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Expanding Access to Professional Development for All: Pathways for

Traditional and Non-Traditional Learners

Adele Robinson, Early Childhood Consultant, HHS, ACF

Tom Rendon, Iowa Department of Education

Deidre Craythorne, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services

Brandi King, NCECDTL

Session Objectives• Highlight career pathway recent developments and

recommendations that support professional development of all early childhood staff (including traditional and non-traditional learners)

• Review innovative state efforts:

– Iowa

– West Virginia

• Small group application activity

• Wrap Up and present available resources on career pathways

Ice Breaker

Consider where your state/territory is in developing an early childhood career

pathway. Discuss with a partner, be ready to share.

2014 -2015 Developments

• IOM study Transforming the Early Childhood Workforce

• NSECE Center and home-based early childhood workforce data

• Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act defines and highlights career pathways

• CCDBG Act requires states to develop a progression of professional development

• Head Start reaches 73 percent of teachers nationally with a BA degree, exceeding the tatutory requirement of 50 percent

U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) Policy Statement on Early Childhood Career Pathways

The Policy statement recommends the following actions for states:

Conduct and regularly update an early childhood workforce study

Create a shared terminology for different roles and credentials that cross sectors, settings, and auspices

Create a coherent sequence of credentials that represent increasing educational attainment and demonstrated competency

Promote credentials that are recognized across early childhood sectors and auspices

Strengthen professional preparation and ongoing development to be competency-based

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Source: US Department of Health and Human Services (2016).

U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) Policy Statement on Early Childhood Career Pathways

The Policy statement recommends the following actions for states:

Provide career and academic advising and coaching

Increase access to professional development and higher education

Encourage articulation agreements and credit for prior learning

Link attainment of higher credentials to improved financial incentives for retention

Align the quality rating and improvement system with career pathways

Coordinate data systems to track workforce progress and direct resources

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Source: US Department of Health and Human Services (2016).

State Initiatives and Innovation

Professional “Pathways” to Build a System

An Iowa Story

Iowa’s Areas = Four Sectors of Early Childhood Systems

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Early Learning

Health, Mental

Health and Nutrition

Family Support

Special Needs/ Early Intervention

Source: Early Childhood Systems Working Group

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State Policy Blueprint:Essential Policy Areas and Principles

Policy

Making

Principles

Integration Diversity, Inclusion, Access

Quality Assurance Compensation Parity

Professional Standards

Career Pathways

Articulation

Data

Financing

Advisory Structure

Using the Policy Areas as a Matrix

Inter-relationships of Policy Areas

Articulation

Pathways

Standards

DA

TA

ADVISORY STRUCTURE

From Standards to Pathways

Positions• POSITIONS: roles, levels

Standards• STANDARDS: regulation, credentials, best practices

Prof Dev’t

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Training and Education; Training Entities (CCRR, Colleges, etc.),

Delivery System

• DELIVERY SYSTEMS: Training formats: conferences, classrooms, online, coach-mentor

Pathways

Iowa Early Care and Education Knowledge and Competency Framework for Teaching Roles

Online Pathway Tool

www.ecieducationpathway.org

Competencies Developed for Head Start roles

• Teacher and assistant teacher

• I/T teacher and I/T assistant teacher

• Home-based visitor or family support worker

• Home-based visitor supervisors

• Site managers/directors (administrators).

19% 17%8%

0%

56%

45%

20%

10%1%

22%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

CDA AssociateDegree, ECE or

Related

BaccalaureateDegree, ECE or

Related

AdvancedDegree

No Credential

Pct of Iowa Head Start Asst Teachers with

Degrees

2009 2014

6%

22%

66%

0% 1%0%

11%

78%

10%

0%0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

CDA AssociateDegree, ECEor Related

BaccalaureateDegree, ECEor Related

AdvancedDegree

No Credential

Pct of Iowa Head Start Preschool Teachers with

Degrees

2009 2014

Yes, 1

Current Goal, In progress, 17

Current Goal, not started, 2 Not a goal, 4

(24 possible goals = 4 principles x 6 policy areas)

Assessment of PD Blueprint Implementation

Questions?

West Virginia’s Efforts to Provide Access to Career Development for all

Innovative Practice

WV Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Who Can Register for the Career Pathway:

• Administrators

• Teacher/Assistant Teacher

• Early Intervention Specialist/Service Coordinator

• Family Child Care Providers

• Home Visitors

• Non-teaching professionals (trainers, family advocates)

• Non-teaching Support Staff

West Virginia registered Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialist (ACDS)

• A professional partnership between child care providers and their employers. It is a teaching program where apprentices “learn by doing.” The program promotes:

– Highly skilled, confident early childhood employees

– Quality early childhood environments

– Informed, supportive early childhood professionals

West Virginia registered Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialist (ACDS)

• The program's participants include:

– Child Care Providers

– Head Start

– In-Home Providers

– Preschool Employees

– Public School

– Youth Apprentices

– Home Visitors

ACDS Components

• Four Semesters

• 300 hours of course work

• 3,200 – 4,000 hours of on-the-job experience

• Employer commits to wage increase upon graduation

• Can transfer ACDS credits to local community and technical colleges

Table Group Discussion:State Sharing Strategies:

Discussion Prompts

• Which of the strategies or resources we shared resonate with you – which could you think about trying in your state?

• What other strategies are you using to expand your career development pathways for your workforce?

Table Sharing

Featured Resources & Key Websites

Build it Better https://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/Build%20It%20Better_For%20Web.pdf

Early Educator Central https://earlyeducatorcentral.acf.hhs.gov/

National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching & Learning https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/ohs-tta/ncecdtl.html

Early EdU www.earlyedalliance.org

Featured Resources & Key Websites

Policy Statement on Early Childhood Career Pathwayshttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ecd/career_pathways_policy_final.pdf

Joint Letter promoting the use of career pathways https://careerpathways.workforcegps.org/resources/2016/04/27/12/12/Career_Pathways_Joint_Letter_2016

NAEYC Blueprint for Workforce https://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/ecwsi/Workforce_Designs.pdf

The Iowa Education career lattice tool www.ecieducationpathway.org

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