with jobs, internships, and employers.

View CCSF Career Services Introduction Video

Handshake has officially launched here at CCSF. This new platform will give our students access to roughly 3.5 million job and internship postings from a global network of over 550k employers, all of whom are specifically interested in recruiting college students and recent graduates. 

  • Single sign on so you can use your CCSF log in 
  • Fully integrated mobile application for easy access 
  • Searchable and real-time job opportunities 
  • Messaging system that connects you with fellow students as well as employers so you can grow your network and learn about exciting opportunities!  

 

CCSF Resources for Employers:

Employers can sign up for Handshake here:

Create an Employer Account on Handshake

Employer Features Include:

  • The ability to post jobs to CCSF students and students and affiliated institutions
  • Direct messaging to promote job applications, events, and one-on-one engagement with qualified candidates

For step-by-step instructions on how to post a job on Handshake, please see the link: How to Post a Job

Are you an employer looking to support growing leaders in the ECE Field?

The CA Early Childhood Mentor Program supports Mentors throughout California in providing leadership and guidance to students entering the ECE profession, and current child care directors/FCC owner-operators and teachers. The Mentor Program serves a diverse workforce of family child care programs, private and non-profit child care centers, State Preschools and Head Start programs, and selects experienced classroom teachers and family child care providers to mentor student teachers from community colleges, Regional Occupational Programs (ROP), four-year early childhood programs and those entering the workforce.

 California Early Childhood Mentor Program

 

Contact Deb Anaya at CCSF for information about applying to become an Early Childhood Mentor in San Francisco: 

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