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Educator and Provider Support Grant: FY13 PlanningSummary Presentation

January 2012

Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant

Educator and Provider Planning: Broader consultation on local professional development

needs and sharing opportunities with public schools, HS, EI, and others, in addition to CFCEs.

Incentives for educators to participate in coursework using MOUs and EEC’s career ladder.

EEC’s on-line courses offered on a regular and frequent basis.

Publicize and facilitate access to resources beyond the grant like WGBH’s media platform, children’s museums, and library resources

Promote anti-bias curricula and culturally/linguistically appropriate practices to maintain and expand workforce diversity increase competency in these areas.

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Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant:

Coaching and Mentoring Support evidenced-based coaching and mentoring practice.

Define qualifications, content, and duration. Continue building incentives with MOUs:

Between educators and the programs that employ them Train-the-trainer agreements to disseminate core

knowledge and to imbed it in programs Recognition of educators who are “peer leaders” who can

influence practice Intentional collaboration with new DHE Early Education and

OST College Completion Specialist with a focus on ELL educators.

Intentional collaboration with Regional Readiness Centers on academic advising and career counseling.

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Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant

Competency Development Areas: social-emotional development, English language development,

formative assessment and data use, family engagement, children with high needs, STEM, standards alignment.

Examples: Online courses with professional learning communities (PLCs). Promote anti-bias curricula, culturally/linguistically appropriate

practices. Promote English Language Development (ELD) Standards to be

developed in FY 2013. Provide assessment tools and training for QRIS (requirement for

FY 2014; initial steps in FY 2013) Increase the number of educators trained in family engagement

(Strengthening Families) with CFCEs. Offer online course on standards alignment (Infant/Toddler &

Preschool Guidelines, and MA Frameworks).

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Proposed Changes to FY13 EPS Grant:

Overall Grant Requirements: Initiatives and activities clearly linked to QRIS. Initiatives and activities clearly linked to Brain Building In

Progress. Intentional arrangements for academic advising and career

counseling with Readiness Centers. Clarify role as “boundary spanners” who implement state-

wide initiatives at the regional and local levels. Prioritize services for educators serving “high needs”

children and programs in QRIS. Hold accountable for joint professional development with

other EEC grantees, school districts, ESE, EI, Readiness Centers, etc.

Continue work on regional acceleration plans. Satisfaction survey of educators and providers.

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Proposed Changes to the Educator and Provider Support Grant for FY13

Anticipated RFP Timeline: October 27, 2011 and November 29, 2011:

Presented to Planning and Evaluation Committee

December 13, 2011: Presented to EEC Board for discussion

January 10, 2012: Vote by EEC Board on proposed changes for FY13

February 2012: RFP issued April – May 2012: Grants awarded July 1, 2012: Grants go into effect