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AÌýgrowingÌýnumber of states and territories are using 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’sÌýWorkforce Designs,ÌýAÌýPolicy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development SystemsÌýas a framework for developing their professional development system plans. Arizona, Iowa, Rhode Island, the US Virgin Islands, Oklahoma, Washington and New Hampshire have used the six policy areas and the four overarching policy principles as a framework for their system planning.

You canÌýdownload the full reportÌýor theÌýexecutive summary,Ìýas well as theÌýState Policy Policy Blueprint GuideÌýand theÌýRecording Tool.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø staff members are available to provide technical assistance to state professional development stakeholders and leaders regarding the use of theÌýBlueprintÌýfor professional development system policy planning.

Click on any of theÌýfour reports belowÌýto see theÌýBlueprintÌýin action!
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The United States Virgin Islands' Early Childhood Professional Development System Plan: Recommendations to the Early Childhood Professional Advisory Committee, July 2013

Prepared by the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Early Childhood Workforce Systems Initiative for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ (USVI) Early Childhood Advisory Committee, the report is based on recommendations from a USVI cross-sector leadership team and a 40-member stakeholder group. The appendices contain two sections of particular interest:

• Appendix 1:ÌýProposed Core Knowledge and Competences for the USVI Pathways to Excellence uses theÌý51³Ô¹ÏÍø Standards for Early Childhood Professional PreparationÌýas the basic framework and primary source for professional standards. It demonstrates how 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s national standards can be adapted for state/territory use.
• Appendix 2:ÌýProposed Career Pathways Model for the U.S. Virgin Islands Pathways to Excellence combines pathway levels with examples of possible employment opportunities at each level

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Building Arizona's Early Childhood Professional Development System, System Framework and Two-Year Strategic Plan, 2013

Building Arizona's Early Childhood Professional Development System, Framework and Two-Year Strategic Plan (2013) includes a detailed assessment of each of the six policy areas and an excellent system graphic that shows how their governance is structured. The two-year strategic plan has deliverables and budgets.
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A Policy Framework for an Early Childhood Iowa Professional Development System, 2009

The Iowa professional development system plan encompasses four early childhood sectors: early learning; special needs/early intervention; family support; and health, mental health and nutrition. The plan offers a model for using theÌýµþ±ô³Ü±ð±è°ù¾±²Ô³Ù’sÌýsix policy areas and four policy principles across sectors to design an integrated professional development system.

Rhode Island’s plan focuses on integration of policy areas and principles across all early learning sectors and standards for programs, professionals and children’s early learning. For each policy area, they have identified characteristics of an ideal system for Rhode Island and provided both an assessment of their current status and recommendations.