Building an Infrastructure for Quality

1. Building an Infrastructure for Quality An Inventory of ECE and OST Facilities in Massachusetts

2. Facilities Inventory Advisory • Dianne Bruce, Edward Street Child Services • Lesley Christian, Crispus Attucks Children’s Center • Maryellen Coffey, BOSTnet • Joanne Gravell, Family Services of Central MA • Marta Gredler, DELTAS, Boston Public Schools • Kimberly Haskins, Barr Foundation • Deborah Hughes, Brookview House, Inc. • Steven Kenney, N.B. Kenney Co., Inc. • Michael Lindstrom, Horizons Design – Michael Lindstrom Associates Architects • David McGrath, MA Department of Early Education and Care • Ophelia Navarro, Boston EQUIP, a program of Associated Early Care and Education • Carolyn O’Brien, Thrive in 5 • Amy O’Leary, Strategies for Children, Early Education for All Campaign • Dora Robinson, United Way of the Pioneer Valley • Yvette Rodriguez, ABCD Head Start • Jason Sachs, Early Childhood Department, Boston Public Schools • Christopher J. Smith, Boston After School and Beyond • Carl Sussman, Sussman Associates • David VanderWoude, Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership • Pat Xavier, Boston Alliance for Early Education • Corey Zimmerman, United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley

3. The Program Facilities Standards 1. Inspections 2. Site location, orientation 3. Vehicular access & parking 4. Building entry 5. Building envelope &mechanical systems 6. Child activity space 7. Adult work space 8. Support space 9. Environmental health 10. Outdoor space

4. Comprehensive • Assessed the built environment: • building envelope and systems, • vehicular access and parking areas, • the building entry, • child activity spaces/classrooms, • administrative and support areas, and • outdoor space.

5. Inventory Protocol • Inventory Tool • Regulatory Standards: 76 items • Professional Standards: 60 items • Best Practices Standards: 132 items • Program Visit • Visual inspection by On-Site Insight • Supplemental documentation • Program information survey

6. The Findings in Context • Quality Enhancement Efforts • QRIS implementation • Educator Scholarships • Act Relative to the Achievement Gap • Governor’s Education Agenda 2011 • Every child reading at grade level by 3rd grade • Healthy platform for education • Education system that meets each student, particularly English Language Learners, where they are • Preparation for college and career success.

7. Concurrent Efforts • Brain Building in Progress • Partnership for American Economic Success • Early Educators Compensation Reform • Strategies for Children/Early Education for All • Summit on Early Childhood: Investment in our Future with Mass chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics • Talk/Read/Succeed in Springfield • Early Learning Leadership Advisory Council in Worcester

8. Reading at Grade Level: Acoustics & Daylight

9. Healthy Platform for Education: IAQ, Handwashing

10. Healthy Outdoor Space

11. Professional Workspace

12. Building an Infrastructure for Quality • Released report: Federal Reserve Bank in October • Five Regional Meetings • Worcester • Springfield • Fall River • Metro Boston • Reading • Outreach to public officials • Realization that providers cannot fund capital improvements from their operating budgets

13. Capital Funding in Other States

14. Recommendations Address Hazardous Conditions Build Partnerships with Utility Companies Leverage Community-Development Resources Leverage the Focus on Quality Improvement Identify a Public Capital Funding Source

15. Thank You “Everyone needs a place that is furnished with Hope” -- Maya Angelou