Effective training builds relationships and encourages reflection. It is responsive to the needs of adult learners, founded in strong content, informed by current research and clinical evidence, engaging, interactive, inspiring, informative and useful. Training is most likely to impact practice when it is reinforced with on site support or via ongoing in-person or distance learning opportunities Relationships established in training workshops can provide models for effective workplace relationships. When training participants experience safe, supportive, respectful and responsive relationships, this helps them recognize how relationships can powerfully support learning and growth. This recognition helps participants develop the skills to create such relationships with colleagues and families.
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ZERO TO THREE Professional Development and Training -
Forging a New Framework for Professional Development - In December 2009, ZERO TO THREE, in partnership with Georgetown Center on Health and Education, and with the support from the U.S. Department of Education’s, Early Childhood Educator Professional Development (ECEPD) Program, convened a national summit to identify emerging and critical gaps in knowledge and to present research on – and policy opportunities for – effective professional development for early childhood educators. The Summit, which was supported by a distinguished group of experts, including scientists, practitioners, and policymakers, assessed the current status of professional development research and practice, and set an agenda for future policy initiatives to move this work forward. The Summit included addresses from special guests, Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education; Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Joan Lombardi, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-departmental Liaison, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Jacqueline Jones, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Early Learning, U.S. Department of Education; and Barbara Bowman, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development, Erikson Institute, and Chief Officer, Chicago Public Schools, Office of Early Childhood Education.
