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Core Drivers of Early Childhood Systems Change
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Texas Early Learning Council
The Texas Early Learning Council will lead the development of a parent and child-focused, high quality, integrated early
childhood education system.
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Texas Early Learning Council
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Improved School
Readiness
Parental Outreach
andCommunication
Workforce and
Professional Development
Collaborations and
Standards
Data and Quality
Rating Improvement
Systems
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Core Drivers of Early Childhood Systems Change
LaShonda Y. Brown
December 5, 2012
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Initiatives
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Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System (TECPDS)Workforce
and Professional Development New Core Competencies with Online
Trainings for All ECE Professionals
o To drive trainings
o Update current Core Competencies- Practitioners- Administrators- Trainers
o New Core Competencies- Mentors/Coaches
o Career Ladder alignment
Initiatives
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Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System (TECPDS)
Develop ECE Professional Development and Workforce Registry Systems
Workforce and
Professional Development
o Texas Early Care and Education Career Development System (TECECDS)
o Texas Trainer Registry and Workforce Registry
o LinkedIn.com for Texas ECE professionals
o Tools and resources for professionals- financial aid- continuing education- job board
National PD Trends
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92%
2%5%
1%
Total SlotsN=640,235
41%
8%
31%
20%
Provider SitesN=20,293
41%8% 31%20%Licensed Centers Licensed Homes Registered Homes Listed Homes
Figure 10. Distribution of TDFPS-Regulated Care Provider Sites and Slots Statewide
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Questions?
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Minimum Qualifications
EC/CD Education or Training
Experience in the field of
EC
Adult Learning Course
or Training
Initiatives
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Collaborations and
Standards
Develop and Implement Voluntary Infant and Toddler Early Learning Guidelines
o For caregivers of children zero – 48 months
o ITELG Steering Committee- Zero-to-Three- Vision, mission, and goals
o ITELG writing- Public comment period
o ITELG marketing campaign
How many of you are?
Parent
s
GRANDPARENTSTeachers
Directors
MENTORS/COACHESPolicy Makers
Did you know?
• 1.9 million number of children in Texas under the age of 4
• By age three, human brains have accomplished 80 percent of their growth
• Each child is born with millions of brain cells, otherwise known as neurons.
• Brain development is “activity dependent”• “Cells that fire together, wire together”• There are approximately 1900 days between the day a
child is born and the day that she/he enters Kindergarten
Source: U.S. Census Data 2010, Zero to Three
What are ITELGs?
Early Learning Guidelines (ELG) or standards describe expectations about what children should
know (understand) and do (competencies and skills) across multiple domains of learning during
specific age ranges.
Social and Emotional
Development
Cognitive Development
Language and
Communication
Physical Health &
Motor Developme
nt
Domains and Components
Language and Communication
Listening and UnderstandingListening and Understanding Indicators:
1. Listens with interest to language of others2. Responds to nonverbal and verbal communication of others3. Begins to understand the rules of conversation
Potential Users of ITELGs
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Improving school readiness includes impacting the forces, systems, and institutions that touch children’s lives
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We have moved past reaching for “quality” to a series of well considered, research driven solutions to specific problems
Core Drivers of Early Childhood Systems Change
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92%
2%5%
1%
Total SlotsN=640,235
41%
8%
31%
20%
Provider SitesN=20,293
41%8% 31%20%Licensed Centers Licensed Homes Registered Homes Listed Homes
Figure 10. Distribution of TDFPS-Regulated Care Provider Sites and Slots Statewide
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Core Drivers of Early Childhood Systems Change
Mean market rates in the LWDA – Gulf Coast
Mean
Licensed Child Care Centers
Full-time $23.94Part-time $18.16
Licensed Child Care Homes
Full-time $20.96Part-time $16.50
Registered Child Care Homes
Full-time $20.35Part-time $15.20
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Mean market rates in the LWDA – Capital Area
Mean
Licensed Child Care Centers
Full-time $30.53Part-time $25.23
Licensed Child Care Homes
Full-time $27.82Part-time $23.66
Registered Child Care Homes
Full-time $27.27Part-time $22.40
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Core Drivers of Early Childhood Systems Change
Research revealed that limited, mixed or no evidence exists to support 20 QRIS typical quality indicators found in many QRISs
Three quality indicators were categorized as having a positive – albeit modest – association with child outcomes: teacher behavior teacher sensitivity family engagement
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Core Drivers of Early Childhood Systems Change
Investigate strategic Plan
Draft Recommendati
ons
Approve Recommendati
ons
Next Steps in QRIS Process
Dec 2012 – February
2013
March 2013 – April 2013
February 2013
