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7/professional_corecomp.pdf The Core Competencies are currently being revised.

The revised Competencies should be completed in late 2018. After revision, training will be created and provided across the state to assist professionals and supervisors in the use of the revised Core Competencies for professional growth.

Nebraska also has a set of School-age and Youth Development Core Competencies that was completed in 2010. The School-Age and Youth Development Core Competencies include six areas of competency. These are: Growth and development; Health; Relationships; Learning; Professionalism; and Administration.

The Core Competency areas are divided into three levels: entry, intermediate, and advanced. This document can be found at the following web address: https://2x9dwr1yq1he1dw6623gg411wpengine.netdnassl.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/0 7/school_age_core_comp_2010.pdf

-- Career pathways. Describe: Nebraska's Career Pathway is described in the Early Childhood Education Career Advising Guide. The pathway begins with a high school diploma and progresses through individual training/workshops, the Child Development Associate, certificate/diploma programs, Associate Degrees, Bachelor's degrees, Post Bachelor's Degree specializations and endorsements, Master's Degrees and Graduate Level teaching endorsements, and ends at Doctoral degrees. Lifelong learning is stressed at all levels and all start with a strong foundation in early childhood education in which research informed practices are embedded. Information about career development in early childhood education can be found on the Nebraska Department of Education website at this address: https://2x9dwr1yq1he1dw6623gg411- wpengine.netdnassl.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/07/NE_Career_Advising_Guide_1211. pdf. The Career Advising Guide will be updated to reference the new Core Competencies as soon as they are completed.

-- Advisory structure. Describe: The Nebraska Early Childhood Interagency Coordinating Council (ECICC) provides Nebraska Page 250 of 314