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Report from the California Head Start-State
Collaboration Office
By Michael Zito and Nancy Remley
The CHSSCO has been working on the following activities in support of California's Head Start programs:
Partnership with the California Department of Public Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch and Department of Health Care Services Children's Medical Services Branch
Two years ago, the CHSSCO, in partnership with the (then) Head Start TTA network health specialist Cris Cochran, began a dialogue with health specialists across the state regarding the difficulties they had getting lead screenings done by Childhood Health and Disability Program (CHDP) providers. As many of you know, we recently sent out a "Lead Screening Survey" to Head Start directors with a request that every program have their health specialist staff complete it. To date we have received surveys from 60 grantee and delegate agencies from across California. We developed the survey collaboratively with the CDPH and CDHS staff that have responsibilities for ensuring that CHDP providers complete required screens. The CDHS has agreed to contact every CHDP provider identified by a Head Start program as one that does not complete the required lead screens on children. CDHS and CDPH staff have also developed several documents regarding best practices for obtaining screenings that we will be sharing with you soon.
Braided Funding Workgroup
The CHSSCO, in cooperation with the CHSA, California Department of Education (CDE) and Region IX Head Start and Child Care offices, facilitated the first meeting of the workgroup on October 15, 2010. The workgroup charge is to develop recommendations to Region IX and CDE regarding fiscal and programmatic guidance to Head Start grantees and CDE Child Development Division contractors braiding state and federal funding. The first meeting was attended by Jan Len and Bob Garcia, respectively the Head Start and Child Care managers at Region IX. The workgroup agreed upon a number of tasks to complete over the next few months to provide additional guidance to Head Start grantees that partner with CDE child care and state preschool programs. More later.
Early Learning Quality Improvement System Committee
The ELQIS, which is finalizing its recommendations to the Governor and Legislature on a Quality Rating System, met November 3rd in Yolo County. This was the next to last meeting of the ELQIS where action items were considered to complete the final recommendations. For more information on ELQIS and the Early Learning Advisory Committee, which will oversee pilots of the QRIS over the next several years:
please go to: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/elac2010meetings.asp for information on ELAC, andhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/sb1629committee.asp for information on the ELQIS.
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) Train-the-Trainer and Coach Events SAVE THE DATES
The California CSEFEL "Train-the-Trainer" and "Coach" events scheduled for next year are still accepting applications:
The CSEFEL State Leadership Team is partnering with the National Center on the CSEFEL to bring the Pyramid Model framework to our children and communities.
Trainers from the National Center will be providing two more Train the Trainer (ToT) events for our state this spring. This training series is four full days.
Series 1: January 18 & 19 and February 15 & 16, 2011 (San Jose)
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NOTE: Applications for the San Jose series close on October 30, 2010
Series 2: March 1 & 2, and April 5 & 6, 2011 (Los Angeles)
http://csefeltotsocal.eventbrite.com
NOTE: Applications for the Los Angeles Series close on November 24, 2010
Applications for the first two in the series of trainings are still open. Please review the information provided and, if you are qualified and available on the dates listed, apply. Please feel free to share this information with others you know that may be good candidates for this opportunity. Unfortunately, there is not funding available to pay for people's registration fees or travel costs.
Individuals who are interested in learning about how to support implementation of this training through a coaching model might want to consider attending the additional two training days for Coaches. The application is available with the ToT application.
Series 1: January 20, and February 17, 2011 (San Jose)
Series 2: March 3, and April 7, 2011 (Los Angeles)
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