ECPC Knowledge Development Resources
The contents of these documents were developed under a cooperative agreement from the US Department of Education, #H325B120004 and Cooperative Agreement #H325B17008. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
Data Reports
- National Landscape of Early Childhood Personnel Standards for Professionals Serving Infants and Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families under 619 and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- The National Status of State Comprehensive Systems of Personnel Development for Part C and Part B (619) Programs of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 2013
- The National Status of State CSPD Subcomponents for Part C and Part B(619) Programs
- The Development of Core Cross-Disciplinary Early Childhood Competency Areas
- Early Intervention/Early Childhood Personnel Standards, Birth through Eight years – The Development Process 2018-2019
- Alignment of Personnel Preparation Standards
- Early Intervention/Early Childhood Personnel Standards, Birth through Eight years – The Development Process
- ECPC/DEC Think Tank: Blended Personnel Preparation Programs
- Crosswalk of the EI/ECSE and ECE Standards
Literature Syntheses and Reviews
- Systematic Review of Models of State Agency and Institutions of Higher Education Practices Leading to Alignment of State Personnel Standards and Competencies with Curricula at Institutions of Higher Education
- Systematic Review of Models of State Agency and Institutions of Higher Education Practices Leading to Alignment of Preservice and Inservice Training for Early Childhood Interventionists
- Models of Coordination at a Systems Level to Promote Integrated Early Childhood Professional Development for Personnel Working with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities
- Metasynthesis of Inservice Professional Development Research
- Article: Metasynthesis of Inservice Professional Development Research
- Meta-Analysis of the Relationships Between Different Leadership Practices and Organizational, Teaming, Leader, and Employee Outcomes
- Supplemental Report: Meta-Analysis of the Relationships Between Different Leadership Practices and Organizational, Teaming, Leader and Employee Outcomes
- Scoping Review of the Core Elements of Technical Assistance Models and Frameworks
- Review of the Effects of Technical Assistance on Program, Organization and System Change
- Metasynthesis of Preservice Professional Preparation and Teacher Education Research Studies
- Supplemental Report: Metasynthesis of Preservice Professional Preparation and Teacher Education Research Studies
Briefs and Checklists
All briefs and checklists are derived from literature synthesis and reviews.
- ECPC/DEC Blended Personnel Preparation Programs Think Tank Brief 2020
- The purpose of the brief is to share the findings and recommendations obtained from leaders in the ECE and EI/ECSE fields with expertise in developing and implementing blended personnel preparation programs.
- Leadership Brief
- This Leadership Brief includes findings from a meta-analysis of leadership practices studies (Dunst et al., 2018) and descriptions of the implications of the results for leadership development (Brittain & Bernotavicz, 2014). The meta-analysis included 112 studies of more than 39,000 followers (the term used in the leadership literature to describe employees, staff, workers, etc.). The studies were conducted in 31 countries in diverse programs, organizations, and businesses.
- Leadership Practices Checklist
- This checklist includes 12 leadership practices that research indicates are related to positive organizational, teaming, leader, and employee outcomes (Dunst, et al., 2018). A leader can use any set of practices to actively engage employees in achieving organizational goals. Choose the set that best fits your organizational needs and plan and rehearse how you will use the practices to improve your leadership skills. Use the checklist to review your leadership practices following leader-staff interactions to self-assess your use of the practices or to have a coach, supervisor, or peer provide feedback and suggestions to improve your leadership skills.
- Inservice Brief Overview
- The purpose of this brief is to share the findings from the in-service meta-synthesis professional development research: Features Associated with Positive Educator and Student Outcomes.
- Pre-Service Brief Overview
- The purpose of this brief is to share the findings, from the pre-service personnel preparation meta-analysis to early childhood personnel who have an interest, influence, and/or planning responsibilities related to preparing high-quality EC/EI professionals.
Pre-Service Briefs
- Preservice 1 - Student Experience
- Preservice 2 - Teaching Methods
- Preservice 3 - Supervision
- Preservice 4 - Faculty Coaching
- Preservice 5 - Course-Based Learning Practices
- Preservice 6 - Web-Based E-Learning
- Preservice 7 - Cooperative Learning
- Technical Assistance Checklist
- This checklist uses the core elements that were found in a scoping review of Technical Assistance models and frameworks (Dunst, Annas, Wilkie & Hamby, 2019) and incorporated into this self-assessment as you prepare to deliver technical assistance to a program, organization or system.
- Technical Assistance Overview Brief
- The purpose of this brief is to introduce the findings from a meta-analysis that focuses on describing the essential elements of technical assistance used to help the quality improvement efforts of early childhood programs and organizations.
Technical Assistance Briefs
Crosswalks
Crosswalks identify similarities and differences between two different systems to support understanding, decision making, planning, and other applications; a bridging technique.
- Crosswalk of the CEC Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards EI/ECSE with DEC RPs
- Crosswalk of the CEC Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators (2020) with the DEC Recommended Practices (2014)
- Crosswalk EI/ECSE and ECE Standards
- Crosswalk of the CEC Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators (2020) with the Early Childhood Educators Standards (NAEYC)