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PCOE
Phone: 530.889.8020
| Fax: 866.840.2941 |

Placer County Office of Education
360 Nevada Street Auburn, Auburn, CA 95603 USA
PCOE
Phone: 530.889.8020
| Fax: 866.840.2941 |

Placer County Office of Education
360 Nevada Street Auburn, Auburn, CA 95603 USA

PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Intern Program
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PK-3 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist
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Introduction

PCOE’s Leadership and Learning Collaborative now offers a Preservice and Intern program for the new General Education PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential. Cohorts will begin Fall 2025. All candidates in Intern Programs must ​​meet the same standards for teacher preparation as those found in a traditional college or university setting. This area of the website provides program information, dates and locations for PCOE's upcoming intern program meetings and key contact information to assist you in applying for and completing this program.

Summary of Credential Requirements

The Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Instruction Credential requires candidates to have completed all of the following requirements:

1. Possession of a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. 
2. Completion of the subject matter requirement.
3. Completion of a Commission approved PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential preparation program.
4. Passage of Commission approved Teaching Performance Assessment.
5. Passage of the Foundations in Literacy or a Commission approved literacy assessment aligned with the
    requirements of Education Code section 44320.3.

Info Meeting Details

The PCOE Leadership and Learning Collaborative (LLC) is excited to offer our PK-3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential program.

We offer information meetings each month. Click on your preferred date to register. Drop-Ins/Walk-Ins are welcome! ​​​
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January 20, 2026 (Tuesday), 3:30 - 4:30 PM​

February 11, 2026 (Wednesday), 3:30 - 4:30 PM

March 3, 2026 (Tuesday), 3:30 - 4:30 PM

March 23, 2026 (Monday), 3:30 - 4:30 PM

April 15, 2026 (Wednesday), 3:30 - 4:30 PM

​All Meetings are via Zoom.

Feel free to share our flyer with friends, family, coworkers.​​​ ​​


Application Packet
​Click here for the PK3 ECE Specialist Instruction Credential Program Application Packet.

Transcripts
​​​If you are a previous or current program candidate and wish to order transcripts, please order through Parchment by clicking this link:*Note: If you graduated from one of our programs like the Comeback Program, iCare Pathways or one of the CTE programs previously offered, please email records@placercoe.org. If you graduated from a school in Placer County, you will need to contact that school or district for transcripts as we do not have access to their records.​

Contacts
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Kimberly Lilienthal

Executive Director                        ​ Leadership & Learning Collaborative

(530) 745-1471

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Kaelin Morris

Pk-3 Coordinator

(530) 745-1385

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Megan Ortolivo​​

Program Secretary                          ​Leadership & Learning Collaborative

(530) 886-2028

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FAQ's

If a teacher has their multiple subject (MS) credential, what do they need to earn their pk-3 credential?

​A Multiple Subject teacher would need to meet the PK-3 subject matter requirement (24 units ECE/CD) to earn a Pk-3 credential.

​will the pk-3 credential require meeting the basic skills requirement?

​No.

​are the cbest and cset required for the pk-3 credential?

​​No, but the RICA (Reading Instruction Competence Assessment) and the TPA (Teaching Performance Assessment) will be required. 

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