CCTAN - The Child Care Technical Assistance Network, a service of the Office of Child Care

This resource is a planning and implementation guide for State/Territory teams as they develop and enhance workforce data systems. It discusses the foundational role that workforce data and data systems play in aligned State/Territory professional development systems (PDS), the status of workforce data, and guiding principles that have emerged as States/Territories move toward comprehensive workforce data systems. The provided considerations for developing or advancing workforce data systems build on a readiness for change process framework with five steps that focus on scanning existing data and systems, goal/outcome development, fit and feasibility and readiness for change, implementation, and monitoring.