ABSTRACT

Continuing professional development (CPD) is an essential aspect of early years (EY) workforce planning. In understanding how CPD is currently provided, we depend largely on surveys carried out by separate sector organisations with little synthesis of the data. In this paper, we scrutinise findings relating to CPD from nine surveys of EY managers and practitioners carried out by three well-established sector organisations since 2015. We highlight commonalities, discrepancies and gaps in the data. On the basis of this analysis, we highlight the need for further investigation around what constitutes CPD in the EY sector, what are perceived to be ‘quality’ experiences, CPD accreditation and the leadership and management of CPD in settings. We recommend gathering more detailed and accurate data about CPD through practitioner logs completed as and when CPD is undertaken, as opposed to retrospective surveys.

摘要

持续专业发展 (CPD) 是早年 (EY) 劳动力规划的一个重要方面。在了解当前如何提供 CPD 时，我们主要依赖于由独立部门组织进行的调查，几乎没有数据综合。在本文中，我们仔细研究了自 2015 年以来三个知名行业组织对安永经理和从业者进行的九次调查中与 CPD 相关的结果。我们强调了数据中的共性、差异和差距。在此分析的基础上，我们强调有必要围绕安永部门的 CPD 构成要素、被视为“优质”体验的内容、CPD 认证以及环境中 CPD 的领导和管理进行进一步调查。