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Strengthening State and Territory Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices: Users’ Guide

This users’ guide accompanies Strengthening State and Territory Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices: A Tool for Advancing Infant/Toddler Child Care Quality. It is based on feedback from the policy tool’s developers and initial users, and offers a...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, System Planning and Implementation
Early Childhood Professional Development Systems Toolkit, With a Focus on School-Age PD --ARCHIVED

This toolkit provides a compilation of early childhood professional development resources for State/Territory policymakers and stakeholders. Intended to serve as a practical guide, the toolkit includes definitions, overviews, State stories, selected resources, State examples, and planning tools...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development
A Tool to Assess the Alignment of State/Territory PDS and QRIS

Professional development systems (PDS) and quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) are two important subsystems of the comprehensive early childhood and school-age system. State and Territory leaders can use this self-assessment tool to guide alignment across similar system functions....
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development, Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development, Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation
Relationship-Based Competencies to Support Family Engagement Series

Early childhood professionals need to engage families in positive, goal-oriented relationships. The Relationship-Based Competencies (RBCs) to Support Family Engagement Series upholds that goal. This series contains a set of four resources: an overview and three resources designed...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and School Readiness, PFCE Framework/Family Engagement Outcomes, Relationship-Based Practice, Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Relationship-Based Competencies, Reflective Supervision and Practice, Strategies and Tools
Strengthening the Early Childhood and School-Age Workforce

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Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Compensation, Benefits, and Access to Professional Development (PD), Professional Development Systems
Training and Technical Assistance Action Planning Template

This template creates a support system for infant and toddler caregivers that is accessible and based on research and best practices.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
Out-of-School Time Professional Development System Building Toolkit

The NCASE Out-of-School Time Professional Development System Building Toolkit was designed to assist states as they build professional development systems inclusive of school-age providers. It also supports states in complying with the provisions of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Quality Improvement, Professional Development
Health and Safety Action Plan: What Should We Do Next?

The purpose of this tool is to strengthen and expand strategies to protect the health and safety of infants and toddlers in care.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
Overview of the Revised Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices Tool

This tool is designed to support state child care leaders and infant/toddler partners as they assess, prioritize, plan, implement, and evaluate state policies. This ultimately helps them strengthen the quality and ensure equity of child care services for infants, toddlers, and their families....
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Promoting Children's Development, Infant and Toddler Development and Care, Quality Improvement, Professional Development
Building a Comprehensive State Policy Strategy to Prevent Expulsion from Early Learning Settings

This tool lays out a rubric for policy options to promote young children’s social-emotional development. The options reduce the likelihood of expulsion and suspension in early learning settings. The 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) reauthorization informs this tool. It will...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Training and Professional Development Requirements, Promoting Development of Children, Responding to Challenging Behaviors, Promoting Children's Development, Developmental Screenings and Assessments, Screening and Assessing Diverse Children, Supporting Children's Social-Emotional/Behavioral and Mental Health, Challenging Behavior