3000-7066 EEC Provider Higher Education Opportunities

For professional development and higher education opportunities and supports for early educators to be coordinated through the department in conjunction with Massachusetts-based two-year institutions of higher education; provided, that programming shall focus on the statewide recruitment and training needs specific to the early education and care workforce, encourage opportunities for career advancement and retention, and incorporate early education and care stakeholder, employer and industry collaboration; and provided further, that professional development opportunities shall be consistent with the core competencies and career pathways established by the department and, to the greatest extent possible, shall provide a standard number of college credits transferable to all other public institutions of higher education in the commonwealth