Tennessee’s Infant and Toddler Credential Pilot Evaluation Report
- Sep 24, 2011
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Tennessee’s Infant and Toddler Credential
as proposed in the pilot project is designed
to acknowledge the work of licensed
infant and toddler caregivers in providing
the highest quality care environments
for Tennessee’s children. The objectives
proposed in Tennessee’s Infant and Toddler
Credential are to increase the infant and
toddler caregiver’s knowledge of:
• Child development theory and practice;
• Relationship-based models of care and
education;
• The importance of quality interactions to
infant mental health;
• Individual curriculum design;
• The role of family and community in
quality infant and toddler care.
The purpose of this evaluation was to discover whether Tennessee’s Infant and Toddler Credential Pilot Project was successful in reaching its desired outcomes – that is, whether there were demonstrable changes in participants’ beliefs, practices with children and environmental quality.
