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Overview. Boston EQUIP ModelMethodologyDemand and SupplyQualityNext steps. The Boston Early Education Quality Improvement Project
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1. 2005 Neighborhood Profiles: Roslindale/West Roxbury/Hyde Park What do children and families need?
Whats available?
How good is it?
Boston EQUIP
Boston Early Education Quality Improvement Project
A project of
Funding provided by Boston Community Partnerships for Children
2. Overview Boston EQUIP Model
Methodology
Demand and Supply
Quality
Next steps
3. The Boston Early Education Quality Improvement ProjectBoston EQUIP Established: 1994, as a project of Associated Early Care and Educations Research and Policy department
Mission: to collaborate with members of the Boston early education community to systematically evaluate, set goals for, and improve upon the quality of early childhood programs.
Primary tool: Community Profiles surveys. Collected data 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, with the most recent being 2004
4. The Boston EQUIP model
5. 2004 Community Profiles Methodology Community Profiles surveys
Center / Head Start - All
Family Child Care - Stratified random sample
Public School Preschool - All
Timeline 2 year process
Used other community and national sources as relevant
Other data sources including the U.S. Census and the Boston Public Health CommissionOther data sources including the U.S. Census and the Boston Public Health Commission
6. Community Profiles Survey Response Rates
7. Neighborhoods
8. DEMAND FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION IN ROSLINDALE/WEST ROXBURY/HYDE PARK
9. Young Child Population
10. Population by Neighborhood
11. Characteristics of Young Child Population
12. SUPPLY OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION IN ROSLINDALE/WEST ROXBURY/HYDE PARK
13. # of Programs & Providers
14. Capacity
15. Capacity by Type of Care in Roslindale/W. Roxbury/Hyde Park
16. Roslindale/West Roxbury/Hyde Park Capacity by Age
17. THE RELATIONSHIP OF SUPPLY & DEMAND IN ROSLINDALE/WEST ROXBURY/HYDE PARK
18. Is There Sufficient Supply to Meet Demand in Roslindale/West Roxbury/Hyde Park?
19. Relationship of Supply to Total Population
20. Supply Minus Demand Formula
21. Infant-toddler Supply minus Demand
22. Preschool Supply minus Demand
23. Supply minus Low-income Demand (children living below 50% of SMI)
24. Working Family Supply minus Demand
25. Universal Demand Estimates
26. Infant-toddler Supply minus Universal Demand
27. Preschool Supply minus Universal Demand
28. Summary of Supply & Demand
29. QUALITY OFEARLY CARE AND EDUCATIONIN ROSLINDALE/WEST ROXBURY/HYDE PARK
30. Quality of Early Care and Education : Overview Program quality
Accreditation
Teacher quality
Education levels
Salary
31. Accreditation
32. Teacher Quality: Bachelor Degree or Higher
33. Teacher Salary - Boston Boston Public Schools average teacher hourly rate = $57.93 (Range $36.67-$70.27)
Center / Head Start Lead Teacher average hourly rate = $14.00
Family child care provider average hourly earnings [revenue (out-of-pocket expenses + cost of using home)] = $7.32 across MA*
34. Salary for Community-Based/Head Start Centers
35. LOOKING AHEAD
36. Higher Teacher Education Requirements
37. Capacity for UPK:
Is the current capacity being maximized? How much does capacity need to expand? Who will expand? By when must they expand?
Qualified workforce:
Higher education degrees
Expanding the workforce as capacity expands
Integrating child care and early education
Boston and its process
A process will need to be developed that incorporates education about the issues, collaborative decision-making, and advocacy. Universal Voluntary High Quality Preschool
38. What can we use this data for?
39. The Boston EQUIP model
41. For more information: