Development of Iowa

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Development of Iowas Professional Development
System

• presented by
• Co-chairs of the Early Childhood Iowa PD
  Executive Committee
• Mary Schertz
• Early Childhood Consultant,
• Iowa Department of Education
• Dr. Cathy Swackhamer
• Early Childhood Specialist 0 5
• Manager Iowa Head Start TTA Center

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Why an EC Professional Development System?

• Early Childhood Iowa (ECI)
• Legislation allocation of early childhood
  professional development funds

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Designing the PD System

• Wide range of stakeholders
• Facilitator helped to develop
• Based on NAEYCs Blueprint

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Iowas Areas Four Sectors of Early Childhood
Systems
Early care and education opportunities in
nurturing environments where children can learn
what they need to succeed in school and life.
Comprehensive health services that meet
childrens vision, hearing, nutrition,
behavioral, and oral health as well as medical
health needs.
Early Learning
Health, Mental Health and Nutrition
Family Support
Early identification, assessment and appropriate
services for children with special health care
needs, disabilities, or developmental delays
Special Needs/ Early Intervention
Economic and parenting supports to ensure
children have nurturing and stable relationships
with caring adults.
Source Early Childhood Systems Working Group
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Accomplishments

• A Policy Framework for an Early Childhood Iowa
  Professional Development System
• Professional Levels and Competencies
• Iowa Early Childhood Workforce Study
• Professional Development Landscape
• Allocating professional development funds across
  4 ovals
• Systematic Strategic Work Plans for the PD
  Executive Committee and Oval Sectors

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Future Endeavors

• Looking at quality of Professional Development
• CLASS
• Logic Model
• Continue to build upon competencies work

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Our Advice to Other States

• Have a broad representation of stakeholders
• It wont happen overnight
• Have a facilitator to assist in the development
• Have a coordinator

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Questions???
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For more information

• Additional resources and information are
  available at
• http//www.nectac.org/calls/2012/pd/pd.asp