Transcript 2007-2008 Program Survey Highlights

May 12, 2010
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Debra Torrence
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Khari Garvin
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Jani Kozlowski
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Leigh Poole
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Erin Speer Smith
◦ NC Institute for Child Development Professionals
◦ [email protected]
◦ NC Head Start Collaboration Office
◦ [email protected]
◦ NC Division of Child Development
◦ [email protected]
◦ NC Partnership for Children
◦ [email protected]
◦ NC Community College System
◦ [email protected]
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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009
 $1B for Head Start
 NC rec’d ~ 480 new slots
 $1.1B for Early Head Start
 NC rec’d ~ 1,556 new slots (more than doubled!)
 EHS services for the first time in the following counties:
Catawba
Johnston/Lee
Sampson
Durham
Onslow
Wake
 3 new grantees: 1 school system & 3 local Partnerships
The Child Development Associate credential is...
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Recognized by Head Start
◦ All EHS teachers nationwide must minimally have an I/T
CDA credential by September 30, 2010
◦ All Head Start teaching assistants must minimally have a
CDA credential (or be enrolled in a CDA program) &
subsequently be working towards an associate or
baccalaureate degree by September 30, 2013
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Recognized by More At Four
◦ All teacher assistants in More At Four classrooms must
minimally have or be working towards a CDA credential
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Prepares EC staff to meet higher credentialing
requirements
◦ The CDA: NC Community College Track leads
directly to the AAS degree (satisfying about 25% of
the requirements)
CDA :
NC
Track
AAS
Early
Childhood
Ed
BA/BS
Early
Childhood
Ed
Just like the national CDA credential…
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18 yrs. of age or older
High school diploma/GED
480 hours of experience working with children
within the past five years
Able to speak/read/write well enough to fulfill the
responsibilities of a CDA candidate
Sign a statement of ethical conduct that the CDA
Council provides (in application packet)
A. Preschool CDA Coursework
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Courses include: EDU 119, EDU 131, EDU 145 (or PSY
245), EDU 146, EDU 153, EDU 184
(Total credit hours: 18 SHC)
B. Infant/Toddler CDA Coursework
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Courses include: EDU 119, EDU 131, EDU 144 (or PSY
244), EDU 234, EDU 153, EDU 184 or EDU 234A
(Total credit hours: 17-18 SHC)
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Authorized in federal legislation
(Head Start Act, 2007)
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Requires Governors to designate
or establish a council charged
with the following tasks:
◦ Conduct statewide needs assessments
concerning the quality & availability of
ECE programs
◦ Identify opportunities for, and barriers
to, collaboration among federally–
and State-funded child development
programs
◦ Develop recommendations for the
establishment of a unified data
collection system; statewide PD plans
for ECE educators
Advisory Council Membership
shall include:
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DCD Representative
DPI Representative
LEA Representative
IHE Representative
Local CC Provider
Representative from HS Agencies
HS Collaboration Office Director
IDEA, Sec 619 Representative
DPH Representative
Other
Federal ARRA funds are available
to support Councils; States must
apply by 8/1/10
◦ Assessing the capacity of IHEs to
support ECE educators
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19 States currently have Councils
◦ Other
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30 States are in varying stages of
development (including NC)
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Early Childhood Programs
Should Eventually Be
Administered Under a Single
Entity
DPI Should Restructure MAF
Payments
DCD Should Partner with Other
Entities to Implement a
Consolidated EBT System
DPI and NCHHS Should
Consolidate the Regulatory
Oversight of MAF Services
Provided in a Private Sector
Setting
DPI and NCHHS Should
Consolidate the Transcript
Evaluation of Early Childhood
Educators
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Smart Start and DCD Should
Leverage Additional Federal
Funding for Child Care
Health Consultants
An Annual Consolidated
Report for All Major Early
Childhood Programs Should
be Created
The G.A. Should Create a
Joint Legislative Study
Committee of ECE and Care
The Legislative Study
Committee… Should Closely
Coordinate its Activities with
the ECAC
Leigh Poole
NC Partnership for Children
Percent of Children in
Centers with 5+ Lead
Teacher Education
Points
60%
50%
60%
56%
52%
47%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Minimum
Standard
FY 06-07
FY 07-08
Fiscal Year
FY 08-09
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>Lead Teacher education points
>Administrator education points
>Family Child Care Provider education points
Percent of Children in
Centers with 7 Lead
Teacher Education
Points
35%
30%
35%
25%
20%
22%
23%
25%
15%
10%
5%
0%
High
Performing
Standard
FY 06-07
FY 07-08
Fiscal Year
FY 08-09
Percent of Children in
Centers with 5+
Administrator
Education Points
68%
66%
67%
64%
62%
63%
60%
58%
60%
56%
57%
54%
52%
Minimum
Standard
FY 06-07
FY 07-08
Fiscal Year
FY 08-09
Percent of Children in
Centers with 7
Administrator
Education Points
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
40%
43%
35%
28%
High
Performing
Standard
FY 06-07
FY 07-08
Fiscal Year
FY 08-09
Percent of Children in
Family Child Care with
5+ Education Points
60%
50%
60%
40%
30%
33%
33%
35%
20%
10%
0%
Minimum
Standard
FY 06-07
FY 07-08
Fiscal Year
FY 08-09
Percent of Children in
Family Child Care with 7
Education Points
35%
30%
35%
25%
20%
15%
10%
11%
5%
0%
High
Performing
Standard
FY 06-07
13%
FY 07-08
Fiscal Year
14%
FY 08-09
Jani Kozlowski
NC Division of Child Development
The North Carolina Quality Rating and Improvement System Advisory Committee
 Over ten years have passed since the rollout of the star rated license system
 Now is the time to think toward the future for an even stronger Quality Rating and
Improvement System (QRIS)!
