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Looking Forward, Looking BackJanuary 9, 2014

Community Early Childhood CouncilsAgenda

• Race to the Top (RTT) Overview• RTT Requirements• Context• History• KY All-STARS Plan

• Moving Forward • Strengthening Families• Toyota bornlearning® Academies• Professional Development

KY All StarsRace to the Top – Early Learning Challenge

Requirements

• Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (TQRIS) – Includes all programs

• Enhanced Family Engagement

• Robust Professional Development

• Longitudinal Data Systems (LDS)

Building on Past Successes

KY’s Long History of Early supporting Early Childhood Development

1990Kentucky EducationReform Act (KERA)

2001STARS for KIDS NOW

KIDS NOW Scholarships

2000KIDS NOW!

2003KY Early Childhood Standards

2005Continuous AssessmentGuide (CAG)

2013

2004ParentGuides

Race to the TopEarly Learning

Challenge

A New Business Model

Children Enter Kindergarten Ready

High Quality Early Learning

EnvironmentsSupportive Families

Access to Data for Community

Planning

Participation in STARS

A great early childhood workforce

Families understand child health and

developmental needs

Common Kindergarten

Entry Screener

Scholarships & PD Plans

Families are engaged

Children have access to

appropriate services

Data is shared by early

childhood programs

A New Business Model

Renewed Emphasis on Families and Data

•Half of all kids not in organized settings

•Toyota bornlearning® Academies

•CECC’s expand engaging families

• Interest in Strengthening Families

•Monthly messages

•Longitudinal Data Systems (LDS)

Our Theory of Change

All children deserve access to high quality early care and education programs

All parents deserve to know the quality of care their children are receiving

If all children have the benefit of high quality care, more children will arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed!

• Expanded Rating System and system of rewards

• Expansion of Toyota bornlearning® Academies

• Integration of Strengthening Families

• Enhanced Professional Development

• Integration of PD Registry

• Expansion of the Longitudinal Data System

KY All Stars: Our Proposal

STARS For KIDS Now (Current System)• Evaluated by Child Trends in 2011• 2011-12 3rd Party Evaluation• STARS workgroup of the ECAC

The Foundation for our Recommendations

Opportunities for Enhancement• Enhance Family Engagement practices and

measurement• Emphasize quality of adult-child interaction• Use early childhood standards as foundation• Promote screening and assessment• Promote continuous improvement and PD• Transparent and meaningful to parents

Required Elements of RTT-EL• Inclusive of Head Start, Preschool and Childcare• More high needs children in high quality

programs

Kentucky’s QRIS Proposal includes

• One Set of Standards for all programs• Five STARS with licensing as 1 STAR• Indicators vary by program type

• Licensed Childcare• Type 1• Type 2• Certified Homes

• Head Start/Early Head Start• School-based preschool• Registered providers*

* Registered providers will have a path to quality

Kentucky’s Proposal (cont.)

• All programs in the expanded system by 2017

• Enhanced training and technical support (aligned with priority areas)

• Graduated system of rewards based on Quality Rating

• Mandatory display of rating at all locations

• PD Monitored through ECE-TRIS (including Pre-K)

Kentucky’s Highest Priority …

93%of grant fu

nds will

support enhancement and

expansion of STARS

KY All Stars

Supports for Engaging Families

• Strengthening Families• Embedded in the TQRIS• All programs that work with at-risk • families• CECC Learning Circles

• Expansion of Toyota bornlearning® Academies• Enhanced communications to parents• Development of E-tools

Professional Development

• Leveraging the current system• Focused on priority areas• Expansion of ECE-TRIS

KY All Stars

Providing Data• Continue to incorporate Early childhood data in

the KY longitudinal data system• Integration of the training registry• Enhanced Early Childhood Profiles• Expanded analysis of Kindergarten entry screen

data• Validation of the QRIS

KY All StarsImplications for CECCs

Toyota bornlearning® AcademyRecruit parentsPromote awareness in the communitySupport FRYSCs

Strengthening FamiliesTraining for CECCsTraining for providersPromote use across State

KY Early Childhood StandardsTraining for ProvidersPromote effective use in environments

Enhanced PDBased on priority areas

Provide provider training Supported by RFA process

Expanded TQRISAll providers included (no promotion)

Supporting quality Raising awareness with parents

Continuing the TrendActivity Summary 2010-11 to Current

FY 2010-11

FY 2012-13

FY 2011-12

Questions and Discussion

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