CO's Early Learning Professional Development Plan

Thanks to colleague Karen Schimke for passing along a new Colorado report on the oft-neglected "P-3" component of P-16 and P-20 efforts. The report, titled Colorado's Early Learning Professional Development System Plan, provides a model for other states to consider as they seek to improve the quality of early learning programming.

The authors provide a national perspective on various components of early learning teaching quality, identify seven overarching goals for early learning professional development in the state, and provide key leverage points for implementing the plan.

Not only does the report provide thoughtful and actionable recommendations, but provides an all-too-infrequent example of a P-20 council truly including the "P" in P-20.