Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children

T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Education and Compensation Helps) Early Childhood^® IOWA is a comprehensive scholarship program that provides the early childhood workforce access to educational opportunities and is helping establish a well-qualified, fairly compensated and stable workforce for our children.

All preschool teachers, child care center directors, teachers and aides, and child development home providers working in regulated programs in Iowa for a minimum number of hours each week are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. is built on four components:

Education:	T.E.A.C.H. helps participants to earn a required number of college credit hours in early childhood education each year.
Scholarship:	T.E.A.C.H. offers counseling and financial support to pay for college courses and fees, books, travel, and time away from work.
Compensation:	T.E.A.C.H. recipients earn a compensation bonus or raise after successful completion of a year of education.
Commitment:	T.E.A.C.H. recipients agree to continue their service as a child care professional in their current early care and education setting.

For more information about applying for a T.E.A.C.H. scholarship, please click here.

If you are a current T.E.A.C.H. participant and need information or forms to complete your paperwork, please click here.

If you are looking for information about the history of T.E.A.C.H. in Iowa, our data and results, please click here.

All Directors and Administers of programs whose staff members are part of T.E.A.C.H., we now have a T.E.A.C.H. Sponsoring Program Procedures Handbook. We recommend you read it, paying special attention to the highlighted areas which are expecially focused for directors and supervisors, and hope you will find it helpful as you support your T.E.A.C.H. participant. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

All T.E.A.C.H. participants, please read the T.E.A.C.H. Participant Procedures Handbook and then print the last page, sign, and return to us. Thank you.

Some interesting facts for you to know:
Fact Sheet about Advocacy
Fact Sheet about Articulation
Fact Sheet about Compensation
Fact Sheet about Media
Fact Sheet about Turnover
Busting the Myths About the Child Care Workforce