Educator and Provider Support Grant: FY13 Planning Summary Presentation

1. Educator and Provider Support Grant: FY13 PlanningSummary Presentation January 2012

2. Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant Educator and Provider Planning: • Broader consultation on local professional development needs and sharing opportunities with public schools, HS, EI, and others, in addition to CFCEs. • Incentivesfor educators to participate in coursework using MOUs and EEC’s career ladder. • EEC’s on-line courses offered on a regular and frequent basis. • Publicize and facilitate access to resources beyond the grant like WGBH’s media platform, children’s museums, and library resources • Promote anti-bias curricula and culturally/linguistically appropriate practices to • maintain and expand workforce diversity • increase competency in these areas.

3. Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant: Coaching and Mentoring • Support evidenced-based coaching and mentoring practice. Define qualifications, content, and duration. • Continue building incentives with MOUs: • Between educators and the programs that employ them • Train-the-trainer agreements to disseminate core knowledge and to imbed it in programs • Recognition of educators who are “peer leaders” who can influence practice • Intentional collaboration with new DHE Early Education and OST College Completion Specialist with a focus on ELL educators. • Intentional collaboration with Regional Readiness Centers on academic advising and career counseling.

4. Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant Competency Development • Areas: social-emotional development, English language development, formative assessment and data use, family engagement, children with high needs, STEM, standards alignment. • Examples: • Online courses with professional learning communities(PLCs). • Promote anti-bias curricula, culturally/linguistically appropriate practices. • Promote English Language Development (ELD) Standards to be developed in FY 2013. • Provide assessment tools and training for QRIS (requirement for FY 2014; initial steps in FY 2013) • Increase the number of educators trained in family engagement (Strengthening Families) with CFCEs. • Offer online course on standards alignment (Infant/Toddler & Preschool Guidelines, and MA Frameworks).

5. Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant: Overall Grant Requirements: • Initiatives and activities clearly linked to QRIS. • Initiatives and activities clearly linked to Brain Building In Progress. • Intentional arrangements for academic advising and career counseling with Readiness Centers. • Clarify role as “boundary spanners” who implement state-wide initiatives at the regional and local levels. • Prioritize services for educators serving “high needs” childrenand programs in QRIS. • Hold accountable for joint professional development with other EEC grantees, school districts, ESE, EI, Readiness Centers, etc. • Continue work on regional acceleration plans. • Satisfaction survey of educators and providers. 5

6. Proposed Changes to the Educator and Provider Support Grant for FY13 Anticipated RFP Timeline: • October 27, 2011 and November 29, 2011: Presented to Planning and Evaluation Committee • December 13, 2011: Presented to EEC Board for discussion • January 10, 2012: Vote by EEC Board on proposed changes for FY13 • February 2012: RFP issued • April – May 2012: Grants awarded • July 1, 2012: Grants go into effect