Workforce Policy Development

Through the Workforce Policy Development project, W4QCC represents and promotes workforce development in state-level public policy forums.  Additionally, W4QCC uses its website and newsletter to inform, build and coordinate its network of practitioners and experts who are also interested in improving the profession of early learning teachers.

What is W4QCC doing to support Workforce Policy Development?

Best Practices-W4QCC facilitates peer-to-peer learning through the Bay Area Early Learning Workforce Meetings (formerly CARES meetings), shares its impressive catalogue of promising practices such as the W4QCC Principles for desired outcomes with policy makers, and seeds discussions with fellow advocates for workforce development in its growing constituent network. W4QCC uses tested approaches to stimulate information sharing and networking about promising practices, including hosting and facilitating a website, offering teleconferences to engage with experts and policy makers and convening Regional Meetings in the Bay Area.

Smart Advocacy-W4QCC proposes to serve as the communication hub for its constituents on early childhood workforce policy by coordinating meeting attendance to facilitate input from administrators (CARES and AB 212 contacts), and ECE teachers (Corps) and allied programs. W4QCC will provide a summary of ECE policy meetings including a digest and analysis of content and utilize its interactive website to engage constituents in a feedback loop of input (prior to meetings), discussion and review (after meetings).

Policy Development-W4QCC represents and promotes workforce development in state-level public policy forums such as the EPEC, CA ELQIS and Water Cooler meetings. By collaborating with other advocates and experts, W4QCC strives to influence policy development on critical workforce issues such as increased compensation (Compensation Statement). Additionally, W4QCC utilizes its website, newsletter and systems to inform, build and coordinate a network of practitioners and experts who are also interested in improving the profession of early learning teachers.

Contact W4QCC:

Contact W4QCC at (415) 808-7327 or w4qcc@caccwrc.org to learn more and to help sustain the progress made in California over the last decade laying the groundwork for further success.