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Understanding the Oregon Registry Steps

Oregon Registry Trainer Program Orientation Lesson #3

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Welcome to Lesson #3!

Before you begin this lesson, please download and print the following: Oregon Registry Steps Trainer Orientation Quiz

You may want to have the Lesson #3

section of the quiz in front of you as you read this tutorial.

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In the Oregon Professional Development System, two foundational documents have been established to guide the childhood care and education profession:

Core Body of Knowledge for Oregon's Childhood Care and Education Professionals

Oregon Registry Steps

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The Oregon Registry Steps, a sequence from Enrollment through Step 12,

Documents breadth of knowledge through increased training and education in the ten Core Knowledge Categories

Documents depth of knowledge through the three Sets of Knowledge (Introductory Knowledge, Intermediate Knowledge, and Advanced Knowledge)

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Oregon Registry Steps

Go to Page 1 of the Oregon Registry Steps (or look at the next slide) From left to right: The Steps, Enrollment through Step 6,

are in the left column The training hours required for each Step

are in the center column The Core Knowledge Category

requirements are in the right column

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Oregon Registry Steps, Page 1

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Oregon Registry Steps, Page 1

There are no training requirements for Enrollment

For Step 1 through Step 6, the training requirements include: Increasing number of hours of training Increasing number or Core Knowledge

Categories Increasing number of hours of training in

each Core Knowledge Category

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Degree and Certificate

path

College Course Credit and

Community-Based Training

Path

Oregon Registry Steps

Go to Page 2 of The Oregon Registry Steps (or look at the next slide)

Step 7 through Step 9 recognizes two distinct Professional Development Pathways

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Oregon Registry Steps, Page 2

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The Degree/Certificate path (left side of page) requires completed degrees, credentials or certificates

Documentation of completed degrees or certificates must be submitted, such as copies of transcripts, diplomas, or certificates

Degrees out of the field of childhood care and education require examination of transcripts

Oregon Registry Steps, Page 2

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The College Course Credit (CCC) and Community-Based Training (CBT) path (right side of page) has three columns representing three options: Option 1. All training is college course credits Option 2. Training is a combination of college

course credits and community-based training Option 3. All training is community-based

training. However, please note that there is no CBT-only option, beginning with Step 9

The fourth column describes the Core Body of Knowledge requirements

Oregon Registry Steps, Page 2

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Go to Page 3 of The Oregon Registry Steps (or look at the next slide)

The two paths continue for Step 9.5 and Step 10. However, there is no CBT-only option for these steps.

Step 11 requires a Master's Degree Step 12 requires a Doctorate Degree Degrees out of the field of childhood care

and education require examination of transcripts.

Oregon Registry Steps

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Oregon Registry Steps, Page 3

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Go to Page 4 of The Oregon Registry Steps (or look at the next slide)

Professional Enhancements are added opportunities to be acknowledged as a professional within the field of childhood care and education. Professional Enhancements are not required to apply for an Oregon Registry Step. They are voluntary and include: Professional experience Personal qualities and characteristics, known as Personal

Attributes Commitment to a professional code of ethical conduct

The footnotes to the Oregon Registry Steps provide additional definitions or information for items located throughout the document

Oregon Registry Steps

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Oregon Registry Steps, Page 4

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Here is a diagram of the Oregon Registry Steps showing the two different paths.

Oregon Registry Steps

Choose your pathway

Degree/Certificate

College Course Credit & Community Based Training

Steps 7-10

Steps 1-6

Steps 11-12 Steps 7-10

Enrollment

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The Oregon Registry Steps reflect the Core Body of Knowledge for Oregon childhood care and education professionals.

Oregon Registry Step 1 through Step 7 require Introductory Knowledge in Set One

Oregon Registry Step 7.5 through Step 9 require Intermediate Knowledge in Set Two

Oregon Registry Step 9.5 and Step 10 require Advanced Knowledge in Set Three

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Oregon Registry Steps

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Professionals can apply to the Oregon Registry: Pathways to Professional Recognition in Childhood Care and Education to document their Oregon Registry Steps (Enrollment through Step 12) and their Professional Enhancements (Experience, Attributes, and Ethics).

Professionals can use the Oregon Registry Steps to determine their own plan for future professional development

Oregon Registry Steps

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The Oregon Registry: Pathways to Professional Recognition

in Childhood Care and Education

…is a voluntary, statewide program to document and recognize the professional achievements of people who work in the childhood care and education profession

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Trainers can use the Oregon Registry Steps to determine the training and education needs of their audiences.

Trainers can determine which of the ten Core Knowledge Categories and which of the three Sets of Knowledge (Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced) are most appropriate.

Oregon Registry Steps

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This is the end of Lesson #3.

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