{"id":5604,"date":"2022-02-17T23:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/blog\/alaska-seed-updates-the-early-childhood-and-school-age-career-ladder"},"modified":"2022-02-17T23:14:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:14:54","slug":"alaska-seed-updates-the-early-childhood-and-school-age-career-ladder","status":"publish","type":"seed-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/blog\/alaska-seed-updates-the-early-childhood-and-school-age-career-ladder","title":{"rendered":"Alaska SEED Updates the Early Childhood and School-Age Career Ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alaska SEED is excited to announce several important updates to the early childhood\/school-age professional career ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The early childhood\/school-age career ladder recognizes professional development milestones for Alaska SEED Registry members working in early childhood and school-age education, including military and tribal child care, school district Pre-K and elementary school classrooms (K-3), Head Start\/Early Head Start programs, school-age only programs, in-home visiting, and Early Childhood degree-seeking students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Updates to the career ladder that go into effect immediately include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Removing the high school diploma requirement<\/li><li>Adding Associates Degree in an unrelated field with 12 Alaska SEED early childhood related field credits to Level 8.<\/li><li>Expanding the list of Alaska SEED early childhood related fields to include Speech Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy.<\/li><li>Adapting age requirements to apply to 16-year-olds working or learning in early childhood and school-age settings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/career-pathways\/career-ladders\">Click here<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to view the updated career ladder available in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions about the career ladder updates, please email <a href=\"mailto:info@seedalaska.org\">info@seedalaska.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5408,"template":"","blog_tags":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-5604","seed-blog","type-seed-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",600,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",600,600,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",600,600,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",600,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",600,600,false],"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"ab-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",600,600,false],"gb-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",400,400,false],"gb-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1.jpg",600,600,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/ChildTeacheratTable-1-125x125.jpg",125,125,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"handerson","author_link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/author"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Alaska SEED is excited to announce several important updates to the early childhood\/school-age professional career ladder. 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