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www.nclr.org February 2010 White Paper Responding to the Needs of Young Latino Children: State Efforts to Build Comprehensive Early Learning Systems By Erika Beltran* INTRODUCTION ZĞĐĞŶƚ ĨĞĚĞƌĂů ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƉŽůŝĐLJ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ĞĂƌůLJ ĐĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ;Ϳ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ Ă ƌĞŶĞǁĞĚ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƌĞĂĚŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůLJ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ LJŽƵŶŐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ DŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůLJ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ Ă ƉƌŝŵĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀŝnjĞ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĞĂƌůLJ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ &Žƌ >ĂƟŶŽ ĂŶĚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ůĞĂƌŶĞƌ ;>>Ϳ § ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŵĞ ĂŶLJ ƐŽŽŶĞƌ >ĂƟŶŽ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŶŽǁ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŽŶĞͲƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ;ϮϰйͿ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ĮǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƐƚͲŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƐƵďŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶϷ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĞŵŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐƐ ,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵĂů ĞĂƌůLJ ĐĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽǁ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƌĞĂĚŝŶĞƐƐϸ >ĂƌŐĞůLJ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ůŽǁ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ƉĂƌĞŶƚĂů ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ƉŽǀĞƌƚLJ ,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂƌĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĂŶLJ ďĂƌƌŝĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ĨŽŽƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚͲƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ĞĂƌůLJ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJ ůŽǁĞƌ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ tŚŝƚĞ ƉĞĞƌƐ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐƐ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ĂŶ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ Ϯϲ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ůŽǁĞƌ ŝŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ϯϭ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ůŽǁĞƌ ŝŶ ŵĂƚŚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ tŚŝƚĞ ƉĞĞƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚͲŐƌĂĚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů WƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ;EWͿϹ ŝŐŚƚŚͲŐƌĂĚĞ EW ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ŐĂƉƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚŚ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ >ĂƟŶŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĐĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƵƉ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ >ĂƟŶŽƐ ĂƌĞ ĚƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ăƚ ƌĂƚĞƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶŽŶͲ>ĂƟŶŽ ƉĞĞƌƐ KŶůLJ ϱϴй ŽĨ ,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŶŝŶƚŚ ŐƌĂĚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ƚǁĞůŌŚ ŐƌĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĚŝƉůŽŵĂ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱϺ Ύ dŚŝƐ ǁŚŝƚĞ ƉĂƉĞƌ ǁĂƐ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŶĚ >ƵĐŝůĞ WĂĐŬĂƌĚ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚůĂŶƟĐ WŚŝůĂŶƚŚƌŽƉŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďLJ Ă ĐŽƌĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŐƌĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽĨ >Ă ZĂnjĂƐ ;E>ZͿ WŽůŝĐLJ ŶĂůLJƐŝƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ dŚĞ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ĂŶĚ E>Z ĂůŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůLJ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ WĞƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽƉLJ ĚŝƐƐĞŵŝŶĂƚĞ Žƌ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ƵƐĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŝƐ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ŝƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ E>Z ƌŝŬĂ ĞůƚƌĂŶ WŽůŝĐLJ ŶĂůLJƐƚ ǁŽƌŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶƐ WŽůŝĐLJ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĚǀŽĐĂĐLJ ĂŶĚ >ĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ;KZ>Ϳ Ăƚ E>Z dŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ǁŝƐŚĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ ƚŚĞ E>Z ƐƚĂī ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ZĂƵů 'ŽŶnjĄůĞnj >ĞŐŝƐůĂƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ KZ> ĂŶĚ >ŝĂŶLJ ůďĂ ƌƌŽLJŽ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶƐ WŽůŝĐLJ WƌŽũĞĐƚ KZ> ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟǀĞ ĞĚŝƚƐ <Ăƌŝ ELJĞ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ĚŝƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĞĚŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ZŽĚƌŝŐŽ ůǀĂƌĞnj DƵŹŽnj 'ƌĂƉŚŝĐ ĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ dŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ 'ŽŶnjĂůĞnj ǁŚŽ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ Ώ dŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ĞĂƌůLJ ĐĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ Ăůů ƉƵďůŝĐĂůůLJ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ĞĂƌůLJ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĨŽƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂŐĞƐ njĞƌŽ ƚŽ ĮǀĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ,ĞĂĚ ^ƚĂƌƚ ĂƌůLJ ,ĞĂĚ ^ƚĂƌƚ ƐƚĂƚĞͲĨƵŶĚĞĚ ƉƌĞƐĐŚŽŽů ĐŚŝůĚ ĐĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĐŚŝůĚ ĐĂƌĞ ŚŽŵĞƐ ΐ dŚĞ ƚĞƌŵƐ ,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐ ĂŶĚ >ĂƟŶŽ ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĐŚĂŶŐĞĂďůLJ ďLJ ƚŚĞ h^ ĞŶƐƵƐ ƵƌĞĂƵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĨĞƌ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐŽŶƐ ŽĨ DĞdžŝĐĂŶ WƵĞƌƚŽ ZŝĐĂŶ ƵďĂŶ ĞŶƚƌĂů ĂŶĚ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŽŵŝŶŝĐĂŶ ^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐ ĚĞƐĐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĂLJ ďĞ ŽĨ ĂŶLJ ƌĂĐĞ Α dŚĞ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ůĞĂƌŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚͲŶŐůŝƐŚͲƉƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĐŚĂŶŐĞĂďůLJ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJ ƉĞƌƐŽŶƐ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŶĂƟǀĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŽƐĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ Žƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŵĂLJ ŚŝŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŝŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ

