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Through the Preschool Development Grant, Minnesota contracted with Wilder Research to complete a 2023 Early Care and Education Workforce Study. This study used a survey and focus groups to gather information about the size and demographics of the early care and education workforce and early educators’ education and experience, economic wellbeing, and professional development interests and needs. The study used a broad definition of the ECE workforce, including licensed family childcare settings, licensed centers, Head Start and Early Head Start, school-based pre-k programs, ECSE, ECFE, and license-exempt programs.
In this brown-bag session, Angela Butel from Child Development Services at DHS will share more about the study background and findings. Bring your questions and your ideas about how this new data source can help bolster our efforts to support the ECE workforce!
The final report from the study, as well as two policy briefs focused on family childcare and professional development needs and interests, can be found here:
Professional Development Brief
Family Childcare Brief
Join the presentation on Microsoft Teams
Through the Preschool Development Grant, Minnesota contracted with Wilder Research to complete a 2023 Early Care and Education Workforce Study. This study used a survey and focus groups to gather information about the size and demographics of the early care and education workforce and early educators’ education and experience, economic wellbeing, and professional development interests and needs. The study used a broad definition of the ECE workforce, including licensed family childcare settings, licensed centers, Head Start and Early Head Start, school-based pre-k programs, ECSE, ECFE, and license-exempt programs.
In this brown-bag session, Angela Butel from Child Development Services at DHS will share more about the study background and findings. Bring your questions and your ideas about how this new data source can help bolster our efforts to support the ECE workforce!
The final report from the study, as well as two policy briefs focused on family childcare and professional development needs and interests, can be found here:
Professional Development Brief
Family Childcare Brief
Join the presentation on Microsoft Teams
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NEW Equity Resource
Advancing Racial Equity in Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Fact Sheet
The science is clear that the first years of children's lives set the foundation for their healthy development. A young child's race, gender, location, language, and ability should not determine their access to needed services, experiences, and outcomes. This fact sheet provides key information and supporting evidence about racial disparities and inequities for young children with a disability, and questions for state and local leaders seeking to advance equity for all children with disabilities and their families. Learn more and access the fact sheet here.
OSEP Launches New Engage OSEP Site
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education has instituted a new strategy to enhance collaboration opportunities with grantees and other stakeholders. This Engage OSEP site will enable OSEP to virtually bring together a variety of stakeholders to share information and to work together to improve results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. This site has been designed to give OSEP staff, grantees, and stakeholders a place to work together to solve complicated issues, facilitate informal knowledge sharing, exchange thoughts and ideas, and share resources, while also providing a place for collaborative creation of new knowledge.
Launching of the Refreshed IDEAS That Work Website!
OSEP is excited to announce the recent launching of the refreshed IDEAS That Work website. Check out the all new branding and formatting, designed to provide easy access to information from research to practice initiatives funded by OSEP that address the provisions of IDEA and ESSA. Explore resources, links, and other important information relevant to OSEP’s research to practice efforts. Particularly of interest to our OSEP Engage users, is the ever so useful link between the two websites, allowing for easy transitions between the two spaces!
DEC Recommended Practices Introductory Video
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Early Learning Open Office Webinars
The Division of Early Learning offers a monthly Open Office Hour session for early childhood professionals. The sessions include a brief presentation on a specific topic, links to resources, and announcements/current information for early learning programs. View the scheduled monthly sessions and the slides from each session on the Early Learning page. Contact MDE.ELS@state.mn.us to request a copy of the webinar recordings
