FREY Training Consortium

Kent County Early Childhood
Professional Development System
Training Consortium

Core Knowledge Areas and Competencies Draft Timeline
Child Growth, Development and Learning	completed April, 2000
Health, Safety, and Nutrition	completed May, 2000
Administration and Program Management	completed July, 2000
Family and Community Collaboration/Relationships	completed August, 2000
Curriculum Development and Implementation	September, 2000
Assessment of Children and Programs	October, 2000
Professionalism	to be completed November, 2000
Guidance and Communication Goal:	to be completed December, 2000

Feedback Process

During the Fall the Core Knowledge and Competencies draft will be shared with Professional Groups through conferences and meetings throughout the state. The Kent County group will put together a packet suggesting ways to elicit feedback on the draft and distribute them at the September state meeting. Feedback from these groups will be reviewed by the Kent County Consortium and used as the group completes the draft.

Focus groups of early childhood providers/teachers will be planned throughout the state during January and February. These meetings will be led by members of the State Core Knowledge Subgroup.

The state Core Knowledge Subgroup will review the feedback from the focus groups and work with the Kent County group to put together a final draft of to be presented at the MiAEYC conference in Grand Rapids in March.