RE: Question 2: Alignment-What's in the Plan

Background on Question 2: The draft Plan includes a variety of recommendations that are intended to align early childhood education with other parts of the educational system, including Recommendations 4.4 and 4.5, on increasing the supply of fully qualified teachers and on more rigorous requirements, certification standards and professional development for specified personnel; Recommendation 11on compensation that helps to attract and retain excellent personnel (11.1-11.4  cover postsecondary personnel, encouraging teaching excellence, compensation for continuing professional education and incentives to supervise and mentor student groups); Recommendation 12.1, on aligning standards and curricula for pre-school through primary grades; and 31, on governance, including the allocation of resources to schools to support teaching and learning.