Early Childhood Overview
DECE Vision, Mission and Goals
Vision
This project seeks to convene a working group to align all stakeholders to present a consistent, clearly articulated, well integrated, universal and comprehensive system for early childhood educators to access, afford and attain an industry recognized credential - and to educate, train and empower candidates in all Early Education and Care professions by providing clarity and creating pathways to overcome obstacles through a broad range of responsive partnerships and active stakeholders crafting solutions to promote systemic change; and by creating a career lattice, training structure and wage enhancing vehicles that elevate the work of the profession from a job to a career at all levels- through multiple points of entry - especially for women, minorities, non-English speaking and economically disadvantaged candidates.
Mission
The overall purpose of this two year project is to help partnerships address the workforce development needs of their business, and to increase staff professionalism by growing the number of teachers with credentialing, associates, and bachelor's degrees which will result in higher quality instruction in partner programs and ultimately better education for young children.
- Career Counseling
- Application Process
- Admissions Curriculum
- Transition to Practice
- CDA - Child Development Associate
- T - Teacher Credentialed
- LT - Lead Teacher Credentialed
- DI & II - Director Credentialed
- AD - Associates Degree Early Childhood
- BD - Bachelors Degree Early Childhood
Goals
Through the creation of a seamless educational system, DECE partners will achieve the following goals:
- Reduced staff turnover, therefore reducing the cost of replacement and retraining of employees.
- Increased number of teachers enrolling in college degree programs, or further advancing toward obtaining degrees and/or receiving other professional development credentials.
- Increased ability to train more staff by grouping employers with common needs.
- Increased ability to meet staff qualifications for Universal Pre-K funding and other initiatives that increase quality and teacher compensation.
