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Download the article, Building and Strengthening Skills and Competencies.
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The development of core knowledge and competency standards (CKCs) is a key part of professionalizing infant/toddler care and education. Several states and territories have identified research-based competencies for educators (this includes all who care for infants and toddlers) that describe...
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Supporting reflective practice may be one of the best things a TA provider can do to improve quality. Reflection helps teachers think about their caregiving practices and develop greater self-awareness. Ideally, TA providers not only serve as reflective partners for caregivers and teachers, they...
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Download the article, Strengthening State and Territory Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices.
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Strengthening Systems and Supports to Build Positive Social-Emotional Climates in Out-of-School Time
From December 2018 through May 2019, the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment facilitated a peer learning group (PLG) on social-emotional learning (SEL) in out-of-school time for 10 state teams.
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Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, Promoting Children's Development
The promising state practices listed in this resource are based on the information shared by state infant/toddler leads participating in the Infant/Toddler Specialist Network Community of Practice and have been reviewed and approved by CCDF Administrators. If you would like to have your state or...
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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....
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Research tells us that early relationships are key to healthy brain development. These relationships lay the foundation for all future learning and are at the core of quality care for infants and toddlers in group care settings (Sosinsky et al., 2016). The stability and quality of a baby’s...
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