Launching & Growing Your ECE Career in San Mateo & Santa Clara County

Good2Know Network and Community Equity Collaboration co-hosted a virtual event for ECE students and professionals to learn more about career opportunities in the field. In this event, participants had the opportunity to meet and learn from the following expert panel of Bay Area home care, private and public pre-school providers: 

• Angel Barrios, Executive Program Director, Institute for Human and Social Development, Inc. (now IZZI)
• Edirle Menezes, Quality Improvement Coordinator at San Mateo County Office of Education
• Javanni Brown-Austin, Assistant Director at Children’s Pre-school Center

Watch the webinar recording to hear about career pathways, educational requirements for various positions, the current state of hiring, and more. 

For more information about building an ECE resumé, visit this G2K article from the archives.

Local Community College Career-building Courses

It isn’t too early to think about upcoming learning and professional development opportunities!

If you or anyone on your team is thinking about fall studies, there are great education opportunities through local community colleges with strong Early Childhood Education programs in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. 

San Mateo County

Skyline College 

• Child Development Department webpage and Early Childhood Education Programs (including Associate in Science for Transfer)   
• Enrollment and Registration

Cañada College

• Child Development Department Courses and Degree/Certificate Programs (including Associate in Science for Transfer) 

Santa Clara County

Foothill College 

• Child Development Department Webpage and Degree and Certificate Programs
• Enrollment and Registration