About the Nevada Registry

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The Nevada Registry

About Nevada Registry

What is The Nevada Registry?

The Nevada Registry is a statewide system of career development and recognition created to acknowledge the dedicated professionals who work with Nevada's children. The Nevada Registry aims to support careers in Early Care and Education by validating the professional achievements of those working in the field and is one of the statewide efforts geared toward reducing staff turnover, increasing wages, heightening professionalism and increasing advancement opportunities for ECE practitioners. Serving as a clearinghouse of information for the field of ECE, *The Nevada Registry* offers Career Ladder placement, an online calendar of training, community resources/information and a statewide job board. The Nevada Registry is also responsible for the approval of all informal (not-for-college-credit) child care training in the state.

Vision
Nevada’s Early Care and Education professionals are empowered, well-educated, highly-skilled, valued, respected, and equitably compensated.

Mission
The Nevada Registry supports and empowers Early Care and Education (ECE) professionals in Nevada to promote high quality Early Care and Education through recognition, professional development and educational growth.

Goals of The Nevada Registry
	Raise the status of the ECE profession by honoring and recognizing the professional achievements of those working in the field.
	Promote professional development.
	Help ECE professionals achieve greater respect and appreciation for their invaluable work with young children.
	Empower Nevada’s providers to take responsibility for improving the quality of Early Care and Education.
	Promote the achievement of state and national standards in Early Care and Education.
	Encourage personal responsibility for actively pursuing professional and educational goals.
	Identify and document professional achievements.
	Collaborate with and unite partners to promote the vision, mission and goals of The Nevada Registry.

History of The Nevada Registry
In April 2002, a voluntary Career Ladder and a set of Core Knowledge Areas were formally adopted by the Nevada State Child Care Advisory Committee. The adoption of these systems was based on recommendations received from the Quality, Training and Licensing sub-committee and hundreds of Early Care and Education professionals from across the state. Since the adoption of these systems, the Office of Early Care and Education, through a contract with the Washoe County School District, has been hard at work to develop a structure to implement each of the systems. The structure has been officially named and has become what we now refer to as The Nevada Registry. The concept of a statewide Registry is not a new one. In fact, developing and implementing a professional development system for Early Care and Education professionals in the state of Nevada has been on the minds of many ECE professionals and on the agendas of many ECE organizations for years. We are excited that the collective vision of professionals from across the state is now a reality. The Registry could not have been possible without the collaborative efforts of a diverse group of Early Care and Education professionals and programs across the state who:
	Share the desire to improve the quality of Early Care and Education environments for children;
	See the need to address the issues that lead to high staff turnover among our workforce;
	Are working to develop innovative systems that lead to increased wages for professionals in the field;
	Work to professionalize the field of Early Care and Education;
	Support the development of a central clearinghouse of information linking all professionals in the state.

Funding
The Nevada Registry is one of the various programs available through the State of Nevada, Office of Early Care and Education. The project is funded through the Federal Child Care and Development Block Grant - Quality Improvement Dollars and is administered through a contract with the Washoe County School District.