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EEC Board Policy Committee May 6, 2013

EEC Board Policy Committee May 6, 2013. Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Performance Measures. RTT-ELC Grant Overview. $50 million awarded for the Massachusetts Early Learning Plan 2012-2015

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EEC Board Policy Committee May 6, 2013

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  1. EEC Board Policy CommitteeMay 6, 2013 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Performance Measures

  2. RTT-ELC Grant Overview • $50 million awarded for the Massachusetts Early Learning Plan 2012-2015 • 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: • 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 • Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) online courses • QRIS program improvement grants • Scholarships for educators in QRIS programs • QRIS health advisors • Business planning course • QRIS validation study • English language development standards • Multilingual translation of QRIS and early learning standards

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

  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 • Financial education for families • Family and adult literacy • Partnership with museums and libraries • Brazelton Touchpoints training • Birth to Grade Three strategy development • Media partnership with WGBH to create early learning resources for educators and parents

  8. Infrastructure: $10,968,974 • EEC staffing and administration • 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) • Development of an Early Childhood Information System (ECIS)

  9. RTT-ELC Performance Measure B2c

  10. RTT-ELC Performance Measure B4c1

  11. RTT-ELC Performance Measure B4c2

  12. RTT-ELC Performance Measure D2d1

  13. RTT-ELC Performance Measure D2d2

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