Puget Sound ESD ECEAP Program Overview 2013

1. Puget Sound ESD ECEAPProgram Overview 2013

2. Our Region • King County • 873 ECEAP • 1,373 Head Start • 42 Early Head Start • Total served by both programs - 2,288 Pierce County 1,471 ECEAP 423 Head Start 141 Early Head Start Total served by both programs - 2,035

3. Puget Sound ESD Regional Service Delivery, Planning, Coordination, Training, Technical Assistance, Grant Development & Grants Management

4. Primary Home Language (as of 12/6/13)

5. Race(as of 12/6/13)

7. Regional Comprehensive Service Delivery • P-3 Alignment and Support • School Readiness Goals • Content-Based Teaching • Instruction • Educational Leadership • Professional Learning • Core EL Curricula • Educational Equity • Interpretation/Translation Services • Data Systems • Assessment • Parent, Families, and Communities Engagement • Health Services • Nutrition Services • Special Services including DLL • Governance System, Policy and Advocacy and Interagency Relations • Monitoring and Self Assessment • Fiscal and Operations • EL Projects and Grants

8. Early Learning Head Start & Early Head Start ECEAP P-3Alignment & Support: SR Goals Content-Based Teaching Instruction Ed. Leadership Professional Learning (MERIT) Core EL Curricula Educational Equity Interpretation/Translation Services Data Systems Assessment Parent, Families, and Communities Engagement Health Services Nutrition Services Special Services including DLL Governance System, Policy and Advocacy Interagency Relations Monitoring & Self Assessment Fiscal & Operations Educare & Platform for Change Native American Program P-3 Math EL Projects & Grants Fee for Service State Communication ELMS Expansion Reporting Budget Region X Communication Child Plus Expansion Reporting Budget Direct Services

9. Coordination • Alignment • Integration Existing separately, Communicating Separate but acting similarly and headed in the same direction Functioning as one

10. BE SERVICE FOCUSED – Our Role as a Program (Grantee/Contractor) • Develop systems to support subcontractors to provide equitable EL education and quality EL services through: • Contractual relationships • Professional learning • Technical Assistance • Monitoring • Other support systems

11. Reorganization GOAL • Support elimination of the opportunity gap by: • Streamlining early learning services • Building capacity for supporting regional prenatal to third grade system • Ensuring school readiness for all children and families

12. EL P-3 System Elements & Functions Luba, Claire, Gene Instruction Core Content-based Social emotional Ed. Leadership Instruction Content Data Curricula Methodology Assessment Ed. Equity & CC Etc. planning & resources Direct Services Educare, Highline HS, WCCW, EHS Professional Learning ESD Site Classroom Kay Continuous Quality Improvement Contracting Monitoring Risk Assessment P-3 Practice Talena Special Services MH Disabilities DLL Luba Leslie Gene Directors Anne Assessment Process Family Child Classroom Site Program SR Goals Process Family Child Classroom Site Program Data Process Collecting Analyzing Sharing Coaching Quality Control ERSEA Process Eligibility Selection Enrollment Recruitment Attendance Nathalie Verda Parents as Educators, Leaders, and Advocates Claire & Jennifer planning & resources Directors Governance System Parent, Family, Community, School Engagement Jennifer Health & Nutrition Leslie Luba Claire Gene Anne Talena Whole Child Approach Kay Educational Equity, Cultural Competency (ERSEA) Verda Sharon Cheryl Infrastructure: fiscal, operations, communications, program support, IT, self assessment, program review, etc.

13. Regional Approach – Why? • Opportunity Gap • Educational Equity • Quality of Services • Program’s Role and Responsibilities • Community Engagement • Subcontractor Relationships • Differentiation • Individualization

15. School Readiness Approach • Children are ready for school • Families are ready to support their children’s learning • Schools are ready for children

16. Program Models • Class 3 - 4 days/week, 2.5 - 3 hours/day • Class 2 days/week, 5 hours/day • Child Care Integration • Blended classes

17. Culturally diverse Community supports are formal and informal (military, tribal, cultural groups, faith-based) Most families are working Impacted by current economic climate Continued challenges for undocumented families Transitions are impactful and important Barriers to accessing employment, training, adult education needed to find living wage jobs Lack of resources in rural communities Difficulty finding affordable housing and child care FAMILIES & COMMUNITY…What we know JJ

18. Opportunity gap exists as children enter ECEAP Multiple languages spoken in classrooms Limited exposure to group learning settings Need skill building in all areas of development Need for meaningful and relevant learning experiences Prevalence of behavior concerns Increase in chronic health conditions Transitions are impactful CHILDREN… What we know

19. PROGRAM STAFF… What we know • Diversity of staff is increasing • Variety of professional development levels • Challenge to manage time with children and families and time in planning and documenting given the level of funding currently available f0r positions • Working within a variety of schools, agencies and organizational systems • Additional skills are needed to work with children and families with complex needs • Continued support and resources are needed to work with children and families from diverse cultures • Additional professional learning around school readiness and school readiness goals is needed to support better outcomes for our children

20. Health, Safety, Mental Health & Nutrition • “Healthy Children are Healthy Learners” • Health Services: • Nurse Consultant Model • ESD Help Line for Support • Health/Safety monitoring • Nutrition Services: • USDA Programs • RD/Menu Review • Relationships with Foodservice • Mental Health Services: • Consultants • Classroom/Families 

21. Education • School Readiness Goals: Program wide SR goals for the 5 essential domains, with service area objectives/activities to support goal attainment • Instruction: Support SR goals through core curricula, content-based teaching, & differentiated instruction to support educational equity (e.g., Creative Curriculum, 2nd Step, GLAD strategies, Bilingual Instructional Assistants, Additional person in CR, etc.) • Supports to Sites: Regional teams support educational leaders; coaching cadre provide TA & focused coaching (content area, data coaching, instructional support & more) • Use of Data: GOLD, CLASS, attendance, health data, etc., used to support SR goal attainment. PD at classroom, site, region, ESD levels

22. Family Support, Engagement & Involvement - School Readiness • Focus on relationship between family engagement and school readiness • Family wellbeing • Families as lifelong educators to children • Families as learners • Families in: • the community • schools • transition

23. Human Resources • Subcontractors do their own hiring and manage their own staff and provide documentation of system compliance to PSESD • Provided with policies and procedures to guide their processes • PSESD ECEAP monitors compliance of site staff qualifications and training requirements • Puget Sound ESD provides HR services for ECEAP staff employed by the ESD

24. PSESD Budgeting • Sub-contractor funds based on per child & per site allocation • Non-school districts receive $4,974 per child and $1,000 per site • School districts receive $4,772 per child and $1,000 per site • Subcontractors are reimbursed on a claim for reimbursement basis TD

25. PSESD ECEAP $$ at Work • ESD maintains and distributes regional program support funds • Special Funds (distributed by Policy Council) • Additional classroom staff • Interpreters and Language Line • Medical/Dental Funds • Counseling Funds • Parent Leadership • One-Time Funds CP

26. PSESD ECEAP $$ at Work • PSESD funds provide program-wide services • Policy Council • HSAC • Content specialists • Program-wide professional learning • Translations, Survival Words and CDs • PAD, Early Learning Connector E-Newsletter • Parent Professional Development activities • Supplemental materials for sites CP

27. PSESD ECEAP $$ at Work • PSESD obtains and manages grants and contracts to support ECEAP centers • USDA CACFP covers all meals not covered by subcontractor contracts • Parent professional development grants and contracts (e.g. Bus Driver Training, Road to Independence Work First Van Program)

28. Community Partnerships • Arts Impact/PSESD Arts Education • Center for Career and Educational Results (CCER) • Child Care Aware • Child Welfare • Children’s Home Society • Children’s Museum • Early Achievers • First Five Fundamentals • Gates Foundation • Kent Youth and Family Services • King County Housing Authority • Pierce County Linkages • Multicare Mary Bridge • Pierce County Juvenile Court • Pierce County Library • Renton Pediatric Associates • SeaMar • Seattle/King County Public Health • Smile Partners • SOAR • Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department • Tooth Fairies • Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP

29. Professional Learning

30. Professional Learning Variety of Modalities • Site/program/regional • Group trainings • Online classes • PLCs • Video & webinars TD

31. Professional LearningREQUIRED TRAININGS • New Staff Training Food Worker Card • Second Step • Talking About Touching • Health Screening • DEL Program Standards • First Aid/CPR • Medication Administration • Universal Precautions/ Bloodborne Pathogens • GOLD • ELMS • Child Abuse & Neglect • All Hazard Preparedness • Limited Restraint

32. Supporting Diverse Programs • CD’s for staff with common words in various languages • Interpreters • Bilingual Assistants • Language Line • Translated forms and materials • Children and parent library books in various languages

33. Any ECEAP, HS, EHS Parents ECEAP, HS, EHS WorkFirst Parents Internal Opportunities Training • Interpreter • Bus Driver Peer Leadership • Peer Health • Peer Literacy External Opportunities • Road to Independence Van Program Parent Professional Development

34. Transportation • Located in Pacific, Washington • Mostly part-time staff made up of 24 school transportation professionals • Serve approximately 230 Head Start and 500 ECEAP student each day to and from: • Highline Head Start (HS) • Kent Youth and Family Services (HS & ECEAP) • Pierce County Community Connections (ECEAP) • Bates Technical College (ECEAP • Denise Louie Education Center (HS)

35. Road To Independence Van Program • Since February 2002 • Goal: provide transportation and enhanced mobility to eligible riders in North Pierce and South King counties • Grant funded program offering no cost transportation options • Also offers eligible Community Jobs/WorkFirst participants job training and employment related transportation services

36. Family Advocacy & Leadership Opportunities • Policy Council • Advocacy Day • ESD Board of Directors • HSAC • WSA (Parent Ambassadors) • Site Parent Groups • Parent Professional Development • Parent Leadership/Born Leaders

37. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SHARE OUR PROGRAM! We hope this gave you an overview of PSESD’s Early Learning approach as well as an overview of PSESD ECEAP • Questions? • Wonders? • Clarifications? We’d be glad to answer them!