Chair Joseph on early childhood apprenticeship program
Joseph asks about the early childhood apprenticeship program budget, enrollment, and outreach. The Chancellor reports 30 apprentices currently enrolled, with recruitment through the statewide network, campus students, and child care centers.
Let's talk about our favorite topic, early childhood education.
That's everybody's favorite topic.
CUNY is requesting an additional $6.
Million dollars to fund early childhood education program including the apprenticeship program the pro the child development associate the CDA program
the CDA completion pro project and b2 teacher certification support CUNY is requesting three million over three years to expand the early childhood
apprentices program to recruit 200 new professionals what is the current budget of the program for fiscal 2026 and 2027
And how many apprentices do you have currently enrolled?
The first, which program?
The apprenticeship program.
The apprenticeship program for your CDA.
This is...
I know we have this number.
So, I mean, the cost for year one is a million in what we have projected.
So I assume that we're using that criteria to the numbers that we have now.
And how many apprentices are currently enrolled in your program?
30.
And how do apprentices apply and what type of outreach does CUNY perform for this program?
Well, so we use a number of things.
First, we have the statewide network, which is sort of the Cadillac of working with all the individuals that are working in early childhood.
That's a key method for us to be able to recruit.
We use our own network of the students on the campuses.
I think I mentioned the testimony.
We have about 3,600 undergrad students studying that.
We have great relationships also with a lot of the nonprofits and some of the providers that work with us.
And, you know, we have also our 17 child care centers that are hubs of talented people spreading the word, too.
So plenty of ways to getting good people in.
That's wonderful.
How long is the apprenticeship?
How long is the program?
I need to get back on that.
And while the students are in your program, what type of support do you have?
That was 30 students.
How many?
That I know.
I need to get back to you on the duration of the program.