The Buzz on Collaboration
New ways of thinking about collaboration are making headlines.
New ways of thinking about collaboration are making headlines these days. For example, the recently authorized Higher Education Opportunity Act includes a new program of grants to states to create cross-sector, integrated, and comprehensive professional development systems for early childhood educators working with children from birth to five.
Bringing together agency and initiative representatives, faculty and family members, practitioners, and other “sectors” to collaborate on professional development will require more than, as Barbara Wolfe says, “a whip and a chair.”
NPDCI has recently posted a new resource, The Big Picture: A Planning Guide for Cross-Sector Early Childhood Professional Development Systems , to support collaborative, cross-sector approaches to professional development. It highlights a seven-step sequence for considering the key components and contexts of a statewide early childhood professional development system. It includes a definition and conceptual framework for professional development, as well as suggestions for facilitation, guiding questions, key considerations, and planning forms.
Take a look, then let us know. How could you use this planning guide to support collaboration in your state?
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