Building an Intentionally Inclusive Community Program:

The Interactive Use of Selected TA Process Tools and Resources

2015 National Early Childhood Inclusion InstituteChapel Hill, NC

TA Tools

ECTA System Framework

Personnel/Workforce Component

To guide states in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive system of personnel development (CSPD).

http://ectacenter.org/sysframe/component-personnel.asp

National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)

The Big Picture: A Planning Guide for Cross-Sector

Early Childhood Professional Development Systems

http://npdci.fpg.unc.edu/sites/npdci.fpg.unc.edu/files/reso

urces/NPDCI-Big-Picture-Planning-Guide-3rd-edition-7-

2011_0.pdf

The Landscape: A Statewide Survey for Providers of

Professional Development in Early Childhood

http://npdci.fpg.unc.edu/sites/npdci.fpg.unc.edu/files/reso

urces/NPDCI-Landscape-survey-6-2011_0.pdf

Considerations for Making Finance Decisions

to Promote Preschool Inclusion:A Toolkit

• Motivation and Partnerships• Settings, Staffing and Service Delivery

Models• Funding Streams and Accountability

http://ectacenter.org/~pdfs/topics/inclusion/financeinclu.pdf

Pennsylvania Preschool Inclusion: Self Evaluation Tool

Organized around the DEC/NAEYC defining feature of inclusion:• Access• Participation• Supports

http://ectacenter.org/~pdfs/topics/inclusion/PAPreschoolInclusionSelf_EvaluationFinal_7_13.pdf

SpecialQuest State/Community Perceptions of

Inclusive Practices (S/CPIP)

A means of ranking progress in growing capacity in the following areas:• Including Children Birth–Five with Disabilities,• Involving Families of Young Children with

Disabilities,• Providing Integrated Services to Infants,

Toddlers and Preschoolers with Disabilities, and

• Supporting Implementation and Sustainability.

RP² Benchmarks of Quality for Classroom-Based Programs

Critical Elements:

• Establish Leadership Team

• Staff Readiness and Buy-in

• Family Engagement

• Program-wide Action Plan

• All Classrooms Demonstrate Implementation of Evidence-Based

Practices

• Procedures for Responding to Individual Children

• Staff Capacity-Building and Support

• Monitoring Implementation and Outcomes

http://ectacenter.org/~pdfs/calls/2015/decrp-2015-02-11/Benchmarks_Class.pdf

Gallery Walk

Be thinking about:

• What I like about this tool• Ideas about how I could use this tool in my

work– Any adaptations I would like to make for

it to be more useful to me/others in my program or community?

• Ideas from others that I would like to explore further

Wrap-Up

• Which tool would you most like to use in your work?

• What initial actions steps do you plan to take?

For links to these resources please visit the ECTA Center web page on inclusion:

http://ectacenter.org/topics/inclusion/default.asp

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Presenter Information

• Megan Vinh: megan.vinh@unc.edu• Judy Swett: swett@pacer.org• Katy McCullough: katy.mccullough@unc.edu