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Responding to the Needs of Young Latino Children: State Efforts to Build Comprehensive Early Learning SystemsBy  Erika  Beltran*

INTRODUCTION  †  

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standards  and  to  address  issues  of  professional  

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SETTING  THE  CONTEXT:    ECE  FEDERAL  POLICY  LANDSCAPE

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Early  Learning  Challenge  Fund

State  Early  Childhood  Advisory  Councils

 Access  to  ECE  by:

 

 Quality  of  ECE  by:

and  career  plan  for  early  care  and  

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 Quality  Pathways  Grants:  

many  states  are  approved  for  Quality  

 

 Development  Grants

 

MEETING  THE  NEEDS  OF  LATINO  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILIES

 

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KEY  FINDINGS:    STATE  PROGRESS  TOWARD  BUILDING  RESPONSIVE  EARLY  LEARNING  SYSTEMS

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 ELL  Inclusion  in  State  Early  Learning  Standards

 Most  state  early  learning  standards  lack  benchmarks  for  ELLs

 

 

 Standards  were  developed  with  limited  

 

 

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 States  lack  the  resources  to  develop  more  comprehensive  early  learning  standards

 

 English-­‐only  states  struggle  to  develop  

early  learning  standards  that  align  with  K–12  standards

 

 

Comprehensive  Systems  of  Professional  Development  

 Few  states  are  responsive  to  the  needs  

build  inclusive  professional  development  and  training  systems

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 Core  competencies  for  educators  have  

 

 design  culturally  competent  professional  development  systems

 

 Lack  of  state-­‐level  resources  limits  the  

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 States  provide  only  limited  ECE  training  in  languages  other  than  English

 

 blurred  the  picture  of  states'  ECE  training  needs

 

 

 

POLICY  RECOMMENDATIONS

 

 Early  Learning  Challenge  Fund:    

Policymakers

 

 

 

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 Require  states  to  develop  early  learning  guidelines  that  take  into  account  the  

benchmarks  related  to  English-­‐language  development

 

 Require  that  states  create  pathways  

their  professional  development  plan

 

 

3221,  include  experts  who  can  provide  

development  of  early  learning  standards  for  ELLs

 

 Provide  technical  assistance  to  states  based  

 

Early  Learning  Standards:    

Councils

 

 community  to  improve  early  learning  standards

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 Use  Council  workgroups  to  examine  and    

 

Professional  Development:    

Councils

 Establish  a  strong  infrastructure  in  states  

 

 

diverse  educators

 

 

the  professional  development  of  the  ECE  workforce

 

CONCLUSION

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Endnotes