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Getting to Know You
Preliminary report on input from Alameda County Early Care and Education Council
Steering Committee
July 18, 2014
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Purposes of the Survey
• Input on direction and topics the Planning Council should explore
• Input from Council members on their needs, wishes, and questions
• Input on Council members contributions to the Council
• Assist Council and staff in planning for future
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Timeline and Current Response
• May and June – surveys emailed and returned
• July – phone interviews and preliminary analysis
• July – August – finish interviews and final data compilation/analysis
• As of today, we have 19 responses (almost 2/3’s of Steering Committee)
• Will continue soliciting responses through July
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A Few Findings
• We asked 13 questions; not all respondents answered all; some more than once
• Questions focused on why, what, and how
• Following slides show top responses on:• What are important topics for Council over next two years, and what
cross-domain work should we do
• Ways to pursue that work
• What would you like to learn from the Council and contribute to work of the Council
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Areas of Importance – Next Two YearsCross Domain Work
• Public policy, legislation, advocacy
• Improving quality in all programs/who is defining quality
• ECE professional development
• Work with Social Services, health (including toxic stress, neighborhoods and housing)
• Work with higher education
• Work with public schools (e.g. align learning standards) and Licensing
• Work with economic development and family stabilization
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How Best to Conduct Council Work
• Committees and short term workgroups/taskforces
• Continue CLASS, QRIS, and other professional development efforts
• Roundtable discussions on all services in order to collaborate and find better services for families; help people think outside the “bucket syndrome”
• Change meeting times; post minutes from previous meetings; post agenda for new meetings; encourage every agency to send a representative
• Narrow down choices, develop goals and action steps
• Plant seeds
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What Do You Want to Learn From the Council
• Policy and funding 101: use charts and other visuals as well as text; include current policy issues, and how the puzzle works (17 requests)
• How to be a better advocate; how to make a difference; how to find out if we made a difference
• How other members’ work relates to mine
• Resources
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What you would like to “do” or contribute to the Council -- full list• Support my colleagues; lead where I can
• Always be present and available
• Learn how to be a leader
• Build relationships
• Increase my knowledge and engagement
• Freely express my views and be relevant in order to impact discussions
• Help with strategic thinking
• Participate in workgroups
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Cont.
• Work on professional development for teachers and administrators
• Work with colleagues to align professional development opportunities
• Provide outreach for Council; share with others and get their support for the Council
• Learn issues and concerns/local politics
• Support state contractors
• Look at licensing and how best to approach it
• Partner with higher education
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Cont.
• Support the gaps in resources; leverage resources
• Find a way to provide more resources to immigrant families, kids and families where ever they are
• Work on mapping and analysis of cross domain data (Social Services, ECE, child care, health, economic development, etc)
• Learn more, contribute more
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Thanks and More to Come