governor’s early childhood advisory council (ecac) september 9, 2014
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Overview and Action Steps Since the Last Meeting
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ECAC members were surveyed in July and August
The ECAC Strategic Planning Meeting occurred in August
The ECAC Co-Chairs met later in August to consider the input from interviews & the meeting
The Steering Committee considered all this input to frame today’s agenda
ECAC Business Agenda3
Overview Review of Interviews and Strategic
Planning 2014 Report Planning 2015 Considerations Between Meeting Updates Project Teams Next Meetings
Overview4
These agenda items will reflect Interview and Strategic Planning considerations and the Co-Chair feed-back with a focus on the 2014 Annual Report and next steps for 2015.
Review of Council Member Interviews5
24 interviews over the last few weeks! Thanks for making time to share your thoughts!
Core themes: Opportunity; when we collaborate we can do
great things Heart; members care about the success of the
council and about better meeting the needs of children and families
Positive; the overall tone of the interviews was positive and forward thinking
Action; council members are ready and eager to take action
Opportu
nity
Heart
Positive
Action
Review of Strategic Planning Meeting
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Refer to handout summary of interview and strategic planning meeting highlights
For more information see the Strategic Planning minutes and facilitator notes on the ECAC website
Comments From Members Attending Strategic Planning
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Task: ECAC members share their perspectives of the Strategic Planning Meeting
Comments From ECAC Co-Chairs8
Comments from the ECAC Co-Chairs are built into individual agenda items
Annual Report Planning Overview9
Use the Report to Promote the ECAC Agenda
2014 Report to Measure Progress Increase Report to Define Higher Level
Policy Recommendations Defining 2015 Next Steps
Timeline for 2014 Report Recommendations
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September 9: ECAC input, initial prioritization
Governor Recommendations October: ECAC Steering Committee reviews
input and drafts Governor recommendations November: Email survey of members to
prioritize from October draft Project Team Recommendations
Oct & Nov: Teams finalize recommendations December 3: ECAC Approval Send suggestions for Report writer to
Bridget
2014 Annual Report Planning
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Strategic Planning Concept: How to use the annual report to better promote the ECAC agenda and recommendations?
Co-Chair Feedback: Co-Chairs will request a joint meeting with
the Governor to share the report Co-Chairs will share recommendations with
related legislative committee members Co-Chairs will consider other forms of
sharing the report with the public
2014 Report Planning Defining Policy Recommendation
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Strategic Planning: Use the report to promote the ECAC agenda through defined recommendations and increase connection to the Governor
Feedback from Co-Chairs: Report includes 3 levels of policy
recommendations Recommendations to the Governor Recommendations to the State Departments (Note
later discussion in Project Team Structure) Recommendations for continued ECAC Project Team
work (Note later discussion in Project Team Structure)
2014 Report Planning Measuring 5 Years of progress
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Agreement to use the 2014 Annual Report to document 5 years of progress with focus on measures and also including other progress.
Task: Review current ECAC progress/measures handout of page 18 of the 2013 report Discussion Questions:
Are these measures enough to focus on in the Annual Report?
What data do we have access to? Are we collecting and reporting on those measures?
Are there other measures to include? Should these progress measures be revised for 2015?
2014 Report Planning Defining Recommendations to the Governor
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Previous reports focused recommendations on the ECAC and Project Teams
Strategic Planning and Co-Chair agreement to add recommendations for the Governor to the 2014 report
2014 Report Planning Defining Recommendations to the Governor
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Criteria for selection: High level implications with significant impact Evidence based and/or defendable rationale
Task: Review 2010 Report Page 19, 2013 Recommendations, and any other considerations Questions:
Are there other criteria for selection? Propose 3 areas for recommendations to the
Governor
Note Timeline: Steering Committee will do initial draft for email input before December meeting
2015 Planning Birth to Age 8 Foundation
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Age 8 framework through work without changes to membership
Co-Chair feedback: Spread the word to make it happen. Questions:
Consensus Agreement: The ECAC should use the Birth to 8 framework as a working guide for further work. No changes in ECAC membership would occur at this time.
How to promote a Birth to 8 framework in your system? How can the ECAC promote the framework (see
examples on the document)?
2015 Planning Defining the Achievement Gap & Inequalities
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The ECAC has had presentations and expressed interest in “Closing the Achievement Gap and Inequalities”
Question: What should the ECAC do next to address these issues For example: do nothing, get more written
information, have more presentations, leverage member resources, all Project Teams address, create a Project Team, etc.
Between Council Updates/July survey results
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How do ECAC members feel about the need for more information between ECAC meetings: At the June Council meeting the member survey results in
priority order were No more information needed Desire monthly updates Desire individual emails
At the Strategic Planning meeting members indicated the desire for more information between meetings
Staff are currently considering mechanisms for a monthly update that could include: meeting reminders, significant Project Team Updates, national resources, and website update notices
Project Team Reports Overview19
Defining Structure for Project Team Specific Team Reports
Screening and Assessment focus on Kindergarten Entrance Assessment
Public Private
Project Team ReportsStructure for Project Team
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Strategic Planning: the role and structure of the project teams is still unclear
Co-Chair feedback: Work at defining the Teams charge with the of the
ECAC priorities and with the existing work of the of the departments’ to better determine if they are ECAC Project Teams vs. cross sector department teams
Create charters/work plans to define their work, make the charge clear, and understand the parameters
Commitment that Departments meet with teams to consider recommendations
Project Team Reports21
Screening and Assessment focus on Kindergarten Entrance Assessment
Public Private