Professional Development Resources

Position statements or conceptual frameworks on professional development

Research findings or reviews on the effects of professional development

Early learning standards or guidelines and professional development

Personnel standards and professional competencies

Selected recent publications on professional development in early childhood

Professional Development Resources

Position statements or conceptual frameworks on professional development

Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). (2004, February). ATE position framework. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.ate1.org/pubs/ATE_Position_Frame.cfm

Barbour, N., & Pease, D. (1997). The preparation of early education teachers. Olney, MD: Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI).

Darling-Hammond, L. (2006). Constructing 21st-century teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education, 57(3), 300-314.

Division for Early Childhood (DEC). (1993). Personnel standards for early education and early intervention. Missoula, MT: Author. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.dec-sped.org/pdf/positionpapers/PositionStatement_PersStan.pdf

Knowles, M. S. (1980). The modern practice of adult education: From pedagogy to andragogy (Rev. ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Cambridge Adult Education, Prentice Hall Regents.

Maxwell, K. L., Feild, C. C., & Clifford, R. M. (2005). Defining and measuring professional development in early childhood research. In M. Zaslow & I. Martinez-Beck (Eds.), Critical issues in early childhood professional development (pp. 21-48). Baltimore: Paul Brookes.

Mitchell, A., & LeMoine, S. (2005). Cross-sector early childhood professional development: A technical assistance paper. Washington, DC: National Child Care Information Center. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/goodstart/cross-sector.pdf

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (1993). A conceptual framework for early childhood professional development: A position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/psconf98.pdf

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC). (2006). Elements of a professional development system for early care and education: A simplified framework. Retrieved on November 5, 2007,
from http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/poptopics/pdsystem.pdf

Winton, P. J., McCollum, J., & Catlett, C. (2008). A framework and recommendations for a cross-agency professional development system. In P. J. Winton, J. A. McCollum, & C. Catlett (Eds.), Practical approaches to early childhood professional development: Evidence, strategies, and resources (pp. 263-272). Washington, DC: Zero to Three
Press.

Research findings or reviews on the effects of professional development

Allen, M. (2003). Eight questions on teacher preparation: What does the research say? Summary of findings. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/educationIssues/teachingquality/tpreport/index.asp

Cochran-Smith, M., & Zeichner, K. (2005). Executive summary. In M. Cochran-Smith & K. M. Zeichner (Eds.), Studying teacher education: The report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education (pp. 1–36).

Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Early, D. M., & Winton, P. J. (2001). Preparing the workforce: Early childhood teacher preparation at 2- and 4-year institutes of higher education. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16, 285-306.

Haskins, R., & Loeb, S. (2007, Spring). A plan to improve the quality of teaching in American schools. The Future of Children (Policy Brief). Princeton, NJ: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www3.brookings.edu/es/research/projects/foc/20070328.pdf

Hill, H. (2007). Learning in the teaching workforce. The Future of Children, 17(1), 111-127. Retrieved January 7, 2008,
from http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=468970

Laitsch, D. (2003, February 19.). Research-based characteristics of high-quality teacher preparation. Research Brief: Translating Education Research into Action, 1(4). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Retrieved January 10, 2008,
from http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.03e1753c019b7a9f989ad324d3108a0c/

Maxwell, K. L., Lim, C.-I., & Early, D. M. (2006). Early childhood teacher preparation programs in the United States: National report. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development Institute. Retrieved January 10, 2008,
from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/pdfs/national_report.pdf (national report)
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/pages/state_reports.cfm (individual state reports)

Whitehurst, G. J. (2002, March 5). Research of teacher preparation and professional development. Address to White House Conference on Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.ed.gov/admins/tchrqual/learn/preparingteachersconference/whitehurst.html

Winton, P. J. (2006). The evidence-based practice movement and its effect on knowledge utilization. In V. Buysse & P. Wesley (Eds.), Evidence-based practice in the early childhood field (pp. 71-115). Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

Winton, P. J., & McCollum, J. A. (2008). Preparing and supporting high quality early childhood practitioners: Issues and evidence. In P. J. Winton, J. A. McCollum, & C. Catlett (Eds.), Practical approaches to early childhood professional development: Evidence, strategies, and resources (pp. 1-12). Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

Early learning standards or guidelines and professional development

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC). (n.d.). Decision points and options for weaving early learning guidelines into professional development. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.nccic.org/pubs/goodstart/dpweavingelg.html

Scott-Little, C., Lesko, J., Martella, J., & Milburn, P. (2007, Spring). Early learning standards: Results from a national survey to document trends in state-level policies and practices. Early Childhood Research & Practice, 9(1).Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n1/little.html

Personnel standards and professional competencies

Buysse, V., & Wesley, P. W. (2005). Consultant knowledge, skills, and dispositions. In V. Buysse & P. W. Wesley, Consultation in early childhood settings (pp. 21–38). Baltimore: Brookes.

Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). (2007). Knowledge and skill base for all beginning special education professionals in early childhood special education/early intervention. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.dec-sped.org/pdf/positionpapers/ECSE%20KnowSkill%205-30-07.pdf

Hyson, M. (2003). Preparing early childhood professionals: NAEYC’s standards for programs. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (various dates). Standards for professional preparation programs. Retrieved January 10, 2008,
from http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/ppp.asp

National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). (2001). Early childhood generalist standards for teachers of children ages 3‑8 (2nd ed.). Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.nbpts.org/index.cfm?t=downloader.cfm&id=47

Sadowski, M. (2006). Core knowledge for PK-3 teaching. FCD Policy Brief, #5. New York: Foundation of Child Development. Retrieved November 5, 2007,
from http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/Core_Knowledge.pdf

Sandall, S., Hemmeter, M. L., Smith, B. J., & McLean, M. E. (2005). DEC recommended practices in early intervention/ early childhood special education. Missoula, MT: Division for Early Childhood.

Stayton, V. D., Miller, P. S., & Dinnebeil, L. A. (Eds.). (2003). DEC personnel preparation in early childhood special education: Implementing the DEC recommended practices. Missoula, MT: Division for Early Childhood.

Selected recent publications on professional development in early childhood

Kagan, S. L., Kauerz, K., & Tarrant, K. (2007). The early care and education teaching workforce at the fulcrum: An agenda for reform. New York: Teachers College Press.
National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC). (2007). Early childhood professional development systems toolkit [Compact disk]. Fairfax, VA: Author.

Winton, P. J., McCollum, J. A., & Catlett, C. (Eds.). (2008). Practical approaches to early childhood professional development: Evidence, strategies, and resources. Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

Zaslow, M., & Martinez-Beck, I. (Eds.). (2006). Critical issues in early childhood professional development. Baltimore: Brookes.

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