About the Child Care Workforce

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About the Child Care Workforce
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• Presentation Overview
• The Institute
• The Myths
• The Truths
• The Research
• My Knowledge

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A product of the NC Institute for Early
Childhood Professional Development

• MISSION
• Define and advocate for the implementation of a
• comprehensive early childhood professional
  development system
• that provides supportive, accessible, and
• individually appropriate education which is
• linked to compensation in order to ensure
• high quality care and education services
• for children and families.

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Institute is a national model

• Information Source
• Website (www.ncchildcare.org)
• Publications (Why Education Matters, Newsletters,
  Busting the Myths)
• Training Tools
• Research
• Resources
• Support for
• Facility license education standards
• Accreditation of AAS degree programs
• Community college quality improvement
• Professional development providers
• Systems development

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Institute Structure

• Task Groups
• Compensation Education
• Educational Certification
• Outreach Support
• Research Policy
• Professional Development Infrastructure
• Committees
• Current Needs

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The Institute is you!

• Be part of the work be involved!
• Email debra_at_debratorrenceconsulting.com to
• Learn about the work of each group
• Tie into virtual and in-person meetings
• Network!
• Learn!
• Grow Your Knowledge Skills
• in the area of
• early childhood professional development!

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• Research has shown that the quality of child care
  is related to both the formal education levels
  and the specialized early childhood training of
  the teachers.

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• Suggested Small Group Strategy
• Count off into 3 teams (1,2,3)
• Each number is assigned a perspective from which
  they will review the Myths
• Teams are asked to share how the population they
  represent could be informed about the
  truthbusting the myth.

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• Women do not need college classes to know how to
  love and take care of children.

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• Child care is just babysitting.

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• You do not need an education to work with young
  children.

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• Child care providers are uneducated and not
  capable of college coursework.

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• An experienced teacher is better than a teacher
  with a degree.

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• Child care providers do not want to go back to
  college.

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• Child care providers cant afford to go to
  college.

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• Head Start teachers don't need help paying for
  college.

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• Only education courses matter general education
  (math, English, reading, history, etc.) classes
  are a waste of time for child care providers.

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• Child care providers will leave their program
  after they receive a degree.

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• The child care workforce is losing ground and
  will never be able to turn it around.

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• Parent fees can support the salaries and benefits
  needed by the child care workforce.

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• Check In Report Out

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Leadership in this field is one of the most
pressing needs.

• Are you prepared to bust these myths?
• What additional resources do you need?
• How can the Institute help you back home?
• How will you be involved?

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Discussion
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• Website www.ncchildcare.org
• Interactive workbooks
• Community Interactive workbooks
• Resources Links
• At the Fulcrum