Creative Pathways for Family Child Care Providers

Overall Pilot Goals

• Design, implement, and evaluate competency-based learning model
• Create flexible, respectful pathway to credential attainment for family child care practitioners

Pilot Scope

• Available to FC practitioners with 5 or more years of experience.
• Model includes training, traditional course materials, and prior learning assessment.
• Online delivery inclusive of pilot assessments, course materials, and resources designed to complement and supplement training.

Design Processes

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• New Family Child Care Certificate (FCC) created to align with Gateways Level 3 FCC Credential

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• Family Child Care Certificate comprised of 3 course sequence. The first course aligned with Gateways FCC Level 2 Credential; the next with Gateways ECE Level 2 Credential; and the last with Gateways FCC Level 3 Credential.

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• Each course was aligned with leveled competencies (2 and 3).

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• Competencies were aligned to Gateways entitled training.

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