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Statewide, Comprehensive Early Childhood Plan

Statewide, Comprehensive Early Childhood Plan . Spark NH Early Childhood Advisory Council July 26, 2012 Presented by: Martha Diefendorf Mary Peters Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute . Build Infrastructure. All NH children and their families are

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Statewide, Comprehensive Early Childhood Plan

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  1. Statewide, Comprehensive Early Childhood Plan Spark NH Early Childhood Advisory Council July 26, 2012 Presented by: Martha Diefendorf Mary Peters Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

  2. Build Infrastructure All NH children and their families are healthy, learning, and thriving now, and in the future! Statewide, Comprehensive Early Childhood Plan Program quality Effective practices Ensure Implementation THE CHARGE • Develop a state-wide plan to build infrastructure and ensure fidelity and sustainability of implementation processes that support • program quality and effective practices that positively impact child and family outcomes

  3. Roles and Responsibilities Thinking, Doing, Approving • Governor • Commissioner • Spark NH • Full Council • Executive Committee • Spark NH Committees (Data, Quality, etc.) • Spark NH Policy Committee • Spark NH Core Planning Team • Spark NH Staff • Larger Stakeholder Group

  4. Core Planning Team Membership Ellen Wheatley, Council Chair Erika Argersinger, Council Vice Chair Laura Milliken, Council Director Jeanne Agri, Policy Committee Co-Chair

  5. Core Planning Team Role and Activities • Conference calls (~1 per month for 90 minutes) • Communicate with TA providers about progress and next steps • Review/revise notes and distribute to Policy Committee • Set pace for meetings and product development • Jointly design process agendas for webinars and on-site meetings • Arrange logistics for onsite meetings • Contribute content for calls and meetings using web space for electronic management and storage of files--Basecamp • Steer workgroups of Policy Committee • Provide input into methods for stakeholder input and review of draft products (e.g., web-based surveys, focus groups) • Provide input into the written plan (design, organization and content)

  6. Proposed Timeline Major Milestones June 2012 – September 2013 • Basecamp – July 2012 • Onsite meetings (fall, winter, spring) • Draft plan – May 2013 • Final plan – August 2013

  7. Web-based application for project management Basecamphttps://tadnet.basecamphq.com Account: TA & D Network Company: Spark NH Project: Strategic Planning People: Access with Permission

  8. Comprehensive Early Childhood System

  9. ALIGNMENT ACROSS LEVELS OF THE SYSTEM

  10. INTEGRATION ACROSS PROGRAMS

  11. ALIGNMENT ACROSS AGE GROUPS

  12. ALIGNMENT OF SYSTEM COMPONENTS

  13. What Results Should a Comprehensive Early Childhood System Deliver? Early Learning and Development Comprehensive services that promote children’s physical, developmental, and mental health Nurturing relationships, safe environments, and enriching experiences that foster learning and development Values and PrinciplesOptimally, a comprehensive early childhood system will: • Reach all children and families, and as early as possible, with needed services and supports • Genuinely include and effectively accommodate children with special needs • Reflect and respect the strengths, needs, values, languages, cultures and communities of children and families • Ensure stability and continuity of services along a continuum from prenatal into school entry and beyond • Ease access for families and transitions for children • Value parents as decision makers and leaders • Catalyze and maximize investment and foster innovation Resources, experiences, and relationships that strengthen families, engage them as leaders, and enhance their capacity to support children’s well being Family Leadership and Support Thriving Children and Families Health and Mental Health

  14. New Hampshire Comprehensive Early Childhood System Evaluation, Monitoring and Accountability Leadership and Governance Workforce and Professional Development Early Learning and Development safe, enriching environments & relationships Communications & Public Awareness Family Leadership and Support nurturing & financially stable families Comprehensive Health Care prenatal, medical, dental, mental health THRIVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Funding and Sustainability Planning and Policy Development Quality EC Programs and Services Early Childhood Data System Alignment Draft, 7/20/12

  15. Spark NH Committees Focus of Committee Work Yellow text = additional concepts from the ECSWG definition of infrastructure components.

