Spotlights
The Institute is excited to announce a new way to meet your ECE training needs– online on-demand trainings! Two online on-demand trainings are currently available with more to come. Check out our website for all of the on-demand information and access to our latest on-demand training release- Professional Burnout in ECE: You Can’t Give to Others What You Don’t Have! Check out the new NC ECE documentary: Take CareThe documentary examines North Carolina’s child care crisis through the voices and stories of our families, child care providers and teachers, and business and community leaders. North Carolina’s child care crisis is hurting everyone—children, families, child care teachers and providers, businesses, and our economy. The Take Care documentary puts a face to the issues and impacts of this crisis and the criticalness of finding lasting solutions! Learn more and get involved with the Take Care project. The Institute Supports NAEYC and DAPRecently DAP has come under attack. Read more about the NC Institute for Child Development Professional’s stance on standing firm with NAEYC and Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP). Institute DAP Support letter to NAEYC (2) The Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession
The Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession was developed over the last three years by a task force of 15 leading national organizations, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, which facilitated this collective effort. Together, these organizations, which represent members of the early childhood field working across states, settings, and age bands, partnered with a diverse range of stakeholders and more than 11,000 individuals to produce the Unifying Framework. Learn more about the Power to the Profession initiative here. Your Voice CountsThe NC Early Education Coalition (Coalition) is the only statewide advocacy coalition dedicated to promoting high quality, accessible and affordable child care in NC. Through research and advocacy, the Coalition builds partners with early childhood educators, early care and education providers, Smart Start, child care resource and referrals agencies, higher education and others to improve programs and policies and/or increase funding for low income families through child care subsidy, scholarships and wage supplements for early educators, NC Pre-K, Smart Start and more. Learn how you can become involved and become a member of the Coalition. |
What’s Happening?
Join the Institute and other NC ECE organizational leaders for our PD Connections webinar event on Dec. 3 & Dec. 5 from 1-3 p.m. (Eastern)!
Want to stay connected to the professional development opportunities happening around North Carolina? Did you miss the PD Connections event at the 2024 NCAEYC conference? Join the NC Institute for Child Development Professionals (NCICDP/The Institute) on Dec. 3 AND Dec. 5 from 1-3 p.m. (Eastern) as we partner with other statewide early childhood organizational leaders to host a two part webinar series, designed to share the most recent updates that early care and education professionals in North Carolina need to know! This two-session event will share information about compensation and the Salary Scale Toolkit, Early Educator Certification/Endorsements, Smart Solutions for TA Consultation and Coaching, T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Program, Alternative Pathways, Higher Education, Child Care WAGE$®, Early Educator AWARD$® Plus, the Apprenticeship Program, QRIS and more! These sessions will leave you ready to make an impactful move to support early educators across North Carolina. Although this event will be offered as a two part series on Dec. 3 AND Dec. 5 from 1-3 p.m. (Eastern), your one registration fee admits you to both series events/dates. Different organizational leaders will share different information/topics on the two different dates. DCDEE clock hour credit will be awarded after each session for up to four hours of total credit. Register here or use the QR code below.
NC Salary Scale Toolkit
In 2023, the NC Institute for Child Development Professionals shared the exciting news of the creation of a project to design an online toolkit and trainings on creating or revising a salary scale for child care centers and family child care homes and share more broadly information on the NC Model Salary Scale for Early Childhood Teachers. We are excited to share that the NC Salary Scale Toolkit AND the Level 1 Training Salary Scale Toolkit Webinar are available on demand 24/7! Register for the Level 1 Toolkit Webinar Training and access the Salary Scale Toolkit here. In addition, the Institute held multiple Level 2 Trainings in 2023 which provided a more in-depth look and use of resources related to salary scales found in the toolkit. Office hours/Q&A sessions were also held in 2023 for those with implementation questions or those interested in learning more! Stay tuned for more information about additional Level 2 and/or office hours/Q&A sessions in 2024! In the meantime, information on the salary scale and toolkit will be shared at several upcoming state and national ECE conferences in early 2024. For all things “salary scale toolkit project,” click here and use the QR code below or sign up here to stay up to date on information related to this project.
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