The Ministry funded ECE Professional Development (PD) Programmes are for a three year period from July 2010 to June 2013. The focus for the PD Programmes is on targeting locations with low rates of ECE participation to support quality provision in those communities and services that are likely to enrol children who have the greatest potential benefit to make from participating in quality ECE (Māori, Pasifika, and children from low socio-economic areas). This report represents the findings from the evaluation of the PD Programmes and was undertaken during 2012.
Purpose
The current round of Ministry of Education (MoE)-funded early childhood education professional development (PD) contracts run from mid-2010 until mid-2013. This project was designed to evaluate those PD programmes to assess whether their design and implementation were meeting the intended outcomes, and to assess the effectiveness of a targeted approach to professional development provision.