Educator and Provider Supports

1. Educator and Provider Supports Panel Discussion Board of Early Education and Care October 16, 2012

2. Educator and Provider Support Grant Purpose In FY11, EEC established the Educator and Provider Support (EPS) networks to provide a comprehensive system of professional development opportunities and services that help build a system of high-quality early education and care across the Commonwealth. Since its inception, EPS grants have focused on three core areas for serving the early education and care and out of school time workforce: • educator and provider planning, • coaching and mentoring, and • competency development

3. EEC’s Educators and Providers: Professional Qualifications Registrants by Program Type • A total of 10,862 educators have completed registrations in the Professional Qualifications registry.

4. Educator/Provider Support Grant Priorities In FY13, EEC continued the EPS grant priorities established in FY12: • Professional development efforts must be evidence-based and aligned with EEC’s 8 Core Competency Areas, • Professional development activities must leverage resources across public and private agencies, including in-kind resources to provide statewide coverage in all required topics. • Professional development is a shared responsibility between educators and the providers that employ them, since increasing the competency of educators’ increases the level of quality of the programs in which they work. • Professional development must meet the needs of the early education and care and out of school time workforce in all settings. • Professional development must be targeted and intentional to meet the needs of specific age groups and unique populations.

5. EPS Grant Focus Areas EEC continued the FY12 EPS focus areas in the FY13 grant: • Focus Area One: Educator Supports – Attaining Degrees and/or Developing Competencies • Educators must be supported in developing IPDPs that assist them in attaining a degree in early education or a related field, or in achieving enhanced competency through the attainment of CDA, certifications, or other credentials or demonstrable knowledge, skills, and abilities related to early education and out of school time competencies. • Focus Area Two: Provider Supports –Accreditation and QRIS Progress • Providers must be supported in achieving/maintaining accreditation (NAEYC, NAFCC, or COA) and in increasing program quality and moving to a higher QRIS level.

6. EPS Grant: Overall Required Services • Intentional collaboration with Readiness Center(s) through MOUs that document roles, responsibilities, communication, specific activities: • EEC on-line courses, academic advising, ELL, professional development on assessment, sharing data, etc. • Prioritize based on EEC definition of “high needs” and participation in QRIS • “Brain Building in Progress” campaign participation: • Incorporate tagline and website information into grant communications and marketing

7. Professional Development Focus Areas (FY12) • In FY12, nearly half of all educator professional development opportunities were related to the QRIS Data reported by Educator and Provider Support (EPS) Grantees statewide from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012

8. FY13 Planned Professional Development Areas • EPS grantees were required to submit Professional Development Course Catalogues as a component to their FY2013 grant application. • Collectively, EPS grantees have proposed 305 professional development opportunities across Massachusetts for FY2013.

9. Individual Professional Development Plan (FY12) • In FY12, EPS grantees served 4,828 early childhood and out of school time educators and 1,977 providers (programs). • Data reported by Educator and Provider Support (EPS) Grantees statewide from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012

10. FY13 Proposed Individual Professional Development Plan Services • EPS networks projected completing the following number of individual educator professional development plans in FY13: • Region 1: 250 • Region 2: 245 • Region 3: 270 • Region 5: 189 • Region 6: 250

11. Coaching Mentoring Services: Providers (FY12) • In FY12, 959 providers/programs were assessed for coaching and mentoring related support services. Data reported by Educator and Provider Support (EPS) Grantees statewide from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012

12. FY13 Planned Program Coaching/Mentoring • EPS networks proposed the following coaching and mentoring services for programs in FY13:

13. Coaching and Mentoring Services: Educators (FY12) • In FY12, 1989 educators were assessed for coaching and mentoring support services. Data reported by Educator and Provider Support (EPS) Grantees statewide from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012

14. FY13 Planned Educator Coaching/Mentoring • EPS networks proposed the following coaching and mentoring services for educators in FY13:

15. Professional Development in Other Languages (FY12)

16. FY13 Planned Professional Development in Other Languages

17. Professional Development Credit/CEUs (FY12) (Includes info sessions on PQ Registry and QRIS) Pie slides add to more than 100% as some courses fall into more than one category.

18. FY13 Planned Professional Development for Credit/CEUs

19. FY13 Planned PD for Credit/CEU

20. School Age Courses Statewide (FY12)

21. FY13 Planned School Age Courses Statewide • 86% of EPS network planned FY13 professional development opportunities include a school age focus

22. Competency Development (FY12)

23. FY13 Planned Competency Development • EPS networks planned to offer 293 professional development opportunities across the state in FY13

24. Support Provided to EPS for Repositioning • Since the establishment of the Educator and Provider Support (EPS) networks in FY11, EEC has provided the following assistance to facilitate the positioning of the system: • CAYL guided EPS networks on system building and addressed systemic issues (FY11) • Individualized coaching to EPS networks (FY12) • EEC held quarterly meetings with EPS networks on progress (FY11, FY12) • EEC assigned an Educator/Provider Support Specialist to each EPS region