Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators
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Effective early childhood educators are critical for realizing the early childhood profession’s vision that each and every young child, birth through age 8, have equitable access to high-quality learning and care environments. As such, there is a core body of knowledge, skills, values, and dispositions early childhood educators must demonstrate to effectively promote the development, learning, and well-being of all young children.
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For a side-by-side of the 2010 Professional Preparation Standards and the new Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators, please click below.
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Through the Early Childhood Personnel Center (ECPC), with participation from NAEYC representatives, a cross walk of the Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators and the Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators is available.
Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators: A Position Statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Copyright © 2020 by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. All rights reserved.
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