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

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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

chellina@ku.edu785-864-6843

Stephanie Parks, PhD

Regional Project Coordinator

University of Kansas s.parks@ku.edu785-864-6843

David Lindeman, PhD Co-Associate Director

Senior ScientistUniversity of Kansaslindeman@ku.edu

620-421-6550 x1713

ECPC Mid-Western RegionContact Information

Eva Horn, PhD Co-Associate Director Professor of EducationUniversity of Kansas

evahorn@ku.edu 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.