Semester

Fall

Date of Graduation

2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MS

College

College of Education and Human Services

Department

Learning Sciences and Human Development

Committee Chair

Barbara G Warash

Abstract

This study examined the system for professional development that exists in West Virginia for education staff who teach in the West Virginia Pre-K program. This information should be used to increase the understanding of policy makers and early childhood system planners within a framework of policy areas as described by the National Association for the Education of Young Children in Workforce Designs: A Policy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development Systems to support quality improvement. While several components of a comprehensive professional development system are present, further coordination and alignment is necessary to meet the diverse needs of individual early childhood education professionals working with and on behalf of young children enrolled in West Virginia Pre-K.

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