Seattle Preschool Program

Implementation Plan

March 2015

Implementation Planning Process

• Development Process

• Public Vote

• Community Meetings

• Advisory Committee Retreat

• Interagency Preschool Team

Commitment to Racial Equity and Social Justice

• Program Goals

• Alignment with RSJI

• Use of the Toolkit

• Community Engagement

Community Meeting and Advisory Committee Topics

Family Engagement

Dual Language Curriculum

Teacher Training Pathways to Certification

Contracting and Enrollment

Community Meetings and Online Participation Demographics*

Race and Primary Language Spoken at Home

*Based on 430 responses collected through Inclusion Sign-In Cards, part of the City of Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI)

Interagency Preschool Team (IPT)IPT

Provider Contracting Enrollment

Teacher Quality

Supports

Specialized Classroom Supports

Facilities

Implementation Plan: Transmittal Structure

• The Ordinance adopts the Implementation Plan.

• The Implementation Plan outlines policy direction.

• The Program Plan details processes, procedures, and practices and will be submitted as a Clerk File.

Implementation Plan: Section Format

Section

Intro

Strategies to Achieve Results

Racial Equity & Social Justice Processes

School Readiness (page 10)

• Provider Application Process• Competitive and simple

• Direct negotiations with SPS

• Quality Improvement• Annual progress monitoring

• Provider Contracting Priorities • Near low-performing schools

• Supporting low-income families

• Quality

• Tiebreakers

From SPS Segmentation Report: http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/strategicplan/Segmentation_2013_DistrictSummaryReport_Final.pdf?sessionid=f8f33cebcf742c19d57639d533bdc8f6

School Readiness (Continued)

• Child Eligibility• Seattle resident, 4yo by August 31, 3yo from families under 300% FPL

• Selection• Outreach to ensure demographic representativeness and mixed-income

applicant pool

• Prioritizations based on age, sibling status, and location

• Random selection if demand exceeds supply

• Tuition • Sliding scale

Program Support (page 17)

• Professional Development• Curriculum training and content training, aligned with DEL

• Coaching• Embedded coaching focused on professional growth

• Special Populations and Additional Services• Support for children with previously unidentified need

(developmental, health, or behavioral)

• Support for children who are homeless and in child welfare system

Capacity Building (page 23)

• Facilities Capacity Building Fund• Small grants and forgivable loans to improve or renovate facilities

• Advising and Tuition Assistance• Advising and tuition support to degree/certification attainment

• Teacher Requirement Waiver• Experience, CLASS assessment, and child outcomes

• 1 year process, renewable, portable

Research and Evaluation (page 28)

• Comprehensive Evaluation Strategy, due August 3, 2015• On-going Quality Assurance

• Process Evaluation

• Impact Evaluation

• Family Child Care Pilot

• Communications Plan

Administration (page 30)

• Financial Management

• Contracting Processes

• Personnel

• Tuition Collection

• Report Preparation

Questions?