Scholarships & Programs
TEACH
Ask your director if they participate in the TEACH Early Childhood® Scholarship Program! TEACH Scholarship provides tuition assistance and comprehensive supports for teachers, directors, owners, and FCCH providers to earn early learning credentials and renewals, college credits and certificates, and degrees in Early Childhood Education, or related fields. Please contact Communications@ELC-EC.org to reach our local TEACH ambassador for more help!
Incentive$
The Incentive$ Program by the Children’s Forum offers an annual stipend* up to $5,000 to incentivize, support and recognize early learning educators across Florida. The Emerald Coast (Okaloosa and Walton County) are one of three regions in the state of Florida participating in this program. Click
the link below to learn more.
https://incentives-fl.org/incentives-counties/emerald-coast/
Early Childhood Education Degree (now 100% Online!)
https://www.nwfsc.edu/academics/degrees-offered/early-childhood-education-birth-through-four/