Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality Career Lattice

POSITIONS

Administrator (including Principal's Public School

Consultants/
Intervention
Child Care /
School Age

Early Head

Head Start

Higher Ed.
Academic

Mentors/
Districts

Trainers
Schools

Faculty
Private
Start /

Early
Care

TA/
Ph.D./Ed.D in

Supervisor / Early Interventionist / Teacher

Certification) / Social Worker

ECE/Equivalen

Therapist / Case Manager / Director /

t Degree10 OR

Director / Coordinators / Teachers

Administrator / Director / Teacher

VIII

Director, Lead or Teacher/ Group Supervisor

related field
including 30
ECE credits
Master's in
ECE/
Equivalent
VII Degree10 OR
related field
including 30
ECE credits

Certification
BS/BA in ECE/ Equivalent

(including
ECE or El
Teacher
Degree OR related field

Ed.
VI
including 30 ECE credits
10,11

Coordinator
AA/AAS in ECE/Equivalent

Assistant
Teachers

Teachers
Teacher Aide / Para- Professional
Service
Degree4 OR related field
V
(BA/BS/AA/AAS) including
18 ECE credits 4,6,7,8,9

30 credits

Assistant Teacher or Assistant

IV including 12
ECE credits6

Group Supervisor
Credential,
Diploma,
III Certificate 4,5
or 6 ECE
Credits

45 Hours or 3
II ECE Credits
2,3

Teachers /
Child Care
Providers

Assistant
15 HOURS
Aides /
Family

Aides

Aides
I Orientation
Training 1

NOTE 1: High school diploma/GED are assumed at Level I.

NOTE 2: These 45 Hours may include 15 Hours of Orientation Training from Level 1.
NOTE 3: For SACC providers, credits on the Career Lattice may be in Education (excluding Secondary Education).
NOTE 4: For Education and Retention (ERA) eligibility, refer to ERA guidance at all levels.
NOTE 5: Credential/Certificate/Diploma programs vary. These may fall on Level III or IV depending upon number of credits awarded. Review transcripts accordingly.
NOTE 6: Refer to the Early Childhood Education Teacher Quality: Recognizing High Quality Core Content in PA document to determine if a practitioner meets Level IV/V Alternative Pathway requirements
NOTE 7: On the Career Lattice, related fields include Human Development, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Education, Nursing, Home Economics/Family and Consumer Science, Recreation, Child and Family Studies, Human Services and
NOTE 8: Unrelated BA/BS/AA/AAS Degrees that include 30 ECE credits meet Level V of the Career Lattice.
NOTE 9: Continuing college students with at least 60 college credits/18 credits in ECE (EDUC - excluding Secondary Educ. if a SAC only program) are at Level V.
NOTE 10: For a list of approved degrees equivalent to an ECE Degree without teacher certification, go to www.pakeys.org under Career Development/Requirements
NOTE 11: At levels VI and above on the Career Lattice, in-state or out-of-state ECE Certification is also accepted regardless of degree awarded.

PA Key 9/7/2012