{"id":4250,"date":"2021-02-08T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/about-seed\/working-together-copy"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:25:02","slug":"progress-report-fy20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/about-seed\/reports-resources\/progress-report-fy20","title":{"rendered":"Progress Report FY20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Progress Report FY20<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Alaska SEED is Alaska\u2019s statewide professional development system, a statewide collaboration of early childhood stakeholders working towards a common goal of a professional, stable, diverse, and fairly compensated early childhood workforce. Alaska SEED is housed and managed by thread.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In FY20, nearly 1,200 educators were members of the Alaska SEED Registry, demonstrating a statewide commitment to professional development within the early childhood education sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you will see in this progress report, early childhood educators continued to work on their professional development in FY20 as Alaska SEED\u2019s service continued to evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year in Review<\/strong><\/summary>
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Economic Impact Summit on Early Care & Learning in Alaska<\/a><\/div>
During\u00a0thread\u2019s<\/strong> Economic Impact Summit on Early Care & Learning<\/a>, Johns Hopkins University IDEALS Institute presented a spark speech on their proposed\u00a0 Wage and Compensation Model for Alaska.<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Climbing the Ladder<\/a><\/div>

Alaska SEED announced updates<\/a> to the early childhood\/school-age professional career ladders, including the recognition of more credentials and certificates for early educators.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Recommendations Made for a Wage and Compensation Model for Alaska<\/a><\/div>

thread<\/strong> and Alaska SEED released recommendations<\/a> for a new wage and compensation model for Alaska based on Johns Hopkins University IDEALS Institute research. Recommendations included improving educators\u2019 compensation and strengthening the competency of early childhood and school-age educators. The Alaska SEED Steering Committee is reviewing these recommendations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Feedback from the Sector<\/a><\/div>

During the 2020 AAEYC Conference, Alaska SEED held a workshop session on the outcomes of the Johns Hopkins University IDEALS Institute research and recommendations. Participants were asked to rank \u201cPersonal and Professional Benefits.\u201d Health insurance ranked as number one; paid vacation ranked second; years of experience ranked third, meaning some kind of wage compensation to the field should be based on\/include years of experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Support During Crisis<\/a><\/div>

As COVID-19 arrived in Alaska, Alaska SEED updated its policies and procedures to support early educators during the crisis.\u00a0 Updates included professional development (PDR) costs covered at 100%, conference and travel reimbursement, extended timelines for due dates, and a simplified reimbursement application process.<\/p>\n

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Registry at a Glance<\/a><\/div>

In FY20, nearly 1,200 educators were members of the Alaska SEED Registry. Three educators completed the Alaska Early Childhood Administrator Credential (AK-ECAC).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Financial Support for Early Educators<\/a><\/div>

In FY20, Alaska SEED received more than 600 applications, awarding more than $140,000 to Alaska\u2019s early childhood and school-age educators for professional development. This support helped advance education and training, pay for conference dues, and supported those obtaining their Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

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