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You want to provide the best possible care and learning environments for children, and you’re eager to stay up to date on the latest research, techniques, and best practices. Doing so helps you feel more competent and fulfilled in your chosen career and improves outcomes for children and families.
There are three interrelated parts of your early childhood professional development system, including the Core Competencies, the Career Pathway for Kansas Early Childhood Care and Education Professionals, and Your Cape Portal, a new platform to centralize all your learning opportunities and credentials.
A career pathway guides you through educational and advancement opportunities, whether through work experience, higher education, credentialing programs, mentoring, or peer learning experiences. This resource helps you as an early childhood professional better understand how to navigate your own professional growth and where to focus efforts depending on your career goals.
The current Career Pathway provides guidance for child care professionals and those interested in pursuing a career in child care. Future iterations will include adding guidance for home visitors and other early childhood professionals.
Core competencies and standards are the knowledge, skills, attributes, and behaviors that you should know, and be able to do in a respectful and competent manner, while working with young children and families. In Kansas, there are five formal resources to help strengthen your understanding of how to best serve young children and their families.
Your workforce portal is coming soon! Cape Portal members gain access to opportunities to advance their careers and make connections with others in the field. Cape allows you to access all your professional learning (training/events), credentials (e.g., Child Development Associate), technical assistance, and more…in one place.
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Explore opportunities to grow your skills, advance your career, and play a pivotal role in optimizing the early childhood ecosystem by participating in leadership and advocacy groups:
Informational Webinars Join the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to learn more about an upcoming opportunity for communities interested in strengthening their local child care infrastructure. The Child Care Zones […]
The Insurance Stipend Program for Childcare Providers will provide a stipend of up to $3,600 a year to assist with the cost of purchasing health coverage in the State of Kansas.