DAY ONE EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY INC

TEACHER APPRENTICE PROGRAM (TAP): THE TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM (TAP) IS AN INTENSIVE, FULL TIME ELEVEN WEEK APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS INTERESTED IN TEACHING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS. IN ORDER TO BUILD HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, WE KNOW THAT TEACHERS BENEFIT FROM HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH MENTOR TEACHERS AND SUSTAINED TIME TO ENGAGE IN LEARNING ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER. DURING THE ELEVEN WEEK APPRENTICESHIP PERIOD, A GROUP OF UP TO TWELVE TEACHERS WILL BE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. EACH APPRENTICE TEACHER IS PLACED IN A MODEL EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTING SIDE BY SIDE WITH A MENTOR TEACHER FOR FIVE HOURS EACH MORNING. EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTINGS INCLUDE CENTERS, FAMILY AND GROUP FAMILY CARE, AND NURSERY SCHOOLS. IN THE AFTERNOON, THE APPRENTICE TEACHERS GATHER FOR A COLLABORATIVE SEMINAR. THE ORGANIZATION'S GOAL IS TO PLACE 200 DAY ONE TEACHERS IN POUGHKEEPSIE AND DUTCHESS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. DAY ONE INITIATED ITS EXCHANGE TEACHER PROGRAM IN MARCH 2022. WE HAVE ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME EXCHANGE TEACHER. IN ORDER FOR CURRENTLY EMPLOYED TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN DAY ONE TAP FOR ELEVEN WEEKS, DAY ONE EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY HIRES MASTER TEACHERS AS EXCHANGE TEACHERS AND COACHES. THE EXCHANGE TEACHER SPENDS ELEVEN WEEKS IN THE APPRENTICESHIP TEACHER'S HOME CLASSROOM; THEIR ROLE IS TO PROVIDE COACHING, MENTORING AND SUPPORT IN THE MORNING AND STABLE COVERAGE FOR THE AFTERNOON SO THAT AN APPRENTICE TEACHER CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE TEACHING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM SEMINARS EACH AFTERNOON. THE COST OF AN EXCHANGE TEACHER IS COVERED BY DAY ONE EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY; THUS AN ADDITIONAL COST BURDEN IS NOT PLACED ON THE APPRENTICE TEACHER'S HOME CLASSROOM DURING HIS/HER LEAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN DAILY SEMINARS. TEACHERS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE ELEVEN WEEK APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A MONTHLY STIPEND AS LONG AS CERTAIN CRITERIA CONTINUE TO BE MET (E.G. DEMONSTRATION OF ONGOING BEST PRACTICES IN THE CLASSROOM; CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IN AN EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME, CENTER OR SCHOOL WITHIN DUTCHESS OR ULSTER COUNTY; CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN ONGOING SUPERVISION MENTORSHIP.)