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Bay Area Regional QRIS Partnership

Bay Area Regional QRIS Partnership. Bay Area First 5 February 27, 2013. Race to The Top-Early Learning Challenge Grant. 9 States Received a total of $500 million Funding Increase the number of low-income and disadvantaged children in high quality early learning programs

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Bay Area Regional QRIS Partnership

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  1. Bay Area Regional QRIS Partnership Bay Area First 5 February 27, 2013

  2. Race to The Top-Early Learning Challenge Grant • 9 States Received a total of $500 million Funding • Increase the number of low-income and disadvantaged children in high quality early learning programs • Design and implement systems integrating early education, developmental screening, early mental health, health insurance, etc.

  3. Quality Rating & Improvement Systems (QRIS) • A tiered rating systembased on programs meeting specific standards with requirements that increase as programs move up. • Training and support for programs to assess and improve the quality of their program. • Information for parentsto help make early learning program choices.

  4. Race to The Top in California • CA received $52.6 million • Jan 2012-Dec 2015 • 75% of funds to 17 local consortia* • 16 counties with 1.9 million children under 5 • Focus on local QRISs • *2 in Los Angeles

  5. Quality Rating and Improvement • Five-tier rating system based on 7 elements: • Child assessment and observation • Developmental and health screening • Teacher qualifications • Teacher-child interactions • Ratios and group size • Program environment • Director qualifications

  6. Alameda Contra Costa San Francisco Santa Clara Santa Cruz Future participating counties: Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, San Mateo, Monterey, San Benito RTT in the Bay Area

  7. Vision for a Regional Approach A Bay Area approach to developing and implementing an early childhood Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) will allow for efficient use of resources, consistent communication and a common framework for bringing the QRIS to scale region-wide.

  8. Young Children in the Bay Area RTT Pilot Counties • 406,859 children birth through age 5live in the BAQRIS counties • 49,526 are considered to be high need according to county RTT action plans

  9. Bay Area Diversity in the Child Population

  10. Targeted Bay Area Reach through RTT-ELC By December 2015-- 16,751 children will be served in RTT sites 433 programs will be supported to improve their quality

  11. Bay Area QRIS • Not just rating, but quality improvement • Children of highest need receive high-quality early learning. • Early learning 0-5, including infants, toddlers and preschoolers

  12. The Opportunity • Build a foundation for a regional QRIS that that will raise the bar on quality for early learning programs throughout the Bay Area • Provide pathways for professional development • Use QRIS as a framework for systems change and reform • Bring on partners for long-term, high impact change

  13. Bay Area QRIS • Help us to ensure that children with high needs are receiving high quality early care and education. • Contact: • Laurel Kloomok, F5 San Francisco, laurel@first5sf.org • Sean Casey, F5 Contra Costa, scasey@first5cc.org • Mark Friedman, F5 Alameda, mark.friedman@first5ecc.org • Jolene Smith, F5 Santa Clara, jolene@first5kids.org • Angela Cline, F5 Santa Cruz, acline@first5scc.org

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