In 2014 and 2015, NAEYC worked with a national Advisory Panel and cross sector teams in Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, and Virginia to pilot a set of quality indicators for state early childhood professional development systems, a process which resulted in the Build it Better resource. The indicators use the NAEYC Workforce Designs: A Policy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development Systems as its framework and are organized around four guiding principles for PD system development: 1) system integration; 2) quality assurance; 3) workforce diversity, inclusion and access; and 4) compensation parity.

Project Materials

• Blueprint Brief
• ECWSI-Kellogg Summary
• ECWSI One-pager
• National Advisory Panel

Project Presentations

• Effective PD Systems: Using the NAEYC Policy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development Systems to develop PD System Indicators
  • Presenters: Anna Carter, NC state team; Deb Cassidy, NC state team and National Advisory Panel; Julie Rogers, National Advisory Panel; Dianna Wallace, IN state team; Alison Lutton NAEYC project lead
  • Presented at the 2015 T.E.A.C.H. Symposium in Chapel Hill, NC, April 28
• Integrating and aligning state professional development systems: NAEYC’s PD System Indicators Project
  • Presenters: Deb Adams, CT state team and National Advisory Panel; Deb Cassidy, NC state team and National Advisory Panel; Merrily Haas, OR state team; Dianna Wallace, IN state team; Alison Lutton NAEYC project lead
  • Presented at the 2015 NAEYC Institute for Professional Development in New Orleans, LA, June 9
• Think Tank Breakfast
  • Discussants: Zelda Boyd, National Advisory Panel; Evelyn Keating, National Advisory Panel; Sarah Lemoine, National Advisory Panel; Lin Venable, TN state team and National Advisory Panel; Alison Lutton NAEYC project lead
  • Presented at the 2015 BUILD QRIS National Meeting in Washington, DC, July 16
• Effective Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators: What do we need from state PD systems?
  • Session Agenda
  • Presenters: Sarah LeMoine, National Advisory Panel; Lin Venable, TN state team and National Advisory Panel; Alison Lutton, NAEYC project lead
  • Presented at the 2015 National Workforce Registry Alliance conference in Orlando, FL, Sept.10