Registered Apprenticeship
Please review the program requirements under APRENDE Early Childhood Teacher Apprenticeship Program before submitting your application.
Pre-Apprenticeship
If you do not meet the APRENDE requirements for employment or registered apprenticeship, please see the APRENDE Early Childhood Pre-Apprenticeship program.
English/Spanish Application Guide/ Guía de aplicación inglés/español (PDF)
Steps to Apply:
- Complete the Pre-Apprenticeship Application OR the Registered Apprenticeship Application
- Complete the Supplemental Information for the application
- Start working on the steps listed below
- If you are not already an enrolled student at a partner school, you will need to complete the admissions application.
SFCC: https://www.sfcc.edu/get-started/apply-and-register/
CNM: https://www.cnm.edu/students/apply-to-cnm - Complete the FAFSA form to qualify for tuition and scholarship funding.
SFCC: https://www.sfcc.edu/offices/financial-aid/
CNM: https://www.cnm.edu/depts/financial-aid
- Submit your high school transcripts or certificate of high school equivalency to your college Records Department to document your completion of high school/equivalency.
- If you have completed prior college coursework at another institution, submit your high school and college transcripts to the Education Advisor and the Records Department
SFCC: emily.mccarthy@sfcc.edu and to records@sfcc.edu
CNM: https://www.cnm.edu/depts/enrollment/academic-records
All APRENDE students will meet with an APRENDE staff member to start the process.
You will be directed to an advisor at your higher education partner school to set up a degree plan and register for courses every term.
APRENDE students are expected to remain in communication with their advisor and meet at least twice a term.
Apprentice:
- If you are a current employee of an APRENDE Partner Employer, you will be asked to provide the name of your school or center in your application. They will be contacted and asked to confirm your employment and provide a recommendation for your acceptance into the apprenticeship program.
- If you are not a current employee of an APRENDE Partner Employer, you will need to secure employment at one of the employer sites.
- After you submit your APRENDE application, the APRENDE Manager will help connect you to employers. It is ultimately the responsibility of the applicant to secure employment with an APRENDE-affiliated early childhood program.
Pre-Apprentices will work with APRENDE staff for a field placement
Go to https://ececdscholarship.org/ for instructions and more information about completing the NM ECECD Scholarship application.
Work with your advisor and the APRENDE Program Manager to gather the documents that you will need for the ECECD Scholarship application.
- Early Childhood Degree Plan
- Course Schedule (every term)
- Employer Letter/Pay-stub
OR
- Pre-Apprenticeship Site Letter