Linda Labas, who recently retired as early childhood coordinator for the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), wrote a reflection on a multi-year collaboration with three state partners that created a set of competencies and a credential for technical assistance (TA) professionals who support Maine’s early childhood workforce.
The CCIDS, Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network (MRTQ PDN) and Kennebec Valley Community Action Program — Educare Central Maine (KVCAP — ECM) collaborated to develop the the Technical Assistance Competencies for Maine’s Early Childhood Workforce, a new professional pathway to support TA professionals.
Maine is one of only a handful of states that offers this professional pathway to transform the TA professional role from one without any formal or intentional support to a recognized professional role that requires specific knowledge, skills, dispositions and experience in evidence-based technical assistance.
Read the full post on the CCIDS website.
