Introducing New Jersey s Professional Development System: Professional Impact NJ

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1 Introducing New Jersey s Professional Development System: Professional Impact NJ NJ Professional Development Provider Approval Orientation Lesson #1 Revised June 2015

2 Welcome to Lesson #1! All necessary documents are available in your NJ Registry profile under My Resources, Resource Documents Before you start Lesson #1, please access: 1. Instructor Orientation Quiz #1 2. NJ Registry Career Lattice 3. Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals, New Jersey s Unified Professional Development System You may want to have the Lesson #1 Quiz in front of you as you complete this lesson 2

3 Introducing the Profession There are more than 300,000 children being cared for by someone other than a parent in New Jersey The High Price of Child Care. NJACCRRA. 2013: Early Care and Education professionals in New Jersey provide child care and educational activities for young children in child care centers, Head Start programs, family child care homes, approved homes, or in the child s home, and in before/after-school and summer camp programs for school-age children 3

4 The Early Childhood and Afterschool Care and Education field contributes to New Jersey s economy by: Providing more than 65,300 full-time equivalent jobs and employing productive workers Generating $2.55 billion in gross receipts annually, contributing to New Jersey s tax base Purchasing goods and services 4

5 Contributing to the economy (cont.) Enabling parents to work and/or pursue education and training to obtain skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in the workplace and therefore provide better lives for their children Enabling employers to attract and retain employees and increase their productivity Preparing tomorrow s workforce Benefits for All: The Economic Impact of the New Jersey Child Care Industry-- Infant/toddler, preschool and out-of-school time programs. NJ Child Care Economic Impact Council. 2006: 5

6 The Division of Family Development of the New Jersey Department of Human Services provides support for the Early Childhood and Afterschool Care and Education Profession: Establishes state-level policy Funds programs promoting quality child care and increasing standards Participates in long-term cross-sector planning 6

7 Impacting Program Quality One way to set standards for quality is the development and operation of a Professional Development System for early childhood and afterschool care and education 7

8 The mission of Professional Impact NJ, New Jersey s Professional Development System, is to: Promote and coordinate systems for the educational development of early care and education, primary education, family child care, and afterschool program professionals Set policies and standards that result in high quality care and education for the children and families of New Jersey 8

9 Vision To cultivate an integrated and holistic system of specialized professional development for New Jersey Early Childhood Educators This system will transform how professionals view themselves and how the larger community values our work on behalf of children and families 9

10 Professional Impact NJ provides many programs and services for professionals: The NJ Registry for Childhood Professionals Serving Children Birth Through Age Thirteen The NJ Registry Career Lattice Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals, New Jersey s Unified Professional Development System Professional Development Provider Approval System 10

11 Professional Impact NJ Programs and Services (cont.) Find Training and Find an Instructor search capabilities Grow NJ Kids Scholarship, CCDF Online College Credit CDA Training Scholarship, CDA Assessment Fee Scholarship NJ Administrators Credential NJ Infant/Toddler Credential Career Advising 11

12 Acknowledgements Many thanks to the Oregon Registry for sharing their online orientation: Oregon Registry. 2010: ner/trainer-orientation.php. 12

13 This is the end of Lesson #1. Please complete the Lesson #1 quiz at My Resources, Resource Documents, before going on to Lesson # 2. You may submit the quiz by printing, scanning, and ing to questions@pinj.org. 13