California Early Learning Quality Improvement System (CAEL QIS) Advisory Committee
Design Ideas for Licensing, Quality Rating, and
Improvement Systems Subcommittee
Dennis Vicars , Chair
Consuelo Espinosa, Vice-Chair
Wednesday August 18, 2010
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Meeting Locations:
California Dept. of Education
Nutrition Services Division
560 J Street, Room 250A
Sacramento, CA 95814
and
Riverside County Office of Education
2300 Market Street, Room 2A and 2B
Riverside, CA 92502
Topic: Oversight (conclusion) and Selecting Pilot Criteria for California’s Quality Improvement Rating System
Note: One copy of the printed materials and resources will be provided at the meeting. Please remember to print and bring your own documents with you.
I.
Welcome and Introductions
Dennis Vicars and Consuelo Espinosa
II.
Review of CAEL QIS Advisory Committee's Decisions and the Design Subcommittee's Charge
Dennis Vicars
III.
Family Child Care Home Education Network (FCCHEN) Presentation
Nicola Howard, City of Gardena Family Child Care Home Education Network
- FCCHEN Presentation (PDF; 126KB; 13pp.)
IV. Work Group Discussion Topic: Oversight and Piloting the California’s Quality Improvement Rating System
Oversight and Selecting Criteria for the Pilot of CA QIS - Begin discussion and establish pros and cons for:
- Participation Criteria
- Define mandatory participation for all ECE programs
- Define the phase-in for public and private ECE programs
- Determine length of time a program stays on a tier
- Tier transition - program movement from one tier to another
- Selecting pilot participants and identifying who will staff the pilot
- Criteria for participant recruitment
- Determine criteria and selection process of pilot staff
- Developing the technical assistance criteria
- Identify the type and level of technical assistance
- Mentor criteria
- Selection criteria for technical assistance mentors
- Testing technical assistance methods
- Evaluate the effectiveness of incentives
- Creating valid and reliable CA QIS pilot parameters
LUNCH
V.
Report Work Group Conclusions to Subcommittee
Dennis Vicars and Consuelo Espinosa
VI.
Summarize Meeting, Next Steps, and Closing Comments
Dennis Vicars and Consuelo Espinosa
VII.
Design Subcommittee Celebration of Accomplishments
Dennis Vicars, Consuelo Espinosa, and Roberta Peck
VIII. Adjourn
Meeting Resources:
- First 5 Association CAEL QIS Implementation Recommendations (DOC; 55KB; 4pp.)
- CAEL QIS Implementation: First 5 Association of CA Recommendations (PDF; 192KB; 12pp.)
- Child Care Licensing Overview (PDF; 2MB; 17pp.)
- 2009 CAEL QIS Interim Report (Outside Source)
- Design Subcommittee Work plan
Advisory Committee direction to Subcommittees (June 10, 2009): The Subcommittees will clarify issues, outline possible alternatives, and present likely results. The California Early Learning Quality Improvement System Advisory Committee will receive the information and issues analyzed through the Subcommittees for the Committee’s consideration, discussion, and the development of recommendations; not as an expectation for approval.
