Ventura County Quality Rating and Improvement System QRIS

1. Ventura County Quality Rating and Improvement SystemQRIS Picture here “Commitment to Quality Education for All”

2. Early Learning Quality Initiatives CARES & AB212 Stipend Projects 2000 2004 Preschool for All (PfA) Planning 2005 PfA Implementation begins in 9 counties with funding from First 5 2006 PfA Implementation begins in Hueneme School District 2008 Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) Planning begins Blending of CARES/AB212 Stipend Project

3. QRIS delivered to Governor PfA Expands to Ocean View School District Countywide Environment Rating Scale (ERS) 2010 Race to the Top (RTT) funding awarded to CA F5 CA extends PfA funding for 3 years as Child Signature Program (CSP) QRIS Pilot begins in Ventura County CARES Plus expanded 2011 2012- 2015 State & Local QRIS Implementation

7. California Race to the Top Vision All Children will thrive in early learning programs, be ready for kindergarten, and be proficient in third grade. • Building a high-quality early learning system • Connecting early learning work with K-12 • Increasing access to quality programs • Providing comprehensive support for the development of the whole child

12. Early Learning System (ELS)

13. QRIS Assessments • Classroom Assessments • Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) • Environment Rating Scale (ERS) • DRDP Parent Survey • Child Assessments • Developmental Profile (DRDP-2010) • Ages and Stages Developmental Screening

14. Classroom Assessments

15. Child Assessments

16. The California Early Childhood Educator Competencies describe the knowledge, skills and dispositions that early childhood educators need in order to provide high quality early care and education to young children and their families.

17. What Does QRIS Implementation look like in Ventura County . . .

18. First 5 Ventura, First 5 CA, US Department of Education RTT CSP 2 CSP 1 • Location • Hueneme & Ocean View (13 locations) • Classroom Type • PreK & Infant/Toddler • Center-based • Assessments • QRIS Matrix • ERS (annual in the fall) • CLASS (annual in the spring) • CSP 1 Matrix • Supports • On-Site TA • Targeted Training • Action Plans • Countywide Training • ECE Stipend Project • Resources • Early Education • Effectiveness Exchange (E4) • Location • Countywide (34 locations) • Classroom Type • Pre-K & Infant/Toddler • Center-based • Assessments • QRIS Matrix • ERS (as needed) • CLASS (as needed) • Readiness Assessment • Supports • On-Site TA • Targeted Training • Action Plans • Countywide Training • ECE Stipend Project • Resources • Early Education • Effectiveness Exchange (E4) • Location • Countywide (54 locations) • Classroom Type • Pre-K & Infant/Toddler • Center-based • Family Child Care • Assessments • QRIS Matrix • ERS (as needed) • CLASS (as needed) • Supports • On-Site TA • Targeted Training • Action Plans • Countywide Training • ECE Stipend Project • Resources

19. QRIS Implementation

20. Environmental Rating Scale (ERS) • 2011-2012 • 51 pre-k classrooms were assessed • overall average score was 5.54 • 2012-2013 • 56 pre-k and toddler classrooms were assessed • overall average score 6.19 for pre-k classrooms • overall average score 5.69 for toddler classrooms

21. Classroom Assessment Scoring System(CLASS) • 2011-2012 • 19 pre-k classrooms were assessed • overall average scores: • Emotional Support 6.32 • Classroom Organization 5.82 • Instructional Support 3.02 • 2012-2013 • 49 pre-k and toddler classrooms were assessed • overall average scores for pre-k classrooms in three domains: • Emotional Support 6.55 • Classroom Organization 5.88 • Instructional support 4.41 • overall average for toddler classrooms in two domains: • Emotional and Behavioral Support was 6.60 • Engaged Support for learning 4.46

22. VCOE Technical Assistance Specialist Protocol

23. VCOE Professional Development • VCOE and our implementation partners offer trainings by highly qualified facilitators: • Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) • California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN) • Teaching Pyramid, DRDP, Inclusion (WestEd) • Ventura College • California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) • Early Education Effectiveness Exchange (E4)

26. Core III: Program & Environment Family Engagement & Family Strengthening Five Protective Factors Supported By Triple P & Teaching Pyramid

27. Five Protective Factors Protective Factors Levers Strategies Results Community and multi-system leaders act to build sustainable infrastructure through key levers for change: Community programs and worker practice consistently: Families and communities build protective factors that also promote positive outcomes: • Facilitate friendships and mutual support • Strengthen parenting • Respond to family crises • Link families to services and opportunities • Value and support parents • Further children’s social and emotional development • Observe and respond to early warning signs of abuse and neglect • Parent resilience • Social connections • Knowledge of parenting and child development • Concrete support in times of need • Social and emotional competence of children • Strengthened families • Optimal child development • Reduced child abuse & neglect • Parent Partnerships • Policy/Systems • Professional Development

28. The Teaching Pyramid

29. Positive ParentingProgram

30. Why Birth to 3rd Grade? WHY IT MATTERS During a child’s first three years of life, their brains are being wired for future success. Brain development is more rapid during this period than at any other, with more than 700 neural connections created each second. Children are born with an innate love of learning and learn everything from smiling, walking and speaking, to making choices, exploring and developing relationships.

31. The Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations with Key Early Education Resources • California Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Foundations • California Content Standards • Common Core State Standards • Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework

32. Thank You “Children in strong early education programs are better prepared for school and reap some real benefits that last them their whole lives” Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction August 23, 2013