INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS: STATUS, CHANGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES NATIONAL CENTER ON CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES A SERVICE OF THE OFFICE OF CHILD CARE, COSPONSORED BY THE OFFICE OF HEAD START SARAH LEMOINE, PROJECT DIRECTOR LINDA GILLESPIE, INFANT/TODDLER TA SPECIALIST NACCRRA ANNUAL CONFERENCE MARCH 9, 2012

WELCOME AND SESSION OVERVIEW 2

SESSION GOALS  Learn about the Office of Child Care’s new National Center on Child Care Professional Development Systems and Workforce Initiatives (PDW Center), cosponsored by the Office of Head Start  Engage in interactive dialogue about:  Trends in PD system and the workforce in States/Territories  Ideas, questions, challenges and suggestions about portability of credentials and related career pathways issues 3

SESSION AGENDA  Introductions  PDW Center Overview  State/Territory PD Systems and Workforce Initiative Trends  Interactive Table Discussions: Credential Portability and Pathways  Wrap-Up 4

INTRODUCTIONS  Presenters  Participants 5

PDW CENTER OVERVIEW 6

NATIONAL CENTER ON CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES (PDW CENTER)  A Service of the Office of Child Care, also supported by the Office of Head Start  Part of the newly redesigned Child Care Technical Assistance Network  See ildcaretacenters.html ildcaretacenters.html 7

PDW CENTER OPERATION Operated by ZERO TO THREE in partnership with:  the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC),  Child Trends, and  the National Registry Alliance. 8

PDW CENTER MISSION AND GOALS  Support integrated PD systems and workforce initiatives  Build State capacity to produce qualified child care professionals across age-ranges, program settings, and early childhood and school-age sectors 9

PDW CENTER FOCUS TA will support State and Territory efforts to build a well-qualified workforce as described in their CCDF Plans according to five key elements for workforce systems 10

STATE/TERRITORY PD SYSTEMS AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVE TRENDS 11

PD SYSTEMS AND WORKFORCE TRENDS  Age-ranges  Programs  Training, TA, and Education  Quality improvements  Strategic plans  Sectors  Systems 12  Intentional integration

PDW CENTER ACTIVITIES REFLECT SYSTEM TRENDS AND NEEDS  Compensation and Workforce Conditions  Distance Learning Programs  Repository and tools  Supporting Credential Portability and Career Pathways 13

INTERACTIVE TABLE DISCUSSIONS 14

TABLE DISCUSSION  Challenge  Question  Promising practice or strategy  Lesson learned  Resource used  Resource needed 15  “Tops” in your State/Territory: credential reciprocity and related career pathways issues

WRAP-UP AND THANK YOU! Sarah LeMoine Linda Gillespie 16 National Center on Child Care Professional Development Systems and Workforce Initiatives A Service of the Office of Child Care, Cosponsored by the Office of Head Start

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