Emerging Preschool: A Role for R

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Emerging Preschool A Role for RR

• Planning
• Counseling Referring Families
• Assessment/Training/Support
• Workforce Development
• Facility Assessment

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Planning

• Why should RR be at the Table?
• Expertise
• Relationships with parents and providers
• Data
• Who else should be at the Table?
• Local Government/ School Administration
• Early childhood Professionals/Higher Education
• Parents/Providers
• Facility Experts

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Planning Tasks

• Determine local unmet needs
• Determine target population
• Assess Resources Gaps
• Workforce needs
• Facilities
• Transportation issues
• Develop an implementation plan
• Integrate existing services

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Counseling Referring Families

• Do what child care RR does best!
• Refer families to preschool options
• Provide them with information on selecting the
  most appropriate program for their child
• Assist parents in seeking wrap-around services
  for full day/full year needs
• Provide information on assistance in paying for
  the program- subsidies, tax credits etc.
• Get parents involved in planning and
  implementation

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Assessment, Training Support

• Tools Available
• Challenges for RR
• Funding for existing assessment tools
• Availability of qualified staff
• Separating the role of program assessor from the
  referral role
• Support Technical Assistance to Programs

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Workforce Development

• Assess the current workforce
• Develop the standards
• Identify the gaps
• Develop a strategy to address the workforce gaps
• Partners
• RR
• School District
• Local community colleges
• Higher education

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Facilities Assessment Development

• Identify available resources
• Conduct a local inventory
• Seek co-location opportunities
• Housing
• School sites
• Faith-based opportunities

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Facilities continued

• Assess the facility needs
• How many and what type
• Condition of existing facilities
• Tools to evaluate existing facilities
• Determine types of facilities
• private programs/commercial facility
• Public school
• Modules
• Family child care homes

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For Additional Information Donita Stromgren,
Policy Member Services Director California
Child Care RR Network Donita_at_davis.com Leslie
Simmons, RR Program Manager Child Action Inc.
(Sacramento, CA) Lesliesimmons_at_childaction.org