Early Childhood Professional Identity MORE than a Lattice

Early Childhood Professional Identity: MORE than a Lattice Level!

• Discuss how individuals, programs, and systems engage with current professional identity documents in the Registry. • Discuss ways to elevate and support an inclusive early childhood workforce. • Explore the implications of modifying current professional identity documents in the Registry. • Gather feedback to inform the modifications Goals for Roadshows

• Make the tools within the Registry more useful and comprehensive; • Support and encourage ongoing professional growth; • Frame a more inclusive picture of the current early childhood workforce; • Collect and use accurate data to describe the Arizona early childhood workforce; and • Make improvements to the Arizona early childhood professional development system. Intended Outcomes

Current Professional Identity Documents in the Registry Professional Development & Education Report Documents a member’s: current employer and hire date, role in the field, lattice level, as well as Registry recognized professional development. It also contains completed early childhood coursework and degrees. Participant Professional Goals (Plan) Career Lattice Level A chart in a Registry member’s tab called “My Goals, ” designed for recording goals and with the ability to mark a goal as completed. The Arizona Career Lattice is a tool within the Registry that provides the pathway of education, professional development, and work experience for early childhood professionals to use for individualized assessment, setting professional development goals, and documentation of progress in career development.

Currently…

What if…

Modified PD & Education Report • Years of Experience • Participation in workshops, learning communities, trainings, etc. • Hire Dates • Competencies • Early Childhood Coursework • Completed Degrees, Certificates, Credentials • WHAT ELSE?

Modified Professional Goals (Plan) • Measurable steps towards career goals • Measureable steps towards professional development goals • Measurable steps towards educational goals • WHAT ELSE?

Modified Early Childhood Career Lattice • Lattice Levels based only on educational attainment • Relevant programs of study in Early Childhood • • Credentials Certificates Degrees Advanced certifications • WHAT ELSE?

In the Proposed Vision All aspects of an educator’s professional identity are equally weighted, work together to support the educator, and are visible in the Registry account.

Please share your thoughts here: azearlychildhood. org/identity