James Scott Head Start State Collaboration Director Ohio

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Ohio Professional Development NetworkJames
ScottHead Start State Collaboration Director
Ohio Department of Education
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Ohio Professional Development Network (OPDN)

• What is It?
• A collaboration of early childhood and
  afterschool professionals and partner agencies
  and organizations at the state and local levels.
• Members work together to
• Support the creation of a comprehensive
  professional development system
• Advance the status of early childhood and
  afterschool professionals

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History

• Formulated in the early 1990s by early childhood
  professionals and organizations
• Initially, the collective work was led by the
  Head Start Collaboration Office, the Early
  Childhood Coordinating Committee and Ohio Family
  and Children First
• Vision A comprehensive, coordinated and
  accessible professional development system for
  early childhood professionals

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OPDN

• Subsequent work has been led and supported by
• Build Ohio
• Head Start State Collaboration Office
• Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
  (OCCRRA)
• Ohio Department of Education (ODE), Office of
  Early Learning and School Readiness
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
  (ODJFS), Bureau of Child Care and Development
• Ohio Family and Children First
• Quality Network (QNET)

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Membership

• Early childhood and afterschool professionals
• Advocacy organizations
• Early care and education programs
• Head Start
• Higher education
• Professional development organizations
• State associations
• State government

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Primary Activities

• Meeting regularly with network members to develop
  work plans, share information, learn about
  national and state initiatives and conduct
  specific committee work in small groups
• Convening stakeholders to research and design
  specific components of the professional
  development system

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Primary Activities

• Sponsoring a listserv to share information
• Developing and maintaining the ODPN Web site
  www.ohpdnetwork.org
• Designing and implementing a professional registry

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Ohios Key Professional Development System
Components

• Core Knowledge
• Career Pathways
• Professional Registry
• Training and trainer approval process
• Coordinated regional information (training)
• Specialized credentials and certificates
• Leadership development and mentoring
• Compensation and benefits initiatives

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Organization

• Serves as the Professional Development Work
  Group of Build Ohio
• Co-chaired by ODE Head Start State Collaboration
  Office, OCCRRA, and ODJFS Bureau of Child Care
  and Development
• Supported by OCCRRA staff

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Organization

• Three committees function to research and design
  specific components of a professional development
  system
• Compensation and Retention Committee
• Core Knowledge and Articulation Committee
• Registry Committee

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Accomplishments

• Supporting the development of the Registry
• Research and recommendations leading to the
  establishment of T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Ohio
• Advocating for information on workforce
  development leading to the 2005 workforce survey
• Writing and distribution of Ohios Early
  Childhood Core Knowledge Competencies

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OCCRRA Provides Staff Support

• Hosts the OPDN Web site
• Manages the Registry
• Manages T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Ohio

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Funding Support

• Build Ohio
• Head Start State Collaboration Office, ODE
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services,
  Bureau of Child Care and Development
• Private Grants

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Future Activities

• Create a cross-agency training and trainer
  approval process
• Develop strategies to compensate and retain
  professionals in the field
• Standardize a student-friendly articulation
  process in higher education
• Continue to develop the Web site
• Streamline the Registry

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RegistryJulie StoneDirector of Professional
Development Ohio Head Start Association
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What is the Registry?

• Online tool for early childhood and afterschool
  professionals that documents, quantifies, and
  tracks professional development progress
• Key component of a comprehensive professional
  development system

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What is Career Pathways?

• The framework for The Registry that quantifies
  professional growth and accomplishments and
  assigns point values for
• Formal education
• Training
• Experience
• Specialized credentials
• Establishes a professional designation, level I
  through VI, based on professional
  accomplishments

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Current Use

• The Registry is open to any early childhood and
  afterschool professional
• Professionals working in Step Up To Quality
  centers must use the Registry

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Current Benefits

• Allows individuals to create a record of their
  professional achievements
• Part of the OPDN Web site
• Serves as a gateway to information for early
  childhood and afterschool professionals
• Creates an up-to-the-minute picture of the
  workforce

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Potential Benefits

• Allow professionals access to personalized
  notifications, professional development
  opportunities and give the ability to generate a
  transcript of qualifications and accomplishments
• Generate valuable information for employers,
  including verification of staff qualifications,
  aggregated regional and statewide salary
  information, and data to assist in program
  administration
• Provide verified documentation of licensing
  requirements, streamlining the process

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Potential Benefits

• Serve as centralized system for trainer and
  training approval, as well as training
  identification, registration and evaluation
• Generate comprehensive workforce information to
  drive policy decisions
• Provide forum for potential employers and tools
  for job seekers
• Continue to define and advance the early
  childhood and afterschool profession

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OPDN Registry Web Tour Donna RuhlandDirector
of Professional DevelopmentOCCRRA
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Thank You!
OPDN Registryc/o OCCRRA6660 Doubletree Ave.,
Ste. 11Columbus OH 43229877-547-6978