INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS:
STATUS, CHANGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES
N A T I O N A L C E N T E R O N C H I L D C A R E
P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T S Y S T E M S A N D
W O R K F O R C E I N I T I A T I V E S
A S E R V I C E O F T H E O F F I C E O F C H I L D C A R E ,
C O S P O N S O R E D B Y T H E O F F I C E O F H E A D S T A R T
S A R A H L E M O I N E , P R O J E C T D I R E C T O R
L I N D A G I L L E S P I E , I N F A N T / T O D D L E R TA S P E C I A L I S T
N A C C R R A A N N U A L C O N F E R E N C E M A R C H 9 , 2 0 1 2

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WELCOME AND SESSION
OVERVIEW

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 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

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

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 Presenters
 Participants

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PDW CENTER OVERVIEW

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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 www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2011/newch ildcaretacenters.html

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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.

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 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

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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

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STATE/TERRITORY PD SYSTEMS
AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVE
TRENDS

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 Intentional integration
 Age-ranges
 Programs
 Training, TA, and
Education
 Quality improvements
 Strategic plans
 Sectors
 Systems

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 Compensation and Workforce Conditions
 Distance Learning Programs
 Repository and tools
 Supporting Credential Portability and
Career Pathways

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

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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 slemoine@zerotothree.org
Linda Gillespie lgillespie@zerotothree.org

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 Slide 2: © Tom Taylor Bell
 Slide 5: © Steven Dern
 Slide 6: ©Michael Botsis
 Slide 9: © Juan-Carlos Herrera-Arango
 Slide 11: © Rohit Seth
 Slide 14: © iStockPhoto.com/CEFutcher
 Slide 16: © Sarah LeMoine