State TA Services

As the central organizing platform, facilitator, and technical assistance hub for Professional Development Systems and Workforce Registries, we maintain standards for quality, alignment, and growth to equitably support the Early Childhood and Out of School Time Workforce. 

For over 20 years, early learning professional registries have evolved to become the core infrastructure for professional development systems. Today, registries have grown to provide over 20 different functions across the varied landscape of professional development and career supports.  Today, the NWRA serves as the national representative and acts as a cultural broker helping a multitude of stakeholders get what they need from our ever-evolving Professional Development System.

The National Workforce Registry Alliance (NWRA) provides state advisory services and support for Professional Development Systems (PDS) and Workforce Registries seeking to strengthening their data collection and functions to adequately inform equitable policy and investments for the early childhood and out-of-school time workforce. The NWRA understands each state is distinct and as such, these services are customized to the specific goals, and objectives of the state’s ECE PDS and/or workforce data system. Our TA approach involves facilitating conversations, catalyzing systems centered in community-based participatory research to identify and reach common goals with educators, drive collaborative efforts to generate innovative solutions, and create a cycle of ongoing evaluation for continuous improvement.

As a non-profit membership organization, we are powered by subject matter experts that provide networking opportunities, information and resources, updates, and just-in-time opportunities or nudges with calls to action. We facilitate the registry self-study process and peer reviews that allow states to qualify to contribute data to the growing national workforce data set.  We work to amplify collective learning, elevate voices from the field, and illuminate data from the workforce to inform critical planning, budgets, and initiatives designed to support them. We also absorb feedback and guidance from the field to guide registry growth, user access, and navigation to become a more equitable system where all members of our collective workforce feel they belong and are represented.

See our TA Services available for your state below: