Existing Professional Development Opportunities in Rhode Island

In August 2010, Ready to Learn Providence published a report highlighting existing professional development opportunities for early-care educators in Rhode Island. Representatives from the early-care field, higher education and state agencies endorsed R2LP's leadership role in the development of this document, and members of R2LP's Professional Development Committee and the BrightStars Quality Network reviewed the list of organizations that were included. (If an agency was inadvertently omitted, we will be happy to include that information in subsequent printings as well as in the PDF posted on this page.)

Click here to download a PDF of the full report.

In some cases, organizations were able to provide us with studies conducted on their professional development programs. You can download them below as PDFs.

Child Care Support Network
CCSN Mental Health Consultation Program

Prevent Child Abuse Rhode Island
Site evaluation
Parent Engagement evaluation

Ready to Learn Providence
Initial findings for Early Reading First II
Initial findings for Early Childhood Educator Professional Development grant.

Rhode Island Early Learning Standards Project/RI Department of Education
Effects of the RIELS on Policy and Practice in Rhode Island

 

Agencies, programs and colleges included in the report:

Childspan/Children's Friend and Service
Local Initiative Support Corporation/RI Child Care Facilities Fund
Prevent Child Abuse Rhode Island
Project Launch/Early Childhood Clinical Research Center
Ready to Learn Providence
Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children
Rhode Island Early Childhood Program at CCRI
Rhode Island Early Learning Standards Project/RI Department of Education
Rhode Island Training and Technical Assistance Center
Successful Start/Child Care Support Network/RI Department of Health

Community College of Rhode Island
Rhode Island College
University of Rhode Island