 Focus on systems-level quality improvements as well as efforts to further support
quality child care and informed decision-making for families.
 The mission of the QRIS Advisory Committee is to review the current system,
provide a vision for the future of the QRIS, and make recommendations for short
and long-term changes that will lead the state toward that vision.
 These recommendations will include suggestions for policy revisions and
initiatives that will improve and enhance our current system.
 A diverse group of individuals, including for-profit, non-profit, and government
sponsored child care providers, as well as state and community partners will
provide input for the recommendations
 The Advisory Committee work will culminate with a report of all recommendations
that will be shared with the Child Care Commission and other key early care and
education system partners.
Regional Professional Development Planning Project
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Funded by DCD with partners NC CCR&R Council & Institute for
Child Development Professionals
Year-long process with stakeholder teams in the 18 CCR&R
regions
Professional development-related strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and challenges scanned, goals and priorities
discussed
This effort will serve to inform the Child Care & Development
Fund required professional development plan for NC and other
efforts
A final report with recommendations from the project will be
available in early fall
Child Care Commission approves proposed rules
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At the April 29th Commission meeting, child care
rules were approved related to:
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Developmental day centers
Staff/child interactions
Outdoor play time for children
Limits on “screen time” for children
Breastfeeding support for mothers with children in
child care
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President Obama’s budget includes a 1.6
billion dollar increase in child care funding
nationwide
Estimates are that NC would receive approx.
60 million in new funding if this passes
Some concern that a portion of the funds
would only be available through competitive
grants (Early Learning Challenge Fund)
Advocates are working hard to let Congress
know about the need for additional funding
for child care subsidy and quality initiatives
Erin Speer Smith
NC Community College System
Data Collected: May 2009
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Response Rate: 79.3%
◦ Collected May 2009 for 07/08
 Fiscal Year is July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
◦ 46/58 colleges responded
 85 counties in service delivery area of respondents
 Online courses may expand counties covered
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Degrees offered statewide
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Housed in over a dozen different divisions
◦ 58 Early Childhood Education AAS Degree
Programs
◦ 42 School Age Education Degree Programs
approved to be offered
◦ 40 offer Infant/Toddler Care certificate
Degrees
 Early Childhood Education AAS (A55220)= 39 colleges have
updated their programs of study effective Fall 2009 (including
CIP updates)
 School Age Education AAS (A55440= 21 colleges have filed a
program of study effective Fall 2009 for this program.
 3 plan to apply to offer a new degree that didn’t have the
TA concentration
Both of the above may include diploma options- D55220 & D55440
Certificates
 Infant Toddler Care Certificate (C55290)
 Early Childhood certificates (C55220)- could be school age,
administration, special education, early childhood, etc.
