Kim Pattillo Brownson

Director of Educational Equity Advancement Project

ECE Landscape Scan

Project Purpose

!  Provide the First 5 LA Commission and other stakeholders with a comprehensive picture of the ECE-related issues and activities in LA County.

!  Inform consideration of the role and contribution of First 5 LA and other stakeholders to increasing kindergarten readiness in LA County.

!  Inform First 5 LA about the ECE landscape as it undertakes its future decision-making regarding strategies, investments, and partnerships related to ECE access, workforce, and quality improvement.

Advisory Group CA State University, Los Angeles Marlene Zepeda Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles Cristina Alvarado Child Care Resource Center Michael Olenick Children's Institute, Inc. Richard Cohen Crystal Stairs, Inc. Nicole Jones LA County Office of Child Care Kathy Malaske-Samu LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment Parker Blackman LACOE Head Start Keesha Woods Los Angeles Unified School District, Early Childhood Education Division Maureen Diekmann

Los Angeles Universal Preschool Celia Ayala PACE & APIsCAN Rachelle Pastor Arizmendi SEIU Local 99 Lester García University of Southern California Jacquelyn McCroskey Zero To Three Tahra Goraya

•  Members: a small subset of the many ECE experts in LA County. •  Engagement outside of meetings: advice and expertise will also be requested outside of

the regular advisory convenings, as needed.

Research Questions

!  Question 1: What is the current landscape of early care and education (in relation to ECE access, workforce, and quality) in LA County?

!  Question 2: What have been the past roles and strategies around ECE for First 5 LA, other county commissions, and other ECE funders?

!  Question 3: What are potential future roles and strategies for First 5 LA and other ECE funders?

Research Questions: Access 1.  Where are children eligible for ECE by socioeconomic characteristics of these

children and their families?

2.  Where are ECE programs and seats by type?

3.  Where are access gaps, and what kind of access gaps are they?

4.  What is the policy landscape that dictates what LA County is experiencing with regards to access?

Research Questions: Workforce 1.  What are the qualifications and demographic characteristics in the ECE workforce?

2.  Does the workforce reflect the cultural diversity of the communities and population they serve (where they work)? What are the differences and similarities?

3.  What is the availability of formal and informal education, professional development, and training programs?

4.  What supports or incentives exist to strengthen qualifications of the workforce? For which segment of the workforce population are they available?

5.  What are the barriers or challenges to accessing these supports or incentives?

6.  Is there any correlation between the quality of rated programs and workforce qualifications?

7.  What existing strategies and policies influence or hinder ECE workforce development?

8.  What policy changes and strategies are needed to support workforce development?

Research Questions: Quality 1.  What is the saturation rate of the quality rating process and other quality

accreditations and designations in LA County and in the Best Start Communities? 2.  What is the descriptive profile of providers that are rated as a part of a quality rating

and improvement system (QRIS)? 3.  Of the programs and classrooms that have been rated, is there a difference in quality

by one or more factors? 4.  What are the key barriers for ongoing, consistent and more universal quality rating? 5.  What are the key domains of quality measured by the three quality rating and

improvement systems in LA County? 6.  What are the key barriers to quality improvement as a part of the QRIS systems in LA

County? 7.  What are the different incentives, programs and supports offered by the three

different quality rating and improvement systems in LA County to incentivize, facilitate and/or reward increases in quality?

8.  What is the policy landscape that dictates what LA County is experiencing with regards to quality (local, federal, and state policy)?

How Can the ECE Landscape Scan Inform LAUSD’s Work on ECE?

Making the Case for Early Learning Children Who Have Experienced Quality Early Education Enjoy: !  Lower incidence of special education placement !  Lower incidence of grade repeats !  Higher high school graduation rates By third grade, children who read at grade level are four times

more likely to graduate from high school. Low-income, dual language learners benefit as much or more than native speaker peers Programs for teen parents, like Cal-SAFE, show dual benefits for parents and children: higher

graduation rates (73% vs. 30%) Early education promotes improved social-emotional competency, such as self-regulation, problem-

solving, self-esteem, and task completion. Programs with a parenting focus model positive interactions and opportunities to offer feedback to

parents and translate into more, ongoing support for children at home.

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What Is the State of ECE in LAUSD?

Following $1B+ in cuts at state level to early learning, only 33 seats available for every 100 children between 0 to 5 years old within LAUSD June 18, 2013: Board Resolution to Create Plan & Cost Estimates for Restoration through LCFF including Early Education Reinvestment Aug 20, 2013: Bd President established policy committee to focus upon early education 1436 votes in online voting re budget for restoring early education

LAUSD’s LCFF Projected Funding

District Name   Average Daily Attendance  

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Foster Youth Unduplicated Percentage  

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LCFF Projection

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544,228   86%   $7,738   $8,102   $12,750  

Source: June 2013 LCFF Estimates, June 2013, CA Department of Finance

Early Education Advocates Propose Reinvestment under LCFF

!  Increase Early Learning opportunities in elementary schools with high concentrations of target populations: !  Low income !  ELL !  Foster youth

!  Restore and expand parent education and engagement

!  Layer on early mental health offerings for

high need populations through counselors and social workers

Option for Year 1: Quality Enhancements for Early Education through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) !  Enhancing quality in early education by expanding

mental health counselors for Early Education Centers, California State Preschool, SRLDP !  $6.5 million !  83 salaried professionals serving approximately

25,000 young children , starting with highest concentrations of foster youth, low income and ELL children

!  Enhancing quality in early education by providing

parent education for Early Education Centers, SRLDP, and California State Preschool !  $3.5 million !  46 adult educators serving approximately 25,000

young children

!  Total Investment for Year 1: $10 million

Option for Year 2: Increasing Slots and Enhancing Quality for Early Education through the Local Control Funding Formula !  Enhancing quality by maintaining mental health and

parent education for early education for a total investment of $10 million

!  Increasing 866 slots for early education by program

for a total of $4,470,000 !  $1,872,165 for Early Education Centers !  $1,974,326 for SRLDP !  $610,421 for CA State Preschool !  $13,088 for CAL Safe

!  Total Investment for Year 2: $14,470,000

Option for Year 3: Increasing Slots and Enhancing Quality for Early Education through the Local Control Funding Formula !  Enhancing quality by maintaining mental

health and parent education for early education for a total investment of $10 million

!  Increasing 1,282 slots for early education by

program for a total of !  $ 2,810,865 for Early Education Centers !  $ 2,961,489 for SRLDP !  $ 833,921 for CA State Preschool !  $ 98,725 for CAL Safe

!  Total Investment for Year 3: $16,705,000