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EEC Board Meeting June 11, 2013

EEC Board Meeting June 11, 2013. Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC). RTT-ELC Grant Overview. $50 million awarded for the Massachusetts Early Learning Plan from 2012 to 2015

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EEC Board Meeting June 11, 2013

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  1. EEC Board MeetingJune 11, 2013 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC)

  2. RTT-ELC Grant Overview • $50 million awarded for the Massachusetts Early Learning Plan from 2012 to 2015 • Funding to accelerate EEC’s existing work and start new initiatives that build on MA’s comprehensive early education system • 12 RTT-ELC Projects in Program Quality, Educator Quality, Screening & Assessment, Family & Community Engagement, and Infrastructure

  3. RTT-ELC Grant Funding for EEC’s priority areas (over four years): • Program Quality: $14,968,578 • Educator Quality: $10,449,375 • Screening & Assessments: $5,743,068 • Family & Community Engagement: $7,870,004 • Infrastructure: $10,968,974

  4. Program Quality: $14,968,578 • QRIS program improvement grants • Multilingual translation of QRIS and early learning standards • English language development standards • Business planning course • Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) online courses • Scholarships for educators in QRIS programs • QRIS health advisors • QRIS validation study

  5. Educator Quality: $10,449,375 • Early Educators Fellowship Institute • Post-master’s certificate in Early Education Research, Policy and Leadership • Media partnership with WGBH to create early learning resources for educators and parents Readiness Centers • Analysis of professional development data • Validation study of educator competencies • Higher education for educators who are English language learners • Peer assistance and coaching • Exceptional Educator and Exceptional Instructional Leader Award • Brain Building in Progress

  6. Screening & Assessment: $5,743,068 • Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) toolkits and trainings to help parents learn about child development • Formative assessment tools for public school teachers in MKEA • Development of a common metric based on assessment data

  7. Family & Community Engagement: $7,870,004 • Partnership with museums and libraries • Birth to Grade Three strategy development • Financial education for families • Family and adult literacy • Brazelton Touchpoints training • Media partnership with WGBH to create early learning resources for educators and parents

  8. Infrastructure: $10,968,974 • Development of an Early Childhood Information System (ECIS) • Interagency partnerships funded with RTT-ELC and state funds: • Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) • Department of Higher Education (DHE) • Department of Public Health (DPH) • Department of Children and Families (DCF) • Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) • Department of Mental Health (DMH) • Office of Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) • Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) • The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) • EEC staffing and administration

  9. RTT-ELC Performance Measures • Performance Measure B2c • Increasing the # and % of various early learning and development programs participating in QRIS • Performance Measure B4c1 • Increasing the # and % of early learning and development programs in the top tiers of QRIS • Performance Measure B4c2 • Increasing the # and % of high needs children enrolled in programs that are in the top tiers of QRIS • Performance Measure D2d1 • Increasing the # of early childhood educators receiving credentials from post secondary institutions and professional development providers aligned with EEC Core Competencies • Performance Measure D2d2 • Increasing the # and % of early childhood educators who are progressing to higher levels of credentials

  10. Increasing the # and % of various early learning and development programs participating in QRIS

  11. Increasing the # and % of early learning and development programs in the top tiers of QRIS

  12. Increasing the # and % of high needs children enrolled in programs that are in the top tiers of QRIS

  13. Increasing the # of early childhood educators receiving credentials from post secondary institutions and professional development providers aligned with EEC Core Competencies

  14. Increasing the # and % of early childhood educators who are progressing to higher levels of credentials

  15. RTT-ELC Moving Forward • 2013 State Leadership Retreat in September • Assessing progress of RTT-ELC implementation • Sustaining RTT-ELC funded activities beyond 2015 Comments? Questions?

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