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QRIS/QDC Field Test Design Committee Recommendations

QRIS/QDC Field Test Design Committee Recommendations. May 25, 2011. Purpose. The purpose of our session today is to provide an overview of the Child Care and Early Education reform efforts in Michigan as part of the Great Start System.

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QRIS/QDC Field Test Design Committee Recommendations

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  1. QRIS/QDC Field Test DesignCommittee Recommendations May 25, 2011

  2. Purpose The purpose of our session today is to provide an overview of the Child Care and Early Education reform efforts in Michigan as part of the Great Start System. • Through the reform, Michigan expanded its partnerships with state departments, public and private organizations, and non-traditional partners. • We will discuss the process leading to reform, and challenges to creating change

  3. Agenda • Great Start Overview • Summary of Process Leading to Change • Challenges and Barriers to Change • Partners and Partnerships that Resulted • Question and Answer

  4. What is Great Start? • Great Start is a coordinated system of public and private community supports and resources for families of young children. • Community is the key to Michigan’s network. • Great Start Collaboratives • Great Start Parent Coalitions • Great Start Regional Child Care Resource Centers

  5. Great Start Collaboratives • 54 Great Start Collaboratives • Early childhood system components at the local level • Common intake form • Realignment of resources • Increase in local funding

  6. Great Start Parent Coalitions • 70 Great Start Coalitions • Bring and ensure the parent voice in the local system building efforts • Coordinated statewide parent voice • Star Power • 12,000 advocates

  7. Great Start Regional Child Care Resource Centers • 9 Regional Resource Centers • Coordinate workforce development, training, and resources for licensed and unlicensed providers • Regional Child Care Quality Improvement Plans • Support families to understand, search for, and secure high quality early learning and care

  8. Child Care and Early Education Coordination of resources and supports also happens at the state level. • Policy • Boilerplate Language • Professional Development System • Quality Rating and Improvement System/Quality Development Continuum (QRIS/QDC) • Wilder Study • Economic Impact Study • Advocacy

  9. 2003: The Non-System Categorical, highly targeted programs; Limited alignment or coordination; No shared outcomes or accountability. Maternal & Child Health Child Care Early Education Children’s Mental Health Parenting Information & Education Basic Needs & Child Safety STATE-LEVEL COUNTY LEVEL Multi 4C & DHS ISD CMH Multi. DHS COMMUNITY LEVEL

  10. 2005: The Vision A community-based early childhood system; Shared results; Shared accountability & continuous improvement; Parents in leadership roles; Programs aligned, coordinated and/or linked in service to families Maternal & Child Health Child Care Early Education Children’s Mental Health Parenting Information & Education Basic Needs & Child Safety STATE-LEVEL Children’s Cabinet & ECIC Executive Committee COUNTY LEVEL HC CC EE MH Mlt. DHS Great Start Collaborative COMMUNITY-BASED GREAT START SYSTEM

  11. Reform Process • Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) • Head Start State Collaboration Office at ECIC • Great Start Collaboratives and Parent Coalitions • Shared Agenda – A Great Start for every child in Michigan; safe, healthy and eager to succeed in school and in life. • Michigan Economy – Budget Cuts • Great Start Quality Program

  12. Challenges • Silos • Resistance to change – at the state level and community support for continued programs and services to continue without change • History • Program Restrictions • Departmental Policy • Boilerplate Language • Data Systems

  13. Partners • Michigan Department of Education • Michigan Department of Human Service • Head Start State Collaboration Office • Department of Community Health • Child Care Licensing • Michigan Association of United Ways • Michigan Chamber Association • PNC Bank • Governor’s Office • Institutions for Higher Education • Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children • Michigan Chapter – American Academy of Pediatrics • Michigan Council of Foundations • Others

  14. Partnerships • Great Start Child Care Quality Program • Head Start State Collaboration Office • Early Learning Advisory Council • Curriculum Review Advisory Council • Project ReImagine Early Years • IMIL/CSEFEL • Oral Health • Scholarships • Great Start CONNECT • Joint Recruitment and Enrollment

  15. Supporting Partnerships • Home Visitation • CCDF State Plan • Market Rate Survey • Expanding Opportunities • Community Readiness Needs Assessment for State Pre-K • Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

  16. Great Start Quality Child Care Program • 9 Regional Resource Centers • Great Start CONNECT • CONNECT Resource Center • T.E.A.C.H. • QRIS/QDC

  17. Head Start Collaboration Office • Ten Federal Priority Areas • Five Required Activities & Relation to Great Start • Alignment with Great Start

  18. Early Learning Advisory Council • Quality Rating and Improvement • Inclusion White Paper • Reach and Risk Report • Data Collection System • Professional Development System • Early Learning Standards (P-8) • Anticipate Outcomes

  19. Curriculum Review Advisory Council • Set Guidelines for Approving Training and Trainers • Development aligned with Core Knowledge and Core Competencies, Early Learning Standards, and QRIS/QDC

  20. Project ReImagine Early Years • Collaboration of efforts and funding • An opportunity for extending the federally funded Project ReImagine grants in local school districts to include a focus on early childhood • Early Years portion funded through Kellogg

  21. IMIL/CSEFEL • Expansion of training capacity • Integration of IMIL in Pre-K and Child Care • Connections to components of Great Start System

  22. Oral Health • Head Start Dental Home Initiative • Statewide Oral Health Baseline Study • Oral Health ACCESS Committee and Report • Department of Community Health Partnership

  23. Scholarships • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds offered and opportunity to support three year olds. • Great Start Collaboratives • Matching funds • Transition plan for four year old year of early learning • Regional Resource Centers

  24. Great Start CONNECT

  25. Joint Recruitment & Enrollment • Focus on enrollment processes between Head Start and State Pre-K (Great Start Readiness Program) • Role of Great Start System & Accountability • Inclusion of Early Childhood Special Education and Child Care • Connected initiatives built upon project

  26. Data Integration • Next Step for Partnerships – working within and across departments to align data collected, reported, and utilized

  27. Office of Great Start • Governor Snyder will be creating an Office of Great Start – Early Childhood, by Executive Order. • The Office of Great Start brings together the 84 early childhood funding streams. • First Step – combining the Office of Child Development and Care (DHS) and Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services (MDE)

  28. Questions

  29. Contact Information Early Childhood Investment Corporation 517-371-9000 www.greatstartforkids.org Karen Roback Jeremy Reuter kroback@ecic4kids.orgjreuter@ecic4kids.org

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