Colorado’s Early Childhood Professional Development System

Sondra RanumCo-Director, Early Childhood PD System

Office of Early Learning and School Readiness

OUTCOMES FOR

CHILDREN AND

FAMILIES

PD PLANCompetencies

Learning Management

System

Race to the Top-Early Learning

Challenge Fund

EDUCATOR STANDARDSTeacher and

Principal

Early Learning and

Development Guidelines

POLICYSB 10-191READ Act

CAP4K

Colorado ShinesQRIS & PDIS

Guiding Values• Alignment • Quality• Accountability • Collaboration • Innovation

Colorado’s Early Childhood Landscape

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History of Stakeholder Engagement

Core Knowledge, Common Course Numbering, EC Councils & QRIS

1996 - 2000

Governor Ritter’s P-20 Council

2007 - 2010

P-3 Subcommittee

2009-2010

P-3 Task Force

PD Plan adoptedby Early Childhood Leadership CommissionMay 2010

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Goals of the Plan

Aligned, Research-based Competencies

Increase Recruitment & Retention

Ongoing Career Development: advising, degrees, coaching

Finance through Political Will

Collect & Analyze Workforce Data

Create Mechanisms for Accountability

Oversight through Early Childhood Leadership Commission

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Goal One

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Early Learning Professional Development System Plan

Improve the effectiveness of early learning professionals by establishing and adopting an aligned, research-based, tiered set of competencies as the basis for credentialing early learning professionals at all levels and approving professional development programs (including teacher preparation programs).

(1)

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Child Growth, Development

& Learning

Child Observation

and Assessments

Family and Community Partnerships

Guidance

Health, Safety, & Nutrition

Professional Development

and Leadership

Program Planning and Development

EC Competencies Framework: Domains

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Teaching Practices

Competencies related to social/emotional development, cultural competence and children with special needs are included in all domain areas. Approved by the Early Childhood Leadership Commission in May, 2013.

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Goals 3 and 5

Support the ongoing career and skill development of early learning professionals by providing access to a high quality advising system, early childhood degrees and professional coaching services

(3)

(5) Collect and systematically analyze data about Colorado’s early learning professionals through the establishment of a unique identifier for professionals working in licensed early care and education facilities

GOAL

Objective 3c: Develop an easily accessible interactive, web-based clearinghouse to advise early learning professionals on how to navigate the requirements and resources associated with entering the field and advancing along the career lattice

GOAL

Objective 5a: Develop a Colorado Early Learning Professional Registry based on the National Registry Alliance Common Core Data Elements

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Building A Great EC Workforce: Key Elements of the Early Learning Challenge Fund

EC Competencies

Framework

Professional Development Information

System

Incentives and Scholarships

Statewide Coaching and

Technical Assistance Network

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Registry

Online PD

CredentialsCompetency Self Assessments

Individual PD Planning

PDIS: A Competency Based System

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Early Childhood Competencies

Colorado Shines Systems Integration

Child Care Licensing

Quality Improvement Incentives &

Supports

Professional Development Information

System

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Major Components of the PDIS

Professional Portfolio

• Contact information• Demographic information• Employment Information• Education and training information• Credential information

Learning Management

System

•Delivery of Colorado Shines Level 2 E-learning Courses•Other courses as they come available in Course Catalog•Registering for F2F training•Training Approval

PD Advisor

•Personalized Competencies Self-Assessment•Goal setting tool• Individualized Professional Development Plan•Professional Development Resources

Competencies

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PDIS User Accounts Created

1,662

5,514

11,89314,284

16,984

19,664

24,803

28,433

33,17335,335

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PDIS Online Self-Paced Course Completions

2,962

14,742

30,974

46,211

65,499

81,445

101,571

121,266

157,232

169,302

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Total Credentialed Professionals = 10,220

I205220%

II 380437%

III 274927%

IV104210%

V3964%

VI1772%

I II III IV V VI

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Support the career development of a broader spectrum of early childhood professionals

Recognize alternative pathways that lead to expertise in Early Childhood Education

Create more achievable increments between Level I and Level II

Honor the new CDA Credential

Support the new QRIS system

Unify multiple credentialing systems

Credential Revision Goals

Competency Based

Research Based

The New Early

Childhood Professional Credential

The NEW Early Childhood Professional Credential 2.0(credential levels 1 through 6 awarded based on total points earned in a 100 point scale)

Formal EducationMaximum of 50 points

Professional Development

Maximum of 30 points

(Points awarded for Training Hours/CEUs

completed in the last 3 years; extra points

awarded courses related to children with high needs,

completed as a series, and completed with at least 8 hours of coaching. Points also awarded for specific Licenses, Endorsements,

and Certifications that are kept current)

Experience

Maximum of 20 points

(Points awarded for each year worked in the field )

Demonstrated Competencies

Maximum of 10 ‘Bonus’ Points

Degrees

(Points awarded for highest

degree attained)

Areas of Study

(Extra points awarded for 6

specific areas of study in degrees)

Course-work

(Points awarded for each 3 credit

college course with grade “C” or above in ECE

or courses aligned with

competencies)

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Demonstrated Competencies

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PDIS

How much?

How well?

Credential

What does it

matter?

Evaluation Work

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The Big Picture

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Moving Forward

Research Studies

EC Professional Development System Plan

Pilots: Recruit, Retain, Compensate

Primary Components of the Project

Collecting information on the experience and impact of the workforce

Developing an actionable State plan

Testing community-specific strategies

Transforming the EC Workforce in Colorado

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Plan Development Process

Taskforces CO i2I Cohort ECPD Advisory

Program Quality and Alignment

ECLC

Stakeholder Input

National Academy of Medicine: i2I Cohort 2

Colorado Early Childhood Workforce 2020 Plan

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Four Taskforces

And Six Goals

Workforce Development

Recruit and Retain

Finance the System

Data for Accountability

and CQIGovernance

Compensate

Colorado Early Childhood Workforce 2020 Plan