Personnel Preparation
The Early On (EO) Center supports faculty and other professional development providers to strengthen learning experiences for 2-year and 4-year college students so they are knowledgeable of Early On Michigan and competent in their future work with families of infants and toddlers.
Check out resources for faculty to support preservice training with topics that include; personnel standards, competencies, standards alignment, cross disciplinary alignment, recommended practices, and evolving state and national context.
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KiDS-WITS Framework: Competencies for Practitioners Working with Babies with Delays and Disabilities
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KiDS-WITS Competencies & Instructor Guide
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- Posted:09/21/2021
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KiDS-WITS Framework: Competencies for Practitioners Working with Babies with Delays and Disabilities and Their Families
The Knowledge, Dispositions, and Skills for Working with Infants and Toddlers with Special needs (KiDS-WITS) includes a competencies framework and an assessment tool to measure a set of priority competencies in pre-service students who are preparing to work with infants and toddlers with special needs. These tools are designed for instructors and trainers teaching the pre-service infant/toddler workforce and could be used for practitioners to engage in self-reflection. For more information on the full research report, please email holmberg_k@ccresa.org
Check out the Early On Center for Higher Education archived webinar with presenter, Claire Vallotton, Ph.D., Associate Professor Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University. Learn about a framework for preparing the early intervention workforce, including the knowledge, dispositions, and skills needed. This framework can be used to align course and training content to learning goals and student outcomes. Also learn about a tool for assessing pre-service practitioners’ competencies (knowledge, dispositions, and skills) and evaluating learning outcomes.
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Power to the Profession
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Power to the Profession
Power to the Profession is a national collaboration to define the early childhood profession by establishing a unifying framework for career pathways, knowledge and competencies, qualifications, standards and compensation.
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Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation
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Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation
This is a multimedia guidebook inspired by and drawn from the Transforming the Workforce for Children From Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation (National Academies Press, 2015). This guidebook adds to that volume with key takeaways, videos, interactive tools, a glossary, and more.
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