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Race To The Top Early Learning Challenge

Race To The Top Early Learning Challenge. Hawaii 2011. 5 Areas that Must Be Addressed. Successful State Systems that include: demonstrated commitment to early learning and development; rationale for reform; aligned and coordinated system; and sustainable budget.

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Race To The Top Early Learning Challenge

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  1. Race To The TopEarly Learning Challenge Hawaii 2011

  2. 5 Areas that Must Be Addressed • Successful State Systems that include: demonstrated commitment to early learning and development; rationale for reform; aligned and coordinated system; and sustainable budget. • High-Quality, Accountable Programs validated QRIS and access to high quality programs for children with high needs. • Promoting Early Learning and Development Outcomes for Children through early learning and development standards, comprehensive assessment system, screening and addressing health, behavioral and developmental needs and family engagement. • A Great Early Childhood Education Workforce that includes a clear ladder of knowledge and competencies and support for providers to move up that ladder. • Measuring Outcomes and Progress including kindergarten entry assessment and/or building an early learning data system.

  3. How It Works: Challenge Priorities Absolute Priority/Must Address: Building school readiness for children with high needs Competitive Priority/Adds Points to Scoring: • Including all Early Learning and Development Programs in the Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System • Understanding the Status of Children’s Learning and Development at Kindergarten Entry Invitational Priority/No Points to Scoring: 1. Sustaining Program Effects in the Early Elementary Grades. 2. Invitational Priority–Encouraging Private-Sector Support.

  4. Hawaii’s Plan Development Update as of September 15, 2011

  5. Hawaii’s RTTT ELC Vision Hawaii has a comprehensive, high-quality early learning system, including choice, access, affordability, sustainability and cultural integrity that serves all of Hawaii’s children, prenatal to age five and that lays a foundation for lifelong success. ~ in alignment with Hawaii’s Early Learning Council

  6. Unique to Hawaii • Cultural diversity and responsiveness • Family and community engagement • Linkages to ongoing initiatives • Race to the Top DOE • Pre-plus, P-20, P-3 • Family centered medical home • Private public partnerships • Strong Governor support

  7. Area 1: Successful State System • Integrate and align resources and policies across State system • Fiscal mapping by The Finance Project • Establish a Department of Early Childhood ( by 2015).

  8. 2: High Quality & Accountability • Design, pilot & implement Quality Rating Improvement System for all early learning program (various settings). • Increase quality of high quality programs • Increase number of children with high needs enrolled in high quality programs

  9. 3: Promoting Early Learning & Development Outcomes • Incorporate state early learning and development standards in program, curricula and activities, training of practitioners. • Health promotion through screenings, related referral, well child care using Family-Centered Medical Home Initiative • Implement family engagement strategies in program standards

  10. 4: Great Early Childhood Workforce • Workforce knowledge and competency framework that shows a progression of credentials/knowledge in early education. • Alignment with higher education institutions and other professional development providers • Increase number of credentialed early childhood educators; with ongoing access to professional development opportunities • Training and supported knowledge to implement strong family engagement strategies

  11. 5: Measuring Outcomes & Progress • Kindergarten entry assessment • Comprehensive and shared data system (DHS, DOE, DOH)

  12. MOU Agreements • One umbrella agreement between state agencies • DOH, DOE, DHS, UH • E.g. adopt and use a set of statewide early learning and development standards; statewide Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Stystem • One agreement specific to longitudinal data sharing amongst partners. • DOH, DOE, DHS, UH, DLIR

  13. Letters of Support Needed • Early Learning Council • Keiki Funder’s Network • Congressional Delegation • Legislative Leaders • Counties • UH, DHS, DOE, DOH, GBA, PATCH, HAEYC, AAP, P-20, CBC, KS…..

  14. Updated Proposal Timeline

  15. RTT-ELC Leadership Team • Bob Peters, ELC • Dee Jay Mailer, ELC • Pankaj Bhanot, DHS • Ronn Nozoe, DOE • Linda Johnsrud, UH • Terry Lock, Office of the Governor

  16. Core Team Work Group Leaders: • Chris Jackson and Keiko Nitta (Systems) • Mike Fahey, Diane Young, Christina Cox (Standards) • Kaina Bornacorsi and GG. Wesienfeld (QRIS) • Melodie Vega and Linda Buck (Workforce) • Tammi Chun and Karen Lee (Longitudinal Data System)

  17. Core Team • Nonie Toledo (Project Manager) • David Leake (Lead Grant Writer) • Coreen Lee (Researcher/ Communications) • Malia Lagaso (Document/ Logistics) • Miki Lee (Facilitator) • Susan Yuen (Budget Technical Assistance) • Critical readers

  18. Funding for Core Team • Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation • Hawaii Community Foundation’s Omidyar Ohana Fund • Kamehameha Schools Good Beginnings Alliance as Fiscal Agency

  19. More Information: Terry Lock Early Childhood Coordinator Office of the Governor terry.lock@hawaii.gov

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