Teaming with Kansas: An Early Childhood Personnel Development Partnership Kansas Technical Assistance System Network ( TASN) Quarterly Meeting February 6, 2014 David Lindeman, Ph.D.

ECPC Mission: Our Mission is to facilitate the implementation of integrated early early childhood comprehensive system of personnel development (CSPD) for all disciplines serving infants and young children with disabilities

Funded To: Serve as a national resource on personnel standards, competencies, and recommended practices Assist states to align standards with national professional organization standards Assist states and IHEs to align preservice and inservice Assist states in the development of CSPD

State Education Agencies (SEA) Lead Part C Agencies Other Early Care and Education Agencies Institutes of Higher Education (IHE) Other Entities National Resource to:

ECPC Partners: ECTA Center DaSy Center ECO Center Iris Center AUCD CEC HECSE ITCA DEC Part B/619 Consortia NAECS-SDE NAEYC NASDSE NASDTEC CCSSO NHSA NRCP

Western Region – University of Oregon Mid-Western Region - University of Kansas South and Mid-Atlantic Region – Florida State University Northeast Region – University of Connecticut ECPC Regions

ECPC Guiding Principles 1.All interventions delivered with fidelity across providers and settings

2.High Quality Coordinated Pre-Service & In-service

3.Common set of evidence based, measurable, and authentic personnel standards across disciplines

4.Personnel preparation and professional development agencies are knowledgeable and skilled in EBP as implementation of strategies of adult learning

5.Comprehensiv e System of Personnel Development is: Necessary Quality Indicator

Needs Assessment Personnel Standards InservicePreservice Evaluation Technical Assistance

High Quality CSPD (State System) EC Leadership, Skills & Competencies Improved EI & ECSE Services Improved Child & Family Outcomes Why an EC CSPD is Important ECPC Activities Knowledge Development Leadership and Coordination Technical Assistance & Dissemination

What Do We Do? General Technical Assistance – Learning opportunities for a variety of stakeholders on topics related to personnel development Targeted Technical Assistance- Supporting state agencies and IHEs with alignment of preservice and inservice and aligning personnel standards to national professional organization standards, state early childhood standards, and state competencies and certification/licensure standards Intensive Technical Assistance – Supporting states in the development and implementation of an integrated comprehensive system of personnel development.

Early Childhood Unified Teacher Training Early Childhood Unified (ECU) (birth through kindergarten) – highly qualified to work with all infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners including those with at risk for and with developmental delays or disabilities. Early Childhood Unified (ECU) (birth through grade three) – highly qualified to work with all infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and primary learners (i.e., 1 st through 3 rd graders) including those with at risk for and with developmental delays or disabilities. 19

EC Teacher Training Programs in Kansas EducatorPreparation/ApprovedEducatorPreparationPrograms.aspx 20

ECPC Year 1 – Knowledge & Data Generation Activity I: Part C & Part B 619 Licensure/Certification Requirements Across Disciplines (Web – Search) Methods 14 Disciplines across 50 states and territories Publically available website data Activity 2: Part C & Part B 619 Personnel Development Systems (Part C & B 619 Coordinator Interviews) Participants Part C Coordinators and/or PD Providers Methods Semi-Structured Phone Interviews (Audio Recorded) Notes typed and sent back for validation (Member Checking) Analysis in process (Quantify & Emerging Themes)

Common Themes Recruitment and Retention Funding Sustainability & Implementation Collaboration E-learning Systematic & Ongoing PD

Current Resources Website: ecpcta.org About Us – Values, Framework, Evaluation, Staff, Collaborators & Stakeholders CSPD Implementation – CSPD Components, State & Regional Activities, Communities of Practice Personnel Standards – State and National Organization Standards Resources – IHE/PD Faculty & Staff, Families, Graduate Students, EC Interventionists Our Work – Papers & Presentations, Powerpoints, Webinars

Website: ecpcta.org Resources State Specific Requirements

Na Young Kong, PhD Research Associate University of Kansas Stephanie Parks, PhD Regional Project Coordinator University of Kansas David Lindeman, PhD Co-Associate Director Senior Scientist University of Kansas x1713 ECPC Mid-Western Region Contact Information ECPC Mid-Western Region Contact Information Eva Horn, PhD Co-Associate Director Professor of Education University of Kansas The Early Childhood Personnel Center is a project of the University of Connecticut funded through cooperative agreement (# H325B120004) from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, with subcontracts with Florida State University, University of Kansas, and University of Oregon.