  16. Conceptual Framework for System Improvement IF SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THEN Local Infrastructure Results are improved for Childrenand Families Improved Practices Workforce/ Professional Development State Infrastructure

  17. Levels of the Service System

  18. Stages of Planning for Systems Change 1. DESIRED OUTCOMES Deciding where we want to go 2. CHALLENGES Understanding where we are 3. STRATEGIES Planning how to get there 4. EVALUATION & BENCHMARKS Knowing if we are getting there 19

  19. Long-Term Systems Improvement Plan . . . . . . Timeline . . . . . . . Multi-level Challenges State Professional Development Regional/ local/agency Providers practices Children and families Multi-level Outcomes State Personnel Development Regional/ local/agency Providers practices Children and families Strategies Activity 4 Activity 1 Activity 2 Benchmarks Benchmarks Benchmarks Activity 3 Benchmarks

  20. Sample Visual Depiction of Plan

  21. Strategic Planning

  22. NH Strategic PlansPlansProvided to Date • Child Care Advisory Council • Head Start • Early Supports and Services • Preschool Special Education • Early Childhood Comprehensive System • ECAC Strategic Report • Home Visiting • Hunger Solutions • Healthy Eating and Active Living • Prevention of Obesity • Infant Mental Health • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome • Special Medical Services • Legislative Committee Report (HB86)

  23. Landscaping • Summary of Current NH Plans • Develop a complete list of existing plans • and other suitable materials • Review plans • Using a mapping framework for comprehensive system. • child and family service sectors • infrastructure functions • Using a system level framework • Summarizing common goals & intended outcomes • Identify strengths &opportunities • Identify gaps & challenges • Create a “visual map”of service system ACTIONS • Deliverables • List of exiting plans • Visual map of system

  24. Plan Development Strategically Conceptualize NH’s Service System • Communicate with Spark NH committees for input • Produce written report • Strengths of the system, gaps, duplication, commonalities • Opportunities for collaboration • Analysis of contribution of existing plans to the statewide comprehensive system • Communicate with Spark NH committees • for feedback and validation ACTIONS • Deliverables • Summary report

  25. Studying SuccessesSummary of RTT-Early Learning Challenge Grants • Review winning states’ RTT-ELC grants • Summarize highlights RTT-ELC plans • Identify commonalities with NH needs and priorities • Produce summary report with findings ACTIONS • Deliverables • Written report

  26. Plan Development Strategically Conceptualize NH’s Service System • Develop agreed-upon intended outcomes at all systems levels • Brainstorm strategies for reaching the intended outcomes • Prioritize level of impact and effort for each strategy • Determine the timeline and flow • of strategies • Develop action plans for each • strategy • Determine benchmarks for • accountability ACTIONS • Deliverables • Written overview • Visual depiction of system development • Compendium of action plans

  27. Spark NH Proposed Role and Activities • NH Comprehensive EC Service System: • Conceptualization and Development • Validate “map” of existing service system • Articulate agreed-upon intended outcomes at all levels of the system • Determine major strategies or activities to be undertaken for reaching the intended outcomes • Determine the flow of activities in a timeline and their relationship to each other • Determine data elements for monitoring and evaluating implementation of plan

  28. Spark NH Proposed Role and Activities, con’t. • Oversee Plan Development • Decide on workgroup structure for creating specific action plans for system development • Communicate with other Spark NH Council, Committees, and identified stakeholders • Participate in development of specific action plans with steps, timelines, benchmarks for accountability, and TA needs with key stakeholders • Approve strategy for soliciting stakeholder input • Review and approve deliverables

  29. Spark NH Proposed Role and Activities, con’t. • Oversee Plan Implementation • Disseminate the plan to relevant stakeholders • Promote public awareness about the plan • Host summit to launch implementation • Monitor implementation

  30. Shifting Sands A system is not a structure or something fixed. Systems are complex, ever evolving and dynamic. A plan is not something fixed in stone. It provides direction but is a living document, meant to be changed as needed to fit current realities.

  31. Questions? Advice?

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