1. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation, Pathways to Implementation
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Planning for Implementation
Meeting soon after report release with national stakeholders
Confirmed the need for launching an implementation phase
Goal: Develop implementation plans for states/region that are customized to the context
Build upon existing workforce efforts and reports
Involve large groups of stakeholders in multiple ways

2. State Teams State Team Sponsor Round One Round Two Round Three
Virginia
WK Kellogg Foundation
California
The David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Illinois
McCormick Foundation
Washington State
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Washington, DC; Maryland: Northern Virginia
Washington Area Women’s Foundation Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative
Round Two
Minnesota
The McKnight Foundation
Colorado
The Piton Foundation and Buell Foundation through Early Milestones Colorado
Nebraska
The Buffett Early Childhoof Institute
Round Three
Indiana
The Joyce Foundation
New York State
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

3. Work Plan
Identify core teams with a lead
Core teams of 8 identify advisory group
Advisory group (25-30) identifies larger group of stakeholders
3 in-person meetings & regular calls to draft implementation plans and share learnings with other state teams
Teams share lessons, opportunities, barriers, and most importantly, solutions
Core Teams
Members have the bandwidth to attend 3 meetings to develop plans
Members have connections with multiple organizations working on workforce issues in their states
Members must build relationships with the broader stakeholder groups in their states to receive input and bring it to the meetings
Advisory Group & Broader Stakeholders
Advisory members have more time to give, but not as much time as the core teams
Members of the core team have regular interaction with an advisory group in their states
Broad stakeholder groups are tapped for input into each draft of the plan
Core teams rework their plans in team meetings based on broad stakeholder input
Role of the State Teams
Build awareness of the implementation plans in home state
Create stakeholder buy-in and input into the process
Identify: recommendations to implement, stakeholders, opportunities, barriers, timeline
Follow through on the implementation in state
Continue to share knowledge with other states as implementation rolls out

4. The Role of the Academies
Neutral convener of the state teams and national organizations
Facilitate discussions on opportunities and barriers to implementing the recommendations
Bring technical knowledge of the report
Catalyze the development of plans that are actionable and implementable
Work with other states who want to develop plans

5. Desired Outcomes
A coordinated set of implementation plans that are intentionally and strategically developed
Broad state stakeholder groups collaborate to implement the plans
Identification of a vehicle to continue to share knowledge across the states

6. National efforts to strengthen the birth to age 8 workforce
National Work
National efforts to strengthen the birth to age 8 workforce
Rec 11: Collaboratively develop and periodically update coherent guidance that is foundational across roles and settings for care and education professionals working with children from birth through age 8
Either a collaborative infrastructure or a national backbone organization
Since form follows function, jointly deciding on functions of this body and now form
Meeting April 21, exactly 1 year after national meeting that launched the implementation pathways planning
Goal was to see if there was interest in rec 11 among national groups
35 organization representatives attended the meeting
Agreement to move forward and desire to work together
Meeting July 21, in coordination with the 3rd meeting of round 1 states
Discussed functions of a collaborative infrastructure vs. backbone organization
Bi-directional conversations with the state teams
December 2016
The group drafted a perspectives paper on how they would collaborate
March, 2017
The perspectives paper, A Unified Foundation to Support a Highly Qualified Early Childhood Workforce, was finalized
22 members of the national group signed off
July 2017
Began discussing the form of a national collaborative infrastructure.

7. Vision
The workforces in each state have pathways to achieving higher quality for children
States are able to garner the necessary political will to roll out their implementation plans
Lessons from these model states can inform others who also want to improve the quality of their birth to age 8 workforce
National groups come together to further support efforts to strengthen the workforce

8. Table of Recommendations
Team
Themes
Recommendations CA
Permitting & credentialing, professional pathways, higher education, workforce registry
1,2, 3, 5, and 13 IL
Competencies, Pathways, Data
1, 2, and 13
DMV
Competency-based Pathways, Compensation
1, 3, 6, and 7 VA
Upskilling the workforce--Higher Ed
Main: 5; Others: 1, 3, 4, 6, and 10 WA
PD, Data, Compensation
10, 12 MN
Pathways to the BA
Main: 2; Others: 3, 5, 13 NE
Inter-professional practice & systems level change
Main: 1, 9 CO
Mapping recs onto CO goals
Main: 1, 2, 3, 5; Others: 4, 6-13

9. What We have learned
Ability to leverage and coordinate workforce activities in states
Diverse political context but similar needs—all children deserve highly qualified educators
Integrating foundational knowledge across health, social services, and protection is hard

10. What We hope and envision
A network of committed states to improving the quality of their B8 workforce
A tipping point in the US where children will have a high quality educator no matter what setting, funding stream, or program
All children, no matter their zip code, family context, or physical condition have equal opportunity to reach their developmental potential
Add tree after Rec 2 & add committee members slide