Considering TK for your child? Take a peek inside one ideal classroom scenario in the Bay Area This fall at least 200,000 California students are expected to enroll in transitional kindergarten ...

How big are TK classes, and what support do they offer? Transitional kindergarten classes typically have about 20 students. Each classroom is staffed with a teacher and a paraprofessional.

Because of the small class sizes and the extra qualifications required to teach 4-year-olds, there’s a shortfall of at least 12,000 TK teachers, according to Early Edge California.

Frankie Fein-Shay, center, and her classmates are fully engaged during the first day of school in Amber Clark’s TK class at Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary School last Thursday.

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