Transcript School Readiness - Texas Early Learning Council

Public Meeting
March 30, 2012
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Agenda
• Welcome (9:30 AM – 9:40 AM)
Presenter: John Gasko
• Council Update (9:40 AM – 10:10 AM)
Presenter: Don Titcombe
• Invited Speakers (10:10 AM – 10:20 AM)
• Public Comments(10:20 – 11:00 AM)
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Council members
Chairman: John W. Gasko
Children’s Learning Institute
Michael Berry
Office of the Governor
Elsa Cardenas-Hagan
University of Houston
LaShonda Y. Brown
Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office
Reagan Miller
Texas Workforce Commission
Mary G. Capello
Teaching and Mentoring Communities
Rhonda Paver
Stepping Stone School
Deborah H. Cody
Mount Pleasant Independent School District
Bobby Ott
Killeen Independent School District
Gina S. Day
Texas Education Agency
Sasha Rasco
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Ana de Hoyos O’Connor
San Antonio College
Elaine Shiver
Mental Health America of Texas
Blanca Estela Enriquez
Education Service Center – Region 19
Kim Wedel,
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Dorothy Goodman
University of Texas – University Charter School
John Whitcamp
Child Care Associates
Angela Hobbs-Lopez
Texas Department of State Health Services
Quincy White
City of Lubbock
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Texas Early Learning Council Priorities
Parental
Outreach
and
Communication
Workforce
and
Professional
Development
Improved
School
Readiness
Data
and
Quality
Rating
Improvement
Systems
Collaborations
and
Standards
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Texas Early Learning Council Priorities
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Data and QRIS
TOTS - The On-Track System:
The goal of The On-Track System (TOTS) project was to
create an integrated, comprehensive early childhood
data collection system for Texas. The Council signed a
contract with Deloitte to: develop a strategic plan to
achieve information sharing among the various early
education data-collecting entities in Texas; conduct a
stakeholder review; and, design a framework for the new
TOTS data system. This contract has been
discontinued.
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Data and QRIS
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Data and QRIS
Updates:
– We have finished our first draft of recommendations
– The Council will begin its second draft process today
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Data and QRIS
Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)
The Council will develop recommendations for a Quality
Rating Improvement System for Texas.
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Data and QRIS
Read the Council’s Paper on
QRIS!
http://earlylearningtexas.org/umbraco/qris.as
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Data and QRIS
Updates:
– We have signed a contract with a consultant and have
begun work on the project
– The final recommendations will be ready by March, 2013
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Public Outreach and Communications
Statewide Needs Assessment:
The needs assessment is the first ECE needs
assessment in Texas in 40 years. The Council signed a
contract with the Ray Marshall Center at UT-Austin and
the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice
University to conduct the needs assessment. The
contract started on June 1, 2011. The needs
assessment will provide: a 40-year state population
projection of Texas children; analyses of current supply
of and projected demand for early childhood services;
and, a survey of the quality of the early childhood
services available to families.
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Public Outreach and Communications
Updates:
• The Council contracted with the Ray Marshall Center
and the Hobby Center
• Today their first deliverable was turned in: analysis of
the socioeconomic characteristics of children in
different regions of Texas by income, poverty, and
other indicators of socioeconomic resources
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Public Outreach and Communications
Texas Community Campaign for School
Readiness:
The Council is funding 4 Texas communities to implement a cutting-edge,
population-based school readiness assessment tool, the Early Development
Instrument (EDI). In addition to the EDI, the Council will support each of the
funded communities in developing and implementing a strategic change
process based on the EDI results. EDI is a comprehensive, communitylevel, measure of early development and school readiness for young
children. It is the vision of the Council, that the selected communities will
utilize the EDI data to inform the creation of long-term, sustainable, and
responsive systems to better meet the needs of young children. Therefore,
the Council is seeking to support lead agencies that are committed to
measuring and improving school readiness outcomes in their communities
and to serving as catalysts for community change.
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Public Outreach and Communications
Updates:
• The Council formed a strong partnership with UCLA and United
Way Worldwide to make Texas a trend setter in ECE community
planning
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Public Outreach and Communications
Updates:
• The Council contracted with 4 organizations/communities to
participate:
− United Way of Southern Cameron County for the Brownville
community
− United Way of El Paso County for the El Paso community
− United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County for the San
Antonio community
− North Texas Area United Way for the Wichita Falls
community
• Our communities have collected data and created community maps
• Data on the vulnerabilities of the children in each community will be
released in July, 2012
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Collaborations and Standards
Infant and Toddler Early Learning
Guidelines:
The new Texas ITELG will improve the quality of care for infants and
toddlers inside and outside the home by supporting and guiding
more appropriate practices for early care and education
professionals who work with our youngest children. With clearly
defined statements on what infants and toddlers should
developmentally know and be able to do, the IT ELGs will support
the healthy development of infants and toddlers because they will
positively influence the design of professional development
strategies, parent engagement, administrative planning, key
materials, and curricula.
