The career pathway relates to a professional’s training hours, education, and work experience to a career lattice position. From entry-level to level 9, it will calculate a user’s expertise in the early childhood field.
As an early childhood professional, you can advance the career pathway levels by gaining more professional experience or obtaining additional education credentials, such as a child development associate (CDA) credential or a bachelor’s degree. You may use the career lattice pathway to guide your professional development and growth in the future, as well as assist with marketing yourselves to employers and parents.
\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions
You have two options for using the career pathway tool.
Log in to tecpd.org and select Find My Career Lattice
Select which option you’d like to use
Select the first option Find My Career Lattice One-Page: This option allows you to enter information quickly on one page. You should choose this option if you are familiar with uploading information to websites.
OR select the second option Find My Career Lattice Guided Walk-Through: You may enter information and receive a little extra guidance on a series of webpages. You should choose this option if you need a little more help entering information into your account.3
Fill in the information on the page by using the dropdown menus and uploading the corresponding documents.
Click through each section until complete. Once you have uploaded all of your information, you will be given a printable career pathway report with a self-reported lattice level.