'Roots' to Excellent Staff Development

10/10/2005

'Roots' to Excellent Staff Development

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Carl Jung

The National Child Care Information Center, a service of the Child Care Bureau, has an interesting schematic model of the elements of a professional development system for Early Care and Education: a simplified framework.

In the schematic of a large tree complete with Roots, Trunk -- two spreading branches and expansive leaves, they have put together key elements to an effective professional development system.

The Roots are Funding

The Trunk is Core Knowledge

The Left Branch is Credentials and Qualifications

The Right Branch is Quality Assurance

The Over-Arching Leaves are Access and Outreach

NCCIC also includes an outlined framework that details each of the elements of this schematic model. This could be a very effective tool to assist in staff development initiatives. “Branch out!” Take a look!

The document is for informational purposes only. No official endorsement of any practice, publication, program, or individual by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Administration for Children and Families, the Child Care Bureau, or the National Child Care Information Center is intended or is to be inferred. For additional information on this or related topics, please contact the National Child Care Information Center at (800) 616-2242 or [email protected].

Contributed by William Strader

For more ideas on developing staff, check out Patricia Scallan Berl's article, "Mature Teachers Matter" on our home page (www.ChildCareExchange.com)

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