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Looking Forward, Looking BackJanuary 9, 2014
Community Early Childhood CouncilsAgenda
• Race to the Top (RTT) Overview• RTT Requirements• Context• History• KY All-STARS Plan
• Moving Forward • Strengthening Families• Toyota bornlearning® Academies• Professional Development
KY All StarsRace to the Top – Early Learning Challenge
Requirements
• Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (TQRIS) – Includes all programs
• Enhanced Family Engagement
• Robust Professional Development
• Longitudinal Data Systems (LDS)
Building on Past Successes
KY’s Long History of Early supporting Early Childhood Development
1990Kentucky EducationReform Act (KERA)
2001STARS for KIDS NOW
KIDS NOW Scholarships
2000KIDS NOW!
2003KY Early Childhood Standards
2005Continuous AssessmentGuide (CAG)
2013
2004ParentGuides
Race to the TopEarly Learning
Challenge
A New Business Model
Children Enter Kindergarten Ready
High Quality Early Learning
EnvironmentsSupportive Families
Access to Data for Community
Planning
Participation in STARS
A great early childhood workforce
Families understand child health and
developmental needs
Common Kindergarten
Entry Screener
Scholarships & PD Plans
Families are engaged
Children have access to
appropriate services
Data is shared by early
childhood programs
A New Business Model
Renewed Emphasis on Families and Data
•Half of all kids not in organized settings
•Toyota bornlearning® Academies
•CECC’s expand engaging families
• Interest in Strengthening Families
•Monthly messages
•Longitudinal Data Systems (LDS)
Our Theory of Change
All children deserve access to high quality early care and education programs
All parents deserve to know the quality of care their children are receiving
If all children have the benefit of high quality care, more children will arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed!
• Expanded Rating System and system of rewards
• Expansion of Toyota bornlearning® Academies
• Integration of Strengthening Families
• Enhanced Professional Development
• Integration of PD Registry
• Expansion of the Longitudinal Data System
KY All Stars: Our Proposal
STARS For KIDS Now (Current System)• Evaluated by Child Trends in 2011• 2011-12 3rd Party Evaluation• STARS workgroup of the ECAC
The Foundation for our Recommendations
Opportunities for Enhancement• Enhance Family Engagement practices and
measurement• Emphasize quality of adult-child interaction• Use early childhood standards as foundation• Promote screening and assessment• Promote continuous improvement and PD• Transparent and meaningful to parents
Required Elements of RTT-EL• Inclusive of Head Start, Preschool and Childcare• More high needs children in high quality
programs
Kentucky’s QRIS Proposal includes
• One Set of Standards for all programs• Five STARS with licensing as 1 STAR• Indicators vary by program type
• Licensed Childcare• Type 1• Type 2• Certified Homes
• Head Start/Early Head Start• School-based preschool• Registered providers*
* Registered providers will have a path to quality
Kentucky’s Proposal (cont.)
• All programs in the expanded system by 2017
• Enhanced training and technical support (aligned with priority areas)
• Graduated system of rewards based on Quality Rating
• Mandatory display of rating at all locations
• PD Monitored through ECE-TRIS (including Pre-K)
Kentucky’s Highest Priority …
93%of grant fu
nds will
support enhancement and
expansion of STARS
KY All Stars
Supports for Engaging Families
• Strengthening Families• Embedded in the TQRIS• All programs that work with at-risk • families• CECC Learning Circles
• Expansion of Toyota bornlearning® Academies• Enhanced communications to parents• Development of E-tools
Professional Development
• Leveraging the current system• Focused on priority areas• Expansion of ECE-TRIS
KY All Stars
Providing Data• Continue to incorporate Early childhood data in
the KY longitudinal data system• Integration of the training registry• Enhanced Early Childhood Profiles• Expanded analysis of Kindergarten entry screen
data• Validation of the QRIS
KY All StarsImplications for CECCs
Toyota bornlearning® AcademyRecruit parentsPromote awareness in the communitySupport FRYSCs
Strengthening FamiliesTraining for CECCsTraining for providersPromote use across State
KY Early Childhood StandardsTraining for ProvidersPromote effective use in environments
Enhanced PDBased on priority areas
Provide provider training Supported by RFA process
Expanded TQRISAll providers included (no promotion)
Supporting quality Raising awareness with parents
Continuing the TrendActivity Summary 2010-11 to Current
FY 2010-11
FY 2012-13
FY 2011-12
Questions and Discussion
Upcoming Events:
Next Webinar: Building Your Council Communication PlanFebruary 13, 2014 at 2:00 pm est.
Regional Trainings: 2014 Request for Application TrainingsDate TBD Times TBD
Always keep an eye out for our CECC Newsletter for tricks of the trade, upcoming events, and other information for your CECC.
Kentucky’s premier professional learning opportunity
for early childhood professionals & advocates
June16-18, 2014Galt House Hotel - Louisville, Ky.
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