for more information please contact:  Leslie Shook-Twing 530-634-1243 or go to www.edjoin.org

Early Head Start/Childcare Partnerships

Lake FRC, through its Early Head Start Program, is recruiting Childcare provider partners, either Center-based, or family childcare homes, who are interesting in providing comprehensive services to their families. Partners may be either public or private providers.  They will be required, with the financial and services support from Lake FRC Early Head Start through the grant, to meet the Early Head Start Performance Standards, including eligibility, ratios and education standards.  We are focused on providers providing infant-toddler care in the South County area, but will consider infant-toddler providers in other areas of the County as well.  For more information contact Lake Family Resource Center at 707-279-0563 or email gloriaf@lakefrc.org. Providers need to be currently receiving subsidies for children in their care.

 Review the RFP Summary Here

LPC Retreat

The LPC Planning Retreat will be Thursday, October 2 at 1:00 pm. The location will be announced shortly. If you have any additional thoughts on topics for discussion please email them to Laurie at lallen@lakecoe.org.

Steps to Quality 2013-2014 Graduates

Congratulations to our 2013-14 Participants for completing the year! Stipends should be out approximately by the week of July 21st for non-LCOE employees and July 16 for LCOE employees.

Pre-Registration for our 2014-2015 program is now open. If you have any questions please contact us. Click here to complete the pre-registration form in English. Click here for the form in Spanish. 

First Year Participants           Second Year Participants      Legacy participants

Legacy Group

The Hero Project is coming to life! We will continue working throughout the summer preparing for the launch at the Lake County Fair. Our next meeting is Thursday, July 17th at 10:00 am in the LCOE Board Room.

Rosario Morris 

School is out for SUMMER!!!!!    But.... programs continue to operate. 

LCOE Early Connection Programs , After School Programs and ZAP After School Programs are accepting applications. 

LPC Consortium and LPC Summer retreat are coming. Watch your email for information and dates.

The Lake County Fair, and launch of the Hero Project is August 28-31. We need volunteers for our booth. If you are interested please contact Laurie at lallen@lakecoe.org.

 

60-Second Video: Preschool Support from Unexpected Messengers
Members of five nonprofit membership organizations have produced a video touting the benefits of high-quality preschool. The nonprofit organizations comprise the unique and powerful voices of business, retired military leaders, law enforcement, faith, and sports. 

CSA: Preschool wise investment.

First 5 California and the California Department of Education-Early Education and Support Division (CDE-EESD) are pleased to announce the availability of four online Environmental Rating Scales (ERS) professional development modules through the California Early Childhood Online (CECO). Funded by First 5 California, these modules are available at no cost to California early childhood educators, professional development providers, faculty, and others interested in learning more about the ERS, through June 2015. The modules provide an introduction to the ERS and each setting-specific scale, including:

 

• Environmental Rating Scales 101 (ERS-101)
• Infant-Toddler Environmental Rating Scales 101 (ITERS-101) 
• Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scales 101 (FCCERS-101)
• Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scales 101 (ECERS-101)

 

Each four-hour module is available in Spanish and English. Following the completion of each module, the participant will be able to print a professional development certificate. These trainings are approved for First 5 California's CARES Plus Component A.

 

To access the modules, go to  http://www.caearlychildhoodonline.org, and click on "ERSI Environmental Scales Institute."

 

Wild, Wild, West Photo Gallery

2013 Child Care Program Office Analysis

The analysis of the most common deficiencies cited in Infant and Preschool Child Care Centers is now available on the LPC Website. View the list here. 

2013-2014 Zip Code Priorities

Access the 2013-2014 Zip Code Priorities HERE or on the LPC Website under Reports and Publications.

The 2014 Lake County FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE is now available. 

Spanish translation in process.

Lake County Child Care Map 

Time for an update

The Child Care map is a visual map of the entire county, and has an icon representing child care programs in the county. We implemented this feature in 2011 which gives contact and program information about each program shown. Click here to view map.

We want to keep this useful marketing tool and data resource as current as possible. If your program is listed on the map please check your information and let us know if we need to edit anything of the information. If your program is not listed but you would like your program included on the website please send the information to lallen@lakecoe.org.