Early Childhood Service Corps

The Early Childhood Service Corps (ECSC) is an innovative, intergenerational
response to the critical workforce need in the Early Childhood Field and to the
unprecedented departure of older Americans from the workforce. ECSC provides
training, education and support for adults (50+) to become Early Childhood
Teachers who are qualified to work as substitute teachers, part-time floaters,
classroom teachers or assistant teachers in licensed Early Childhood
Education (ECE) facilities. We are actively recruiting adults 50+ to serve as
Corps Members in our program and help the struggling Early Childhood
industry. Older adult participants reported lower levels of loneliness, reduced agitation, and improved health,
among other findings. Intergenerational interactions are a powerful and positive connection to the
human experience. Our proven older-adult-engagement model, provides older adults with
opportunities to connect usefully and productively with young children and their families in ways
that enable the older adult to gain a greater sense of meaning and purpose, and potentially a
pathway to employment in the EC field.