Building an Intentionally Inclusive Community Program: The Interactive Use of Selected TA Process Tools and Resources 2015 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute Chapel Hill, NC
TA Tools
ECTA System Framework Personnel/Workforce Component To guide states in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive system of personnel development (CSPD). personnel.asp
National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) The Big Picture: A Planning Guide for Cross-Sector Early Childhood Professional Development Systems urces/NPDCI-Big-Picture-Planning-Guide-3rd-edition _0.pdf The Landscape: A Statewide Survey for Providers of Professional Development in Early Childhood urces/NPDCI-Landscape-survey _0.pdf
Considerations for Making Finance Decisions to Promote Preschool Inclusion: A Toolkit Motivation and Partnerships Settings, Staffing and Service Delivery Models Funding Streams and Accountability nanceinclu.pdf
Pennsylvania Preschool Inclusion: Self Evaluation Tool Organized around the DEC/NAEYC defining feature of inclusion: Access Participation Supports reschoolInclusionSelf_EvaluationFinal_7_13.pd f
SpecialQuest State/Community Perceptions of Inclusive Practices (S/CPIP) A means of ranking progress in growing capacity in the following areas: Including Children Birth–Five with Disabilities, Involving Families of Young Children with Disabilities, Providing Integrated Services to Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers with Disabilities, and Supporting Implementation and Sustainability.
RP² Benchmarks of Quality for Classroom-Based Programs Critical Elements: Establish Leadership Team Staff Readiness and Buy-in Family Engagement Program-wide Action Plan All Classrooms Demonstrate Implementation of Evidence- Based Practices Procedures for Responding to Individual Children Staff Capacity-Building and Support Monitoring Implementation and Outcomes 11/Benchmarks_Class.pdf
Gallery Walk Be thinking about: What I like about this tool Ideas about how I could use this tool in my work –Any adaptations I would like to make for it to be more useful to me/others in my program or community? Ideas from others that I would like to explore further
Wrap-Up Which tool would you most like to use in your work? What initial actions steps do you plan to take?
For links to these resources please visit the ECTA Center web page on inclusion:
Presenter Information Megan