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Event Details

The Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators

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C1: Knowledge Acquisition
Self-Paced Training
(Available Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - Thursday, July 7, 2022)  
(1.00 Hours (Self-Paced))

Description

Course ID 135721
In response to the recent national context, Pennsylvania is adopting a new set of professional standards for Early Childhood Educators. The Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators are the general knowledge and skills that educators need to know and be able to demonstrate as they work with children and families. This set of standards and competencies are replacing the Pennsylvania Core Knowledge Competencies (CKCs) and have been adopted from the National Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators. This course will explore the new set of Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators.

Learning Objectives

-Understand why a new set of standards for early childhood educators is being implemented and how they were developed;
-Understand the main aspects and components of the PA Professional Standards; and
-Understand the key shifts found throughout the PA Professional Standards

Web Based

Registration

Event Fee
Registration Closed
Register By
7/7/2022
Required?
Yes

Contact

Barry Wiestling (Email)
PA Department of Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Phone (717) 346-4670

PA Department of Education

OCDEL

Delivery Methods

Web Based

Assessment of Learning

Demonstration of Skills

Description

In response to the recent national context, Pennsylvania is adopting a new set of professional standards for Early Childhood Educators. The Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators are the general knowledge and skills that educators need to know and be able to demonstrate as they work with children and families. This set of standards and competencies are replacing the Pennsylvania Core Knowledge Competencies (CKCs) and have been adopted from the National Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators. This course will explore the new set of Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators.

1.00 Hours

Course Level

C1: Knowledge Acquisition

PQAS Approved

Course Category

Business

Act 48

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Maintaining Professionalism (1 Hour)

Administrators
Directors
Center Staff
Family/Group
Head Start/Early Head Start
Early Intervention
Parent Educators
Home Visitor
Early Child Mental Health
Pre-K Counts
Coaches
Trainers

Infants
Toddlers
Preschool
Pre-Kindergarten
Kindergarten
School-Age
Adult