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A Policy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development Systems This blueprint focuses on the policies that create professional development activities and the supports that make effective implementation of a state system of professional development possible. The Blueprint highlights principles and six policy area Statewide
BAPDC Cover Letter to First 5 California Provided by the Bay Area Professional Development Collaborative (BAPDC) Statewide
BAPDC Recommendations to First 5 California External Website The Bay Area Professional Development Collaborative (BAPDC), a group of community college and university faculty, county First 5 county staff, and other early childhood professionals concerned about strengthening professional development, has written Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma
BAPDC Synopsis of Recommendations to First 5 California Provided by the Bay Area Professional Development Collaborative (BAPDC) Statewide
Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges CARES programs have often seen participants bottleneck at the Teacher Permit level due to access and preparation barriers in completing general education units. This article addresses the role of community colleges in "assisting the under prepared st Statewide
Better Teachers, Better Preschools: Student Achievement Link to Teacher Qualifications Prepared by NIEER. Statewide
Business- A Call to Action from the Business Community This call to action outlines the importance of businesses supporting early childhood education and care for supporting their employees and the helping prepare the next generation with skills to succeed in future business roles. Statewide
Business- Early Care and Education Career Lattices in Los Angeles ( The report identifies the core occupations within the child care industry, outlines their associated wages and educational requirements, describes structural barriers that push workers into other industries and initiates a discussion to identify car Statewide
Business- The Economic Benefits of High Quality Early Childhood Programs This review of literature studies three different programs such as the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project, the Abecedarian Project, and the Chicago Child-Parent Centers(CPC)which all show strong evidence of the economic benefits of early childhood e Statewide
Business- The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in LA Workshop topics addressed each track of the CARES program. Each Track had at least one workshop dedicated to it, and most had more. Public policy workshops related to workforce development, higher education, literacy, financial aid, Child Developm Statewide
Business- Website link to research conducted by Arthur J. Rolnick External Website Arthur J. Rolnick is senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and an associate economist with the Federal Open Market Committee. He has completed research on the economics of early childhood developme Statewide
Business: Framing Child Care as Economic Development This paper presents a brief, early look at how child care economic studies are being implemented. The research is based on a review of studies and resource materials that have been completed to date as well as interviews with over a dozen individual Statewide
CAEYC Connections Summer 2008 Statewide
CARES Programs: Present and Future FY2003-2004 Prepared by Working for Quality Child Care based on outcomes from Bay Area Stakeholders group meetings. Statewide
CARES provides professional development and financial assistance to Limited English Proficient providers, read the article External Website Statewide
CARES provides professional development and financial assistance to Limited English Proficient providers, read the article External Website Statewide
CARES Statewide Retention Study- Final Report This report and evaluation, was conducted by Harder+Company Community Research, and includes two key components: (1) an annual examination of participant level data collected by all participating county-based programs and (2) a retention survey condu Statewide
CARES Transition Meeting: Using Promising Practices to Develop Your CARES Program - May 24, 2005 External Website These recordings are from Sessions on Promising Practices presented at the May 24 Transition Meeting: ? Utilizing CARES Advisors and Professional Development Plans presented by Elizabeth Blakemore of El Dorado County. ? Developing Family, Friends, a Statewide
CDD Highlights of the Governor's Budget The Department of Finance has recommended a 25.9% cut to AB212 programs for 08-09. See this and other child care highlights of the governor's proposed 2008-2009 budget. Statewide
Child Care Funding Sources for California School Districts School districts are central players in the child care delivery system: they operate a mix of child care centers and programs, serve a range of children of different ages, and fund their programs from a variety of federal, state, and local sources. Statewide
Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems in Five Pioneer States: Implementation issues and lessons learned As demand for child care in the United States has grown, so have calls for improving its quality. One approach to quality improvement that is gaining momentum involves the development and implementation of quality rating and improvement systems. Thi Statewide
Children's Advocate Article: Importance of Organizing in ECE Children's Advocate January/February 2007 issue. Article about the California Child Development Corps and importance of organizing in the field of early care and education. Statewide
Chutes and Ladders: Creating support services to help early childhood students suceed in higher education This report explores efforts in California to support nontraditional college students generally, and ECE nontraditional students in particular in their efforts to earn a college degree. Statewide
County Progress Report Summary: FY 2003-2004 The County Progress Report Summary: FY 2003-2004 is a summary report of the 47 counties that administered CARES programs in 2003-2004. The information in this report is based on the documentation submitted by each county to First 5 California Chi
County Progress Report Summary: FY 2004-2005 Statewide
CSCCE: Clearing a Path: Lessons from Two Communities in Promoting Higher Education Access for the ECE Workforce External Website This report documents recent groundbreaking efforts in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, CA, including challenges faced and lessons learned, as a guide for other counties and institutions seeking to improve professional development in the early care Statewide
CSCCE: Roots of Decline: How Gov't Policy had De-Educated Teachers of Young Children External Website "Roots of Decline" analyzes labor trends for the early care and education workforce over the past 25 years - notably, an overall decrease in educational qualifications, and persistent wage stagnation - in the light of federal and state policy, and ma Statewide
Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) Executive Summary Statewide
Disparities in California’s Child Care Subsidy System: A Look at Teacher Education, Stability and Diversity Marcy Whitebook, Fran Kipnis & Dan Bellm (2007), using data from the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study, focus on disparities in staff professional preparation, stability, and diversity between licensed child care centers that receiv Statewide
Economic Development Rationale and the Politics of Kids Statewide
EPEC Full Recommendations to First 5 California Provided by the Early Childhood Professional Development and Education Collaborative (EPEC) Statewide
Establishing Teacher Competencies in Early Care and Education: Statewide
Fall 2007 Bridges Newsletter Prepared by the California Head-Start Collaboration Office. Statewide
First 5 CARES Promising Practices - Executive Summary Since its beginnings in 2000, CARES has provided economic incentives and support for pursuing a coherent path of educational and professional development, and has helped to address a variety of barriers to student success at California’s institutions Statewide, Alameda, Contra Costa, Glenn, Humboldt, Madera, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Stanislaus
Getting Teachers from Here to There Most early care and education teachers are not required to have attained a bachelor's degree (BA) prior to working with young children. Because of the research base demonstrating that teachers with a BA specifically related to early childhood play an
Key Facts from Analysis of AB212 Statewide Data Collection Analysis of data collected on effects of AB 212 on 25 counties in California and the harmful effects on child care providers if funding was cut. Statewide
Learning Together The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CCSCE) has launched a five-year study of all six student cohorts at Antioch University, California State University-East Bay, Mills College, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Statewide
Low Wages=Low Quality: Solving the Real Preschool Teacher Crisis External Website NIEER Policy Brief by W. Steven Barnett (Issue 3, May 2003). This brief reviews what preschool teachers salaries are and provides evidence of the effects of poor pay on teacher morale, turnonver rates, and educational quality. Strategies and policy r Statewide
PACE Report: Retention and Implementation Initiatives in the Bay Area Statewide
Play in the Early Years: Key to School Success Funded by Bay Area Early Childhood Funders. Edited by Jean Tepperman. Based on the work of the late Dr. Patricia Monighan Nourot. To order copies of this publication, visit the Action Alliance for Children website: http://www.4children.org/pl Statewide
Play in the Early Years: Key to School Success The Bay Area Early Childhood Funders have recently released a policy brief highlighting the importance of play in quality early learning environments. Statewide
Play in the Early Years: Key to School Success Download this policy brief produced by the Early Childhood Funders, based on the work of the late Patricia Nourot, Ph.D and edited by Jean Tepperman and/or order copies from the Children's Advocate website. Statewide
Possible budget scenarios related to First 5 funding Sherry Novick of the First 5 Association offers this update on the status of the use of First 5 funds in the state budget. Statewide
Quality in Early Childhood care and education settings: A compendium of measures Prepared by Child Trends for U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation Statewide
RAND study details success of PFA initiatives in San Mateo and San Francisco The following is an excerpt from the RAND research brief on Early Childhood Education Utilization and Quality External Website Statewide
Rural Early Care and Education Teachers Accessing Higher Education, Jenny Sharkey For questions about the thesis, contact Jenny Sharkey at jsharkey@co.yuba.ca.us Butte
SBX3 16 (Cox) Full language of SBX 16 with amendments through June 17, 2008, introduced by Senators Cox and Harman. The bill was introduced to be on the November ballot and would eliminate First 5 Commissions. Statewide
Talking points of Cox proposal to abolish First 5 Commissions Resource and Referral Network's Donita Stromgren introduces talking points and a one-page summary of the impact of the Cox bill. The talking points address Cox's specific proposal, as well as the general concept of using Prop 10 revenues to help fill Statewide
The $2 Billion Myth-Prop 10 Funds and the State Budget Sherry Novick of First 5 Association distributes this fact sheet to offer a better understanding of Prop 10 funds, incorrectly being characterized as "reserves" in legislative budget discussions. The fact sheet on fund balances is a re-working by Cla Statewide
The Economics of Early Childhood: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children This paper summarizes the contributions from the field of economics, which has played an increasingly prominent role in recent discussions about early childhood policy. The insights from economics also have broader implications for social programs fo Statewide
Transitioning to Kindergarten: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Educators External Website Statewide
Trauma and Brain Development Talk by Bruce Perry, June 19 Alameda
Two Years in Early Care and Education: A Community Portrait of Quality and Workforce Stability External Website This study, a groundbreaking two-year study of child care in Alameda County, California, is the first comprehensive portrait of early care and education services in one community, including all three sectors of the industry: licensed center-based car Statewide
Updates on the Curriculum Alignment Project External Website Statewide
Using tax credits to promote high quality early care and education services This report explores the feasibility of using a market-based strategy for financing child care for parents through tax credits. The research primarily explores the extent to which tax credits can help encourage parents to use high-quality ECE and of Statewide
Who's Caring for the Kids? The status of the early childhood workforce in Illinois- 2008 This report provides a comprehensive study of the early childhood workforce in Illinois. This 2008 edition highlights the changes in the education, background, and stability of the workforce since the publication of the first Who’s Caring for the Ki Statewide
Who's Missing at the Table? Leadership Opportunities for Teachers and Providers This article highlights the missing link between early childhood educators and the acknowledged leaders in the field. The acknowledged leaders are not typically practitioners who spend their days working with children but tend to work in government Statewide