Draft May 2016 Transforming the Workforce for Children

Draft – May 2016 Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 1

Draft – May 2016 Presentation Outline • TWB 8 report from the National Academies • Implementation planning § National coordination and support § California structure and process § Opportunities for involvement Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 2

Draft – May 2016 Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation By the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Report and Report Brief available for free download at: www. iom. edu/birthtoeight Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 Abbreviated Statement of Task How can the science of children’s health, learning, and development inform how the workforce supports children from birth through age 8? * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 Children are already learning at birth. Key Messages Development and learning in the early years is rapid and cumulative – and is the foundation for lifelong progress. Adults who provide for the care and education of children birth through age 8 bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 Just when consistent, continuous support is so important, the systems and services that children encounter – and the systems that support the adults who work with them – are fragmented. Key Messages Practices and policies have often not kept pace with what we know about the sophisticated knowledge and competencies required to provide high-quality care and education for children birth through age 8. High-quality practice requires more than individual mastery of competencies. * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 TWB 8 Report Vision: A care and education workforce for children birth through age 8 that is unified by a foundation of the science of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies, and principles to support quality professional practice at the individual, setting, systems, and policy levels. As a result: All children experience high-quality and continuity in support for their development and early learning. * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 A Unifying Foundation: Essential Features of Child Development • Early foundations continuously inform future development and learning. • A dynamic interaction among experiences, gene expression, and brain development underlies development and learning. • The domains of young children’s development and early learning have specific developmental paths and also overlap and mutually influence each other. * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 A Unifying Foundation: Essential Features of Child Development • Stress and adversity experienced by children can undermine learning and impair socioemotional and physical well-being. • Secure and responsive relationships with adults, coupled with high-quality, positive learning interactions and environments, are foundational for the healthy development of young children. • Conversely, adults who are underinformed, underprepared, or subject to chronic stress themselves may contribute to children’s experiences of adversity and stress and undermine their development and learning. * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 A Unifying Foundation Care and education professionals need both foundational, shared competencies and differentiated, specialized competencies. * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 A Unifying Foundation: Principles to Support Quality Practice • Professionals need foundational and specific competencies. • Professionals and systems need to be able to support diverse populations. • Professional learning systems need to develop and sustain professional competencies. • Practice environments need to enable high-quality practice. • Systems and policies need to align with the aims of highquality practice. • Professional practice, systems, and policies need to be adaptive. * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 Call to Action • Recognize the complex, important role of care and education professionals. • Recognize the extensive and ongoing professional learning and other supports needed to train, retain, and recruit highly effective practitioners. • Commit to pathways that will lead us to the systems and policies that we need (rather than making do within what we have). * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 13

Draft – May 2016 Report, report brief, and other report materials available for free download: www. nap. edu Looking Ahead: Related Ongoing Studies Committee on Supporting the Parents of Young Children Committee on Fostering School Success for English Learners: Toward New Directions in Policy, Practice, and Research * Slide adapted from original slide developed by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: National Coordination and Support Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 15

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Purpose of the National Process • Support the development of implementation plans for a national team and five state/regional teams. § Targeting September 2016 to release plans. • Initial guidance that implementation plans would focus on a subset of report recommendations. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 16

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: National Structure & Process • Coordinated by the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Innovation to Incubation (i 2 I) Division • Three meetings of state/region “core teams”: § February (Washington, DC), May (Irvine, CA), July (Washington, DC) § Teams from California, Illinois, Virginia, Washington, and DC-Maryland-Northern Virginia § Time for Core Teams to work within teams and share across teams, with assistance from NAM staff • One to two meetings per year in future years (possible) Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 17

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: California Structure and Process Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 18

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Purpose and Objectives • Collaboratively develop an implementation plan based on recommendations from the TWB 8 report and other relevant reports at the national and state levels. • Build upon and align with ongoing ECE workforce efforts. • Engage stakeholders to provide input and feedback on plans, and build broad support for plan implementation. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 19

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: California Structure and Process • Action Planning Team (APT) § Work Group 1: Licensing, permitting, and credentialing requirements § Work Group 2: Professional pathways and lattices § Work Group 3: Higher education • Core Team: Co-leads from each Work Group • Support: § Support Team (F 5 CA, CDE, GPG): to help guide the process § GPG: To provide coordination, research, and communication support Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 20

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Work Group 1 • Focus: Licensing, Permitting, and Credentialing Requirements • TWB 8 Report: Recommendations 1, 2, 3; Chapter 10 • Co-leads: § Cecelia Fisher-Dahms, Education Administrator, Early Education and Support Division, California Department of Education § Mary Vixie Sandy, Executive Director, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing • Ongoing Work: Recommendations for competencies for child development permits Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 21

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Work Group 2 • Focus: Professional Pathways and Lattices • TWB 8 Report: Recommendations 1, 2, 3; Chapter 11 • Co-leads: § Kim Johnson, Chief, Child Care and Refugee Programs Branch, Welfare to Work Division, California Department of Social Services § Sarah Neville-Morgan, Deputy Director, Program Management Division, First 5 California • Ongoing Work: Mapping current career/professional pathways and associated requirements Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 22

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Work Group 3 • Focus: Higher education • TWB 8 Report: Recommendation 5; Chapter 9 • Co-leads: § Jan Fish, Lead Consultant, Partnerships for Education, Articulation and Coordination through Higher Education (PEACH), Los Angeles County Early Care and Education Workforce Consortium § June Millovich, Co-Faculty Director, Curriculum Alignment Project, Child Development Training Consortium • Ongoing Work: Cataloging 2 - and 4 -year higher education degree requirements Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 23

Draft – May 2016 Cross-cutting Themes: For All Work Groups • Serving all children, including Dual Language Learners • Financing • Compensation • Competencies for instructional leadership (e. g. , elementary school principals and ECE program directors) • Federal and state-level support Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 24

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Timeline • The Action Planning Team met in person in January, February, and April, and plans to meet in June and August. • Work Groups are conducting conference calls and webinars as needed to develop recommendations and objectives. • An invitational stakeholder input meeting is planned for June. • An open online stakeholder survey is planned for July. • Development of the plan document will take place in June, July, and August, with finalization in September. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 25

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Opportunities for Involvement Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 26

Draft – May 2016 Implementation Planning: Opportunities for Involvement • Online survey planned for July 2016 to collect input and feedback on draft recommendations, objectives, and activities developed by the Action Planning Team’s Work Groups. • Materials for sharing California’s process and work to date (slides, summary handout, etc. ) are available at http: //twb 8 -ca. net • Possible additional opportunities. To keep up to date, join the email list at http: //twb 8 -ca. net Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 27

Draft – May 2016 Thank You! Questions? Comments? Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB 8) in California 28