Teaming with Kansas: An Early Childhood Personnel Development Partnership Kansas Technical Assistance System Network (TASN) Quarterly Meeting February 6, 2014 David Lindeman, Ph.D.
Dec 29, 2015
Teaming with Kansas: An Early Childhood Personnel Development Partnership
Kansas Technical Assistance System Network (TASN) Quarterly Meeting
February 6, 2014
David Lindeman, Ph.D.
ECPC Mission:
Our Mission is to facilitate the implementation of integrated early early childhood
comprehensive system of personnel development (CSPD) for all disciplines serving
infants and young children with disabilities
Funded To:
• Serve as a national resource on personnel standards, competencies, and recommended practices
• Assist states to align standards with national professional organization standards
• Assist states and IHEs to align preservice and inservice
• Assist states in the development of CSPD
• State Education Agencies (SEA)• Lead Part C Agencies• Other Early Care and Education
Agencies• Institutes of Higher Education (IHE)• Other Entities
National Resource to:
ECPC Partners:
• ECTA Center• DaSy Center• ECO Center• Iris Center• AUCD• CEC• HECSE• ITCA
• DEC• Part B/619 Consortia• NAECS-SDE• NAEYC• NASDSE• NASDTEC• CCSSO• NHSA• NRCP
Western Region – University of OregonMid-Western Region - University of KansasSouth and Mid-Atlantic Region – Florida State UniversityNortheast Region – University of Connecticut
ECPC Regions
ECPC Guiding Principles
1. All interventions delivered with fidelity across providers and settings
2. High Quality Coordinated Pre-Service & In-service
3. Common set of evidence based, measurable, and authentic personnel standards across disciplines
4. Personnel preparation and professional development agencies are knowledgeable and skilled in EBP as implementation of strategies of adult learning
5. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development is:• Necessary• Quality
Indicator
Needs Assessmen
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Personnel Standards
Inservice Preservice
Evaluation Technical Assistance
Comprehensive
System
Personnel
Dev
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High Quality CSPD (State System)
EC Leadership, Skills &
Competencies
Improved EI & ECSE Services
Improved Child & Family
Outcomes
Why an EC CSPD is Important
ECPC Activities
Knowledge Development
Leadership and
Coordination
Technical Assistance
& Dissemination
What Do We Do?
• General Technical Assistance – Learning opportunities for a variety of stakeholders on topics related to personnel development
• Targeted Technical Assistance- Supporting state agencies and IHEs with alignment of preservice and inservice and aligning personnel standards to national professional organization standards, state early childhood standards, and state competencies and certification/licensure standards
• Intensive Technical Assistance – Supporting states in the development and implementation of an integrated comprehensive system of personnel development.
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Early Childhood Unified Teacher Training
Early Childhood Unified (ECU) (birth through kindergarten) – highly qualified to work with all infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners including those with at risk for and with developmental delays or disabilities.
Early Childhood Unified (ECU) (birth through grade three) – highly qualified to work with all infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and primary learners (i.e., 1st through 3rd graders) including those with at risk for and with developmental delays or disabilities.
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EC Teacher Training Programs in Kansas
http://www.ksde.org/Agency/DivisionofLearningServices/TeacherLicensureandAccreditation/Postsecondary/EducatorPreparation/ApprovedEducatorPreparationPrograms.aspx
ECPC Year 1 – Knowledge & Data Generation
Activity I: Part C & Part B 619 Licensure/Certification Requirements Across Disciplines (Web – Search)• Methods
14 Disciplines across 50 states and territoriesPublically available website data
Activity 2: Part C & Part B 619 Personnel Development Systems (Part C & B 619 Coordinator Interviews)• Participants
Part C Coordinators and/or PD Providers• Methods
Semi-Structured Phone Interviews (Audio Recorded)Notes typed and sent back for validation (Member Checking)Analysis in process (Quantify & Emerging Themes)
Common Themes
Recruitment and Retention
Funding
Sustainability & Implementation
Collaboration
E-learning
Systematic & Ongoing PD
Current Resources Website: ecpcta.org
• About Us – Values, Framework, Evaluation, Staff, Collaborators & Stakeholders
• CSPD Implementation – CSPD Components, State & Regional Activities, Communities of Practice
• Personnel Standards – State and National Organization Standards
• Resources – IHE/PD Faculty & Staff, Families, Graduate Students, EC Interventionists
• Our Work – Papers & Presentations, Powerpoints, Webinars
Website: ecpcta.org
Resources State Specific Requirements
Na Young Kong, PhD
Research AssociateUniversity of Kansas
Stephanie Parks, PhD
Regional Project Coordinator
University of Kansas [email protected]
David Lindeman, PhD Co-Associate Director
Senior ScientistUniversity of [email protected]
620-421-6550 x1713
ECPC Mid-Western RegionContact Information
Eva Horn, PhD Co-Associate Director Professor of EducationUniversity of Kansas
[email protected] 785-864-0615
The Early Childhood Personnel Center is a project of the University of Connecticut funded through cooperative agreement (# H325B120004) from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, with subcontracts with Florida State University, University of Kansas, and University of Oregon.