Child Care Resource

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Child Care Resource Referral Agencies as
Centers of Excellence for Early Learning
Standards Using Early Learning Standards to
Promote Developmentally Appropriate
Practice.Rebecca Gomez, M.Ed.Debra L.
Lawrence, M.A.2007 NACCRRA Policy
SymposiumMarch 2, 2007
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Good Start Grow Smart Planning and Development
CCDF Part 5

• Where is your state in this process?
• Planning
• Developing
• Developed
• Implementing
• Revising

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Good Start Grow Smart Planning and Development
CCDF Part 5

• Wherever your state is in this process, your
  CCRRs has a role in this work.
• Development
• Linkages with K-12 Community
• Implementation
• Integrating Domains
• Assessment
• State Plans for Professional Development

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Best Practices for Early Learning Standards

• Joint NAEYC and NAECS/SDE Position Paper
• Emphasize significant, developmentally
  appropriate content and outcomes
• Are developed and reviewed through informed,
  inclusive processes
• Use implementation and assessment strategies that
  are ethical and appropriate for young children
• Are accompanied by strong supports for early
  childhood programs, professionals, and families

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What are the Opportunities and Challenges
Associated with Early Learning Standards?
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Variances in State Standards

• Aligned with K-12 Standards
• Developmentally Appropriate covering all domains
  of development
• Concentrated in academic areas
• Community and Parent friendly
• Ease of Use

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Snapshot of Colorado

• Current standards in Math and Literacy
• Aligned with K- 12
• Developmentally Appropriate
• http//www.cde.state.co.us/earlychildhoodconnectio
  ns/pdf/MathBB.pdf
• http//www.cde.state.co.us/earlychildhoodconnectio
  ns/early.htm click on Building Blocks Reading
  and Writing

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Snapshot of New Hampshire

• Framed as the foundation for the K-12 Standards
• Aligned with K-12
• Components for families, policy makers,
  community members
• Frame CCRRs as the primary system of delivery
• Developmentally Appropriate
• All domains equally represented
• www.dhhs.nh.gov/DHHS/CDB

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Snapshot of Pennsylvania

• Crosswalked with K-12 Standards, Head Start,
  Creative Curriculum, Keystone STARS (QRS)
• Guiding Principles provide foundation for rooting
  standards in curriculum, assessment, high
  quality early care and education practices
• All domains are addressed equally
• Formal statewide professional development
  activities for the purpose of integrating
  standards in programs

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What is the CCRRs Role in Professional
Development?

• Current participation in professional development
  
• Current participation in professional development
  around early learning standards

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Role of CCRR

• Advocate for best practices in the development
  or revision of early learning standards
  incorporating all domains of development
• Ensuring that professional development
  opportunities are grounded in best practice
• Positioning CCRR as the delivery system for
  professional development opportunities around
  best practices standards

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Next Steps

• Marketing Strategies currently being used
• Developing a plan for further focus on
  standards in your community
• Breaking down the standards to make them less
  scary

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Contact us

• Debra L. Lawrence, M.A.
• Director, Southeast Regional Key
• Rebecca E. Gomez, M.Ed.
• Professional Development Manager, SE Regional
  Key
• 1500 S. Columbus Blvd. Floor 2
• Philadelphia, PA 19147
• P 215.271.1267
• dlawrence_at_ccissouthphila.org
• rgomez_at_ccissouthphila.org