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Collaborations and Standards
Updates:
• In partnership with the Council, a 25-person stakeholder group
has been working on developing new voluntary ITELGs for Texas
since the start of Summer 2011
• The group has created guiding principles and vision and mission
statements
• The work of the Stakeholder Group is divided into three areas:
–Public Knowledge and Engagement
–Professional Development
–Early Learning Guidelines
• Researchers at CLI are drafting the ITELGs
• Stakeholders will review the first draft starting 4/6/2012
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Collaborations and Standards
Texas ECE Standards Crosswalk Tool:
The Council will create an online early care and education
“crosswalk” tool. The “crosswalk” will allow early childhood
stakeholders to readily investigate and compare competing sets of
regulations and standards operating in Texas early care and
education. The tool will be designed for multiple audiences (Parents,
Providers, and Policymakers), and each audience will have the
ability to query a database of program standards on key variables
such as safety standards, staff qualifications, curriculum, etc.
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Collaborations and Standards
Updates:
• Staff has finished collecting and “cross-walking”
standards and guidelines
• Application development is delayed by about a month
- should begin in April, 2012
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Collaborations and Standards
Beginning Education: Early Childcare At
Home (BEECH):
The Council is funding a major Family Home Child Care quality
improvement project now being called Beginning Education: Early
Childcare at Home (BEECH). It will result in a study that will
incorporate technology and mentoring to improve the level of quality
in home –based care
– The study will include 90 providers -- computer based training modules, and mentorships
for 30 of the participants
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Collaborations and Standards
Updates:
• Children’s Learning Institute has developed a 20course online module and a mentoring and professional
development strategy for the project
• The first cohort of participants is more than half way
finished
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Collaborations and Standards
Download our BEECH Paper at:
http://earlylearningtexas.org/umbraco/beech.
aspx
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Workforce and Professional Development
Early Childhood Workforce Registry:
The early childhood workforce registry will serve as a key workforce
support for ECE professionals. This online project will be an
interactive hub for all EC professionals. It will store all professional
development information and users will be able to share ECE
workforce data across multiple categories and populations
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Workforce and Professional Development
Updates:
• Our web developer is nearing the completion of the trainer registry
part of this system. However, development has been delayed by
approximately one month
• Once the trainer piece is completed, work on the workforce piece
of the registry will begin – it is anticipated that we will make up time
in the workforce phase as much of the application code and design
is similar to the trainer piece
• Design, logos, and look have all been finalized
• The Council will pilot the registry in various communities in 2013
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Workforce and Professional Development
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Workforce and Professional Development
New Core Competencies for the ECE
Workforce:
This work will expand the current Core Knowledge and Skills Areas
to Coaches and Mentors and enhance and expand the current ones
for practitioners, administrators, and trainers. Core Competencies
will inform professional development activities for Texas EC
professionals.
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Workforce and Professional Development
Updates:
• April Crawford, Ph.D. has joined the staff of the
Council and is heading up the Core Competencies effort
• She has recently finished a draft of the Core
Competencies for Practitioners and Administrators which
the Council is currently reviewing
• All Competencies should be finished by the end of
Spring 2012
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Workforce and Professional Development
ECE Career Ladder:
The Council will develop a career ladder for early care and
education professionals. Also known as a career lattice or career
pathway, career ladders define the relationship between education,
work experience, and ongoing professional development for early
childhood professionals, from entry-level staff to experienced
professionals with advanced degrees. The goal of the tool is to
provide early care and education professionals with clear paths of
professional development and career planning. As early care and
education professionals progress in their development, through
formal education, trainings, and work experience, they will be able to
chart their progress on the career ladder.
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Workforce and Professional Development
Updates:
• A draft Career Ladder was developed and was
reviewed with the Council
• Council members have decided to delay work on the
Career Ladder until the Core Competencies are finished
and approved
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Workforce and Professional Development
Compensation Study
The Council will conduct a statewide compensation study in order to
explore compensation parity in Texas for the early care and
education workforce. Ultimately the information collected will be
used to develop a recommended baseline state compensation plan
for early childhood professionals.
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Workforce and Professional Development
Updates:
• Staff has been working with the Center for Social Work Research
to design a survey to capture this information
• We are currently in the process of contracting with the CSWR to
conduct this study
• All work should be completed by April, 2013
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Workforce and Professional Development
Download our workforce paper at:
http://earlylearningtexas.org/umbraco/tecpds.as
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New Investments!
The Council plans to invest in 4 major new
projects!
1. Invest in T.E.A.C.H.®
2. Expanding the statewide public
awareness campaign
3. Creating new online trainings for the
new Texas Core Competencies
4. Conducting BEECH in Spanish
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New Investments!
1. Invest in T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood®
TEXAS Project:
• TEACH provides scholarships for those
working in licensed child care operations
• The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® TEXAS
Project is run by Texas AEYC
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New Investments!
2. Expanding the statewide public
awareness campaign
• The Council already reserved funds to
conduct outreach and public awareness
on improving school readiness in Texas.
• Funds were added to that priority to
expand the scope and effectiveness of
the project.
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New Investments!
3. Creating new online trainings for new
Texas Core Competencies
Once the new competencies are
completed, the Council will contract to
create 5 training modules on the
competencies – a total of 21 hours of
online training.
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New Investments!
4. Conducting BEECH in Spanish
The Council will recreate the BEECH
online module in Spanish, as well as the
entire intervention, and will conduct a
new study to measure its effects with this
population.
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Invited Speakers
Ngozi Onunaku, Kasi Cox, Aaron Carrera
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Open Testimony
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