Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Vermont Department for Children and Families Child Development Division (CDD) is seeking a vendor to research, evaluate, and make recommendations for changes to the current design of the Vermont Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship Program (VECEAP). This is an opportunity to improve VECEAP, with the goal of making the program work better as a preparation pathway that: • is well-aligned with best practices and Vermont’s early childhood education systems; • leverages available systems and resources; • attracts a robust number of apprentices and mentors; and • plays an important role in building the diverse, dynamic, well-prepared early childhood education workforce that is needed in Vermont. Recommendations for changes to the VECEAP program could consider: • Implementation best practices as reflected in implementation science. • Best practices reflected in the design of ECE Apprenticeship models in other states. • Best practices reflected in the design of other Registered Apprenticeship models in Vermont. • Alignment with the three designations outlined in the Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession
