After the Grant: Sustainability & Scale-up of the NC/CSEFEL Initiative NC/CSEFEL Panel Norman Allard Lanier DeGrella Brenda Dennis Khari Garvin Marta Koesling Mary Lee Porterfield Jackie Quirk May 16, 2012

Session Objectives To share & discuss with participants NC’s Partnership with CSEFEL (Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning) NC/CSEFEL Planning Team efforts to implement, sustain, & grow Challenges & lessons learned

Center on the Social & Emotional Foundations for Early Learning  Collaboration of 6 universities & research institutes  Federally funded by Office of Head Start & Child Care Bureau  National center to promote social emotional development & school readiness of children birth to age 5

Purpose of CSEFEL  Analyze & synthesize research translate into practical materials  Disseminate practices & materials via interactive website  Engage in training & technical assistance to selected states

The Pyramid Model Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants & Young Children Intensive Intervention Targeted Social Emotional Supports High Quality Supportive Environments Nurturing & Responsive Relationships Effective Workforce Effective Workforce

NC/CSEFEL Partner Agencies  NC Division of Child Development and Early Education  NC Child Care Resource & Referral Council  NC Head Start – State Collaboration Office/ East Coast Migrant Head Start  NC Partnership for Children (Smart Start)  NC Dept of Public Instruction/Office of Early Learning  NC Division of Public Health/Early Intervention  FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-CH  NC Community College System

CSEFEL Grant Requirements  Develop a cadre of trainers  Create coaching capacity  Select & support Pyramid Model demonstration classrooms  Evaluate outcomes  Sustain the efforts & scale-up

Sustainability & Scale-up NC/CSEFEL Partnership Vision To develop and sustain a unified professional development system to address the emotional and social needs of all children birth-5 through the use of the Pyramid Model integrated with other relevant efforts for North Carolina’s early care and education workforce

Division of Child Development & Early Education Project-Level Support  Funding for NC/CSEFEL Coordinator  Meetings, training, materials for coaches & demo site staff  Two statewide special initiatives

Division of Child Development & Early Education Project-Level Support  Infant Toddler Quality Enhancement Project & Promoting Healthy Social Behaviors in Child Care Centers  On-site Pyramid Model-based technical assistance available to any NC licensed child care program  Pyramid Model-based learning events offered statewide

Division of Child Development & Early Education System-Level Efforts  Weaving Pyramid Model concepts & language into revised ELDS  Including in revised QRIS

NC Head Start – State Collaboration Office  Brokered agreement (based on coaching model) with PFI & 3 Head Start grantees to build capacity & sustain the initiative

East Coast Migrant Head Start  Pre-service training for teachers  Ongoing training, technical assistance & support throughout work season  Systematic use of TPOT & TPITOS in subset of classrooms

NC Partnership for Children  Webinar for Smart Start Partnership executive directors & program staff  Strongly encourage programming & activities that incorporate the Pyramid Model at the local level

NC Dept of Public Instruction/ Office of Early Learning  Training & external coaching in 9 inclusive pre-K classrooms  Development of local Leadership Teams  3-5 year plan for program-wide implementation

NC Division of Public Health  5 bulletins highlighting Pyramid Model sent to all licensed child care programs  Professional development opportunities for Early Intervention staff  CSEFEL information disseminated through Local Interagency Coordinating Councils

FPG Child Development Institute Partnerships for Inclusion  Trainings for early care & education teachers & administrators  Train-the-trainer materials

FPG Child Development Institute NC Technical Assistance Preschool Project  Program-wide implementation for 13 local school districts  Coaching for demonstration classroom

Community College System  Training for early childhood faculty  Embedding concepts into child guidance classes & other early childhood courses

Grassroots Efforts  NC/CSEFEL Training & Technical Assistance Community (>500)  Local Peer-amid Discussion Groups for consultants/trainers

Challenges  Competing priorities for partner agency leadership  Cross sector implementation became individual agency efforts  Lack of drivers for systemic implementation of the CSEFEL Pyramid Model

Challenges  Lack of public awareness of CSEFEL Pyramid Model  Lack of state-wide access to train- the-trainer  Turnover within demonstration sites

Lessons Learned  Funding for project coordination  Tiered process for demonstration classrooms  Guided observations  Flexibility

Celebrate Successes!!

Where to Go to Learn More  Center on the Social & Emotional Foundations for Early Learning  Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention  Coming Soon…