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A Policy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development Systems

This blueprint focuses on the policies that create professional development activities and the supports that make effective implementation of a state system of professional development possible. The Blueprint highlights principles and six policy areas that build or sustain an integrated system- a system that ensures quality in all settings in which early childhood professionals work. These principles and highlighted policy areas are aimed at the development and retention of a competent, stable and adequately compensated early childhood workforce.

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Leadership Opportunity for CARES Participants

The California Child Development Corps is a teacher-led statewide network of early childhood educators that addresses the concerns of both the family child care and center-based workforces. To learn more, click here.