RESPECT Across Nebraska | CYFS Research Snapshots

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10/30/2023 Added

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Researchers, educators and community partners from across the state are working to find a lasting solution to support, expand and diversify the state’s early childhood workforce to ensure positive developmental outcomes for children birth to age 8, while strengthening families and communities.

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[00:00:08.670]The RESPECT Across Nebraska Project
[00:00:10.410]is designed to create pathways for early childhood educators
[00:00:13.680]to earn degrees and certification
[00:00:15.810]which is ultimately going to mean higher quality care
[00:00:19.050]and education for young children and their families.
[00:00:21.630]And in order to do that, we need to remove barriers
[00:00:25.140]and create pathways for them to do that,
[00:00:27.330]which means having a common set
[00:00:29.430]of competencies that can be aligned to curriculum
[00:00:31.980]at all institutions of higher education
[00:00:33.960]in Nebraska will facilitate transfer of credit.
[00:00:36.870]And then aligning those competencies
[00:00:38.730]with certification means that every class
[00:00:42.120]an educator takes is gonna count for something.
[00:00:44.700]It also means that we need to create supports
[00:00:47.460]for them in order to be able to do that.
[00:00:49.740]We are collecting data on student experiences
[00:00:52.722]as professionals and as students to really learn
[00:00:56.340]about what obstacles they encounter
[00:00:58.260]and what kinds of things have supported them
[00:01:00.442]along the way in their career.
[00:01:01.275]And we're using that data in order to design
[00:01:04.905]the supports that will be needed.
[00:01:07.110]We're also collecting data
[00:01:08.460]on what's important to communities.
[00:01:10.200]So we're doing some community-based
[00:01:11.460]participatory research to really understand
[00:01:15.060]what people think is important
[00:01:16.830]for early childhood educators to know
[00:01:18.840]and be able to do, and what kinds of experiences
[00:01:21.480]are important for young children.
[00:01:23.160]And that will inform our coursework and competencies.
[00:01:27.750]Sometimes it's really tricky to get people together.
[00:01:30.120]We have smaller work groups though
[00:01:31.740]and we've developed mechanisms
[00:01:33.300]for maintaining communication,
[00:01:35.130]even if people aren't able to attend all meetings.
[00:01:37.530]But it's really important to get as many perspectives
[00:01:40.050]as possible at the table.
[00:01:41.850]Well, ultimately,
[00:01:43.050]we'll have more highly qualified teachers
[00:01:45.630]serving young children
[00:01:46.530]and their families, but it will also help professionals
[00:01:49.020]in the field to earn their certification,
[00:01:51.606]to transfer credits, to demonstrate their competencies
[00:01:55.980]and to provide better quality care for young children.
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