 School Age Education certificates (C55440** or C55220)= 22
colleges/ 47.8%
 Population= school age child care providers and teacher
assistants in public schools
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79 accredited in US (21 states)
12 NC accredited early childhood education degree
programs in NC (www.naeyc.org/ecada/)
No increase in number of programs accredited
since 2008
Barriers reported: Time & Funding
Current resources available:
◦ NC Net
 Perkins funds for professional development
 10 programs working through self-study process
 May be extended for 2010-2011
◦ DCD funded accreditation project 2010-2011
 Funds for accreditation fees for three main phases (eligibility,
self-study submission, or peer review team)
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16,861 students enrolled in ECE courses (58 colleges)
*Average Age = 35.4 years
*Gender
 Female = 97.6%
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*Enrollment Status
Male = 2.4%
 Full Time (12+ sch) = 14%
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*Ethnicity
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Black, Non-Hispanic
White, Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other/ Unknown/Multiple
Part Time = 86%
= 46%
= 46%
= 1.9%
= 7.9%
*Percentages based on Early Childhood Degree students (A55220)
Student Count
02/03
03/04
05/06
04/05
06/07
07/08
1,239
1,267
979
1,525
1,723
1,992*
103**
492
519
470
684
640
660
6,006
6,897
7,364
10,240
10,848
11,267
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113
169
283
339
430
112
157
125
81
48
97
Teacher Associate Diploma
25
37
22
34
43
39
Teacher Associate Degree
976
1,561
1,954
2,686
2,493
2,376
8,901
10,551
11,083
15,536
16,212
16,861
Early Childhood Education
(ECE) Certificate (varies)
* Includes IT Certificate
**IT Certificate Only
ECE Diploma (varies)
ECE AAS*** Degree
Special Education Degree,
Diploma, Certificate
Teacher Associate Certificate
(varies)
Total Students
***AAS degree (15 gen ed & 49 semester hours in major courses/content)
Note: School age degree data will be added in 08/09 survey
Data provided by the NC Community College System
Sessions
◦ 8 week sessions
◦ Summer sessions
Delivery Strategies
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Hybrid/Blended
Online
Seated/Face to Face
Off-site
Weekend/Saturday
Evening
1 day a week/3 hr
3 days a week/1 hr
2 days a week/1½ hr
26/46 programs offer
36/46 programs offer
69% plan to increase classes
58% plan to increase classes
82% do not plan to increase classes
73% do not plan to increase classes
20/46 programs offer
42/46 programs offer
39/46 programs offer
14/46 programs offer
35/46 programs offer
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Majority of faculty are…
◦ Female; White/European American; Hold Masters degrees;
Working part time
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Advising Load
◦ 101 – 250 plus students
◦ 51 – 100 students
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0 – 50 students
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12 programs
20 programs
14 programs
Typical advising time 55% of respondents report length is 1 –
3 hours
◦ 24% of respondents report length of session is more than 3 hours
◦ 85% report advising a student 2 – 4 times/yr
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Teaching Workload
◦ 42 programs reported faculty teach 18 sch or more
 29 report faculty load of 18 sch
 8 report faculty load of 21 sch
 5 report faculty load of 24 sch
NC Early Educator Certification (EEC) is
acknowledgement of an individual’s
verified level of educational
achievement, based on a standardized
scale.
*EEC is not permission to work in the field.
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Name change
Refreshed website
◦ Mirroring websites for professionals
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Planning ecpd approach
◦ State plan under development
◦ NC ECPD Regional Planning Project
 http://www.ncicdp.org/projects
◦ ECPD stakeholder Survey – wrapped up 5/10/10
Total
•8,367 (as of 4/1/10)
•All 100 counties
Level (as of 4/1/10)
•4,150 (50%) are certified at gold levels – levels six and
above
Role (at time of application; as of 4/1/10)
•6,482 teaching (447 indicate some time with school age)
•656 administrative
•174 combined teaching/administrative (87 indicate some
time with school age)
•900 small home providers (623 indicate some time with
school age)
•155 on behalf, other, student or not yet employed in child
care
Auspice (as of 4/1/10)
•Over 3,880 certified Early Educators work in over 1,160
for profit centers
•Over 1,500 More at Four teachers/assistants
•Over 1,150 Head Start
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At no charge…for a limited time!
◦ First come, first served
◦ Up to 9,000 individuals working in licensed child care facilities.
Eligible positions include teacher, assistant teacher, floater,
director, group leader, assistant director, education/program
coordinator and home provider.
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Anytime!
◦ $50 fee
◦ All Early Educators working directly with, intending to work with
(students, new to the state, etc.) and those working on the behalf of
children ages birth to twelve (researchers, faculty, consultants,
trainers, agency staff, and more)
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Use EEC lists & numbers to target recruitment efforts
Free presentations by EEC staff available
◦ Cumberland & Cleveland Counties held trainings recently
 Offered training credit
 Provided applications, materials & snacks/lunch
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EEC gatherings to support completing applications
Recognition ceremonies, articles, newspaper photos
Team meetings to brainstorm can be scheduled
Share & grow EEC Rewards
EEC Raffle
Facebook page!
*Visit www.ncicpd.org*