2013 Day on the Hill Prep

Wednesday AM: (10:30 - Noon)

Equipping a Quality Child Care Workforce

Slides:

• Lee Kreader, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Center for Children in Poverty
• Janet Singerman, President, Child Care Resources Inc., Charlotte, NC
• Ann McCully, Executive Director, Child Care Aware of Minnesota

• NAEYC & NACCRRA  --  Early Childhood Education Professional Development: Training and Technical Assistance Glossary

National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP):

• Practices for Promoting Young Children’s Learning in QRIS Standards (September 2012)
• Coaching and Quality Assistance in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (January 2012)
• Features of Professional Development and On-site Assistance in Child Care Quality Rating Improvement Systems (October 2010)

North Carolina Model:

• North Carolina Child Care, QRIS and CCR&R Training & Technical Assistance Information
• Education Standards Component of NC Star Rated License (Minimum & Maximum Point Requirements)
• North Carolina Early Care and Education Professional Certification Scale
• North Carolina Early Educator Certification Program
• Race to the Top -- Early Learning Challenge Grant: NC Projects and Activities

Minnesota Model:

• Minnesota Child Care, QRIS and CCR&R Training & Technical Assistance Information
• Minnesota Race to the Top -- Early Learning Challenge Grant: Great Workforce Initiatives
• Minnesota Career Lattice for Early Childhood and School-age Care Practitioners
• Minnesota Parent Aware Training Prep Guide for Fully Rated Programs

Child Care Aware® of America:

• One Pager - Policy Recommendations (March 2012)
• White Paper: Child Care Training and Technical Assistance: Improving the Quality of Child Care: White Paper, May 2012
• NACCRRA’s 12 Point Plan for Improving Our Nation’s Training (2007)

Wednesday AM: (10:30 - Noon)

Disaster Planning, Response & Recovery

Slides:

• Cheryl Vincent, Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• L. Carol Scott, Ph.D., CEO, Child Care Aware of Missouri
• Paula Koos, Executive Director, Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral Association

Background/Read-Ahead:

Child Care Aware® of America:

• Child Care Aware® of America Policy Recommendations

• FEMA Recovery Fact Sheet Public Assistance for Child Care Services (March 20, 2013)

HHS and FEMA:

• Administration for Children & Families – FEMA Letter to Governors urging statewide disaster plans for child care and safeguards for children with special needs
• Office of Child Care, Emergency Preparedness and Response Resources for CCDF Grantees

• HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Information Memorandum:FEMA Fact Sheet regarding reimbursement for child care services during federally declared disasters and emergencies
• HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Information Memorandum: Guidance to assist agencies in the development of comprehensive emergency preparedness and response plans

Save the Children:

• Save the Children's annual report card on children and disasters:  A National Report Card on Protecting Children During Disasters

Missouri Disaster Recovery:

• Helping Children Recover After a Tornado
• "Comfort for Kids"   -- Care Kit
• Geomap of Joplin Child Care Programs

Wednesday AM (10:30 - Noon)

Family Engagement: Connecting Families with Services and Building Parent Leaders

Slides:

• Rachel Schumacher, Early Childhood Policy Consultant, Washington, D.C.
• Candy Duperroir, Parent Voices, Contra Costa Child Care Council, California
• Sallie Westheimer, Executive Director, 4C for Children, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Nisha Patel, Deputy Director, Ascend, the Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.

• An Ascend at the Aspen Institute Report: Moving Parents and Children Beyond Poverty Together. (A two generation family engagement model)  (January 2012).

• Child Care Aware® of America:  Parent Services Spearheaded by Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, White Paper (Fall 2012)

Strengthening Families Model (Ohio):

• Strengthening Families Framework
• Parent Café Model
• Five Protective Factors that Strengthen Families and Protect Children
• Strengthening Families Ohio - 2nd Year Report

Parent Voices Model (California):

• Parent Voices Authorization Form (English)
• Parent Voices Authorization Form (Spanish)
• Parent Voices Connecting the Dots
• Parent Voices Advocacy Accomplishments

Thursday, AM 8:30am - 10:00am

Fact vs. Fiction: State Pre-K and Head Start – Challenges Ahead

Slides:

• William Gormley, Ph.D., Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director, National Head Start Association, Washington, D.C.

What Opponents Say:

Heritage Foundation:  Universal Preschool’s Empty Promises

Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute:

The Shaky Science Behind Obama’s Universal Pre-K

• http://www.aei.org/article/education/the-shaky-science-behind-obamas-universal-pre-k/
• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-21/the-shaky-science-behind-obama-s-universal-pre-k.html

What Supporters Say:

National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)

• Getting the Facts Right on Pre-K and the President’s Pre-K Proposal
• Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth Grade Follow Up

Washington Post,  Is Oklahoma the Right Model for Universal Pre-k?

Investing in Kids, Tim Bartik, Responding to the Wall Street Journal’s Criticism of Head Start

• http://investinginkids.net/2013/02/26/an-analysis-of-charles-murrays-critique-of-obamas-proposal-for-expanded-pre-k/
• http://investinginkids.net/2013/03/20/what-does-research-say-about-the-proposed-expansion-of-michigans-great-start-readiness-program/

Yale University, Edward Zigler Center in Child  Development and Social Policy:

• Putting the National Head Start Impact Study into a Proper Perspective,” by Ed Zigler, Sterling Professor of psychology, Emeritus and Director, Emeritus of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University

National Head Start Association

• Letter & Response to the Advisory Committee on Head Start Research (January 2011)
• Head Start Impact Study Analyses

Administration:

• Third Grade Follow Up to the Head Start Impact Study
• Head Start Impact Study
• Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)
• Head Start Continues Quality Reforms with 2^nd Round of Competitions

Friday AM (8:30 - Noon)

Effectively Advocating Quality Child Care Outside the ECE Community 

Got Message?

Friday PM (1:30 - 5:00)

Thought Forum: Alternative Financing to Promote Quality Child Care

Slides:

• Panel I:  Tax Initiatives - Louise Stoney, Alliance for Early Childhood Finance, Florida; Geoff Nagle, Ph.D, Tulane University, Louisiana; Jennifer Landrum, Colorado Children's Campaign, Colorado; Brittany Birken, CEO of Florida Children's Services Council, Florida.
• Panel II: Shared Services - Louise Stoney, Alliance for Early Childhood Finance, Florida; Pam Tatum, CEO of Quality Care for Children, Georgia; Carla Hibbard, Executive Director, Steuben Child Care Project, New York

Background/Read-Ahead:

• The Opportunities Exchange Issue Brief on Tax Credits  Tax Credits for Early Care and Education: Funding Strategy for a New Economy, by Susan Blank and Louise Stoney, June 2011
• The Opportunities Exchange Brief on Shared Services Shared Services:  Supporting Quality in Early Care and Education – Shared Services handout summary

Shared Services:

• Opportunities Exchange 
• What is the shared service alliance?  ECE Shared Resources webpage   
• Building Quality through Shared Services – a multi-media learning tool featuring Sound Child Care Solutions in Seattle, WA  (http://opportunities-exchange.org/wp-content/themes/vulcan/multimedia/)
• Shared Alliance Solution, Child Care Resource Center, Ohio