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ECEAP Directors Meeting
October 28, 2010
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See the notessection of this PowerPoint (below) for meeting minutes.
Kids' Potential, Our Purpose 1
Meet Melissa
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Agenda
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Welcome
Steering Committee check-ins
DEL announcements Morning break
ECEAP outcomes Lunch
Input on state pre-kindergarten planning with afternoon break
Announcements
Steering Committee check-in
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Purpose of Steering Committee
Introductions
Select representatives & alternate for this year
Correct the roster (names, contact info, role)
Review how your branch communicates
Share hot topics and successes in your program
State Budget Update – October 28, 2010
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6.3% across-the-board cuts to line items in the state
budget funded by state general fund dollars.
The total proposed cut to ECEAP is $923,000 or 1.7%.
DEL is looking for a way to replace all or part of this.
ECEAP Dollars
97.75% contracts to communities
2.25% DEL Admin
Total $54,685,000 for 2010-11 school year
Minimum $6,630 per slot to contractors
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Promising Practices Awards
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Incentive-based contracting
When funding is available
Three awards, $10,000 each
Recognize quality above standards
Share promising practices statewide.
Vote for categories on your survey!
Child Care Subsidies
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Working Connections Child Care Subsidies, for families
meeting income and work/activity requirements.
NEW -- 12-month authorizations for families with a child in ECEAP, Head Start or Early Head Start.
Complete the verification form for parents, at www.del.wa.gov/publications/subsidy/docs/HS_EHS_ECEAP_EnrollmentVerificationForm.doc
Child Enrollment Forms
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Children on Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
If the child is eligible based on special education (CEF #25), they must also be on an IEP (CEF #10)
Should all children on IEPs be listed as eligible based on special education? See notes below.
EligibilityNational issues related to verification = fraud
Monitor closely, to ensure enrolling the children most in need of services in your community.
You can have stricter guidelines for eligibility than DEL.
Waiting Lists on Monthly Report Forms
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Non-duplicated counts
As of the last day of the month
OK to have a joint list with Head Start or other agencies
Remove children who no longer needs services
Not required to contact all families to update the list
QUESTION: For consistency across the state, should you verify
eligibility before adding a child to the waiting list?
ECEAP Waiting Lists – September 30, 2010
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3’s 4’s
In foster care 47 21
Homeless 104 68
On IEP 58 48
At or below 110% FPL 2,017 1,047
Over-income, environmental risks 107 124
Over-income, developmental risks 36 55
TOTAL 2,369 1,363
3,732
Family Connection
Comprehensive Assessment
Early Learning
Collaboration
WaKIDS - Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills
ECEAP Outcomes
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The full report is in your handouts. And online at www.del.wa.gov/eceap.
Outcomes report includes:
Success Stories
ECEAP Funding, Teacher Qualifications and Child/Family Demographics
Social-Emotional Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Family Outcomes
2009-10 ECEAP Outcomes
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Our waiting lists were twice as large as usual.
2,075 four-year-olds and 3,126 three-year-olds at peak.
13, 000 ECEAP-eligible children, not served by ECEAP or Head Start
Our turnover rate for slots was lower than usual
13.8 %, instead of 15 to 16%
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ECEAP Lead Teacher Qualifications
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Fully meet qualifications
69% 75% 71% 78.6%
Active PDP 18% 17% 20% 19.7%
Unknown or Need PDP
10% 8% 9% 1.7%
PDP = Professional Development Plan
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89% of ECEAP lead teachers have degrees.
79% have degrees with 30 ECE credits.
HS/GED 0.2%
CDA 4.0%
Some college 6.5%
AA without 30 credits ECE 3.0%
AA with 30 credits ECE 38.6%
BA without 30 credits ECE 6.5%
BA with 30 credits ECE 32.1%
MA without 30 credits ECE 1.0%
MA with 30 credits ECE 7.5%
ECEAP Lead Teacher Education Levels
ECEAP Child Demographics
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65% are at or below 80% of federal poverty guidelines
($17,640 for family of 4)
37% speak a home language other than English
36% of mothers have less than high school education
9% are on IEPs some time during the school year.
ECEAP Health Outcomes
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28% are behind on well-child exams at enrollment.
96% are up-to-date by the end of the year.
9% got medical treatment as a result.
50.7% are behind on dental screenings at enrollment.
95% are up-to-date by the end of the year.
18% got dental treatment as a result.
6.5% - mental health consultations
3.5% - vision care as a result of screening
1.9% - hearing follow-up as a result of screening.
DECA Total Protective Factors
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Basic Locomotor Skills
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Classifies Objects
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Writes letters and words
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Family Outcomes
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FALL 2009
SPRING 2010
Know community programs 59% 81%
Comfortable talking with educators 86% 96%
Help their child develop and behave 75% 90%
Talk with trusted people 78% 88%
Rely on someone when they need help 73% 84%
Family Outcomes
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FALL 2009
SPRING
2010Read to child more than three times a week.
55% 71%
Have a goal and a plan for reaching it.
61% 85%
Reached a major goal in the last year.
12% 35%
End-of-Year Parent Ratings of ECEAP
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ECEAP helped us become actively involved in our child’s education.
19% - good job80% - excellent
ECEAP included us in decisions about our child’s education.
16% - good job83% - excellent
ECEAP provided us with opportunities to learn from other parents.
33% - good job62% - excellent
ECEAP Outcomes Reporting 2010-11handout packet page 8
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Due June 30 - End-of-year data report
DEL collects directly from vendors:
e-DECA and Teaching Strategies GOLD results
Family Outcomes - optional
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SB 6759 Early Learning Technical Work Group
Final report with plan due to Quality Education Council and Early Learning Advisory Council, Nov. 1, 2011.
The plan must examine opportunities and barriers to at least TWO options:
Under the program of basic education; and
As an entitlement executed by statute or constitutional amendment.
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SB 6759 Early Learning Technical Work Group
The plan must address:
Criteria for eligible children.
Program standards (hours, teacher qualifications and transportation requirements )
Performance measures
Criteria for eligible providers
Governance responsibilities for OSPI and DEL
Funding
Implementation timeline
Role of ECEAP in the new program
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SB 6759 Early Learning Technical Work Group
Co-chairs – Bob Butts (OSPI), Bonnie Beukema (DEL)
Members include assistant attorney general, Thrive by Five, private school association, private for-profit child care, tribal representatives, advocates …
Head Start and ECEAP members are:
Janice Deguchi
John Bancroft
Sage MacLeod
Joel Ryan
Joyce Kilmer
Eligibility
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Who should be eligible for the state-funded prekindergarten program?
All age-eligible children
Low-income children
Children or families with specific risk factors
Children qualifying by assessment
All children who live in specific “zones”
Mixed Income Classrooms
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Should we/how would we design
a state pre-kindergarten
program that served families
at all income levels?
Funding Model
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Should the new state prekindergarten be part of:
the state’s basic education definition
an entitlement program
Expansion Planning
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How do we fairly and objectively allocate new slots when the expansion begins?
Reallocate all slots as we expand.
Expand where there is full-day kindergarten.
Apportion slots based on number of children with free & reduced lunch in the school district.
Apportion slots based on 2010 poverty data.
Review last year’s prioritization.
Emergent topics & Announcements
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