Vision

As defined by the large stakeholder group July 26 and 27, 2007

Iowa’s Early Care, Health and Education Professional Development System provides multiple pathways of learning and skill building for all individuals working in various roles to support young children, prenatal through age eight, and their families.

This professional development system:

• Provides leadership and coordination to ensure accountability, communication and efficient use of resources.
• Has multiple levels with standards-based competencies at increasing levels of complexity. Each level articulates with the next and has corresponding professional recognition.
• Includes both formal (credit) and informal (non-credit) learning opportunities.

Each system maintains responsibility for its own role-specific training.