1313thth OECD-Japan Seminar OECD-Japan SeminarJune 7-8, 2010June 7-8, 2010

Tokyo, JapanTokyo, Japan“Pursuing Professional Development and

Attaining Program Management and Leadership Quality in ECEC”

Ways of Improving QualityWays of Improving Quality

Professional Dev. Leadership

PD as an

entire entity

School Leadership

Report (2008)

Workforce (May 2009)

Policies(since 2007)

Quantity & Quality Equally

inwidening-

economic-gap society

raise Knowledge-

based Quality in Practice

continuous lifelong learning opportunities for professionals

continuous lifelong learning opportunities for professionals

Program evaluation system @ K

Teaching certificate renewal system

Self-evaluation system @ preschool

PD in Japan

ObjectivesObjectives

Two LayersTwo Layers

Dialogues among Dialogues among StakeholdersStakeholders

local, national, & international perspectives

Korea, China,

Singapore, & others

(e.g., countries in ARNEC; Global

Strategies)

OECD/ECEC Network

Plans & Schedules (tentative)Plans & Schedules (tentative)

We look forward to meeting all of you in Japan

next June!!