Transcript Introducing Professional Impact NJ: New Jersey’s

Introducing New Jersey’s
Professional Development
System:
Professional Impact NJ
NJ Instructor Approval Orientation
Lesson #1
Welcome to Lesson #1!
• Before you start Lesson #1, please download and print:
 Instructor Orientation Quiz at Instructor Approval Orientation
Quiz #1
 NJ Registry Career Lattice at NJ Registry Career Lattice
 Core Knowledge and Competencies, Professional Standards for
Working With Children Birth Through Age Eight and in
Afterschool Programs at http://www.pinj.org/index.php?cat=core
• You may want to have the Lesson #1 Quiz in front of you as
you complete this lesson
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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: The Cost of Care Within Licensed Centers in
NJ. NJACCRRA. 2009: www.njaccrra.org.
• 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, or in the child’s home, and
in before/after-school and summer camp programs
for school-age children
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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
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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: http://www.tesc.edu/files/NJChildcareImpact.pdf.
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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
• Promotes long-term cross-sector planning
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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
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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
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Professional Impact
NJ’s 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
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Professional Impact NJ provides many
programs and services for
professionals:
• NJ Registry for Childhood Professionals Serving
Children Birth Through Age Thirteen
• NJ Registry Career Lattice NJ Registry Career Lattice
• Core Knowledge and Competencies: Professional
Standards for Working with Children Birth Through
Age Eight and in Afterschool Programs in English and
Spanish
• Instructor Approval System
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Professional Impact NJ Programs
and Services (cont.)…
• Directory of Instructional Resources
• NJ Directors’ Academy and NJ
Administrators’ Credential
• NJ Infant/Toddler Credential
• Accreditation assistance for child care
centers and family child care homes
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Acknowledgements
• Many thanks to the Oregon
Registry for sharing their
online orientation:
Oregon Registry. 2010:
www.centerline.pdx.edu/trai
ner/trainer-orientation.php.
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This is the end of
Lesson #1.
• Please download and complete
the Lesson #1 quiz at Instructor Approval
Orientation Quiz#1
before going on to Lesson # 2. You may
submit the quiz electronically or by fax at
973-926-3897.
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