May2013Developing a Skilled, Ethnically and Linguistically
Diverse Early Childhood Workforce Village Building and School Readiness: Closing Opportunity Gaps in a Diverse Society» This chapter of Village Building is adapted from California Tomorrow's Getting Ready for Quality.
This paper provides an in - depth look at the P - 5 Workforce Development project and provides a tool for identifying core competencies that are universal to
the diverse early childhood workforce.
The federal government must work with states to implement coordinated, integrated policies to promote
a diverse early childhood workforce that is skilled, supported, and adequately compensated.
This paper provides an in - depth look at the P - 5 Workforce Development project and provides a tool for identifying core competencies that are universal to
the diverse early childhood workforce.
Not exact matches
For example, Head Start has been and continues to be a leader in its focus on family engagement and comprehensive services, on children with disabilities, and on children from
diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds; in its commitments to accountability for program quality; in its investments in the professional development of the
early childhood education
workforce that led to the development of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; and in its commitment to and investment in research and evaluation to strengthen quality, improve child outcomes, and reduce the achievement gap.
An effective, stable, and
diverse workforce provides the critical foundation for the other building blocks of high - quality
early childhood education programs.
I believe we can work collaboratively to increase staff retention while building a more
diverse workforce, and emphasizing
early childhood education, to help us tackle the achievement gap.
Originally created by the National High School Center, the revised Organizer incorporates feedback and insights provided by content - area experts representing
diverse stakeholder communities, including
workforce,
early childhood education, career and technical education, community colleges, education nonprofits, and out - of - school time.
A seminal report, «Transforming the
Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation» from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Center, recognizes the
diverse skills and nuances that define the
early childhood education profession and the multiple pathways that exist for those entering into and advancing within the field.
study, by describing common and
diverse approaches to training and supervision of
early childhood mental health consultants, incorporating additional research on this topic, as well as showcasing models, strategies, and tools that contribute to a prepared and supported
workforce.
As the population of children entering
early care and education becomes increasingly
diverse, maintaining diversity across all roles in the
early childhood workforce is especially critical.
Advance change to avoid disadvantaging racially and ethnically
diverse children, families and members of the
early childhood workforce.
These principles and highlighted policy areas look beyond the status quo; they are aimed at the development and retention of a competent and stable
early childhood workforce — a skilled cadre of effective,
diverse and adequately compensated professionals.
These principles are aimed at the development and retention of a competent and stable
early childhood workforce — a skilled cadre of effective,
diverse and adequately compensated professionals.
Our children can have
diverse, well - educated, effective educators, and our
workforce can have real opportunities for educational, wage, and career advancement as
early childhood educators.
An effective, stable, and
diverse workforce provides the critical foundation for the other building blocks of high - quality
early childhood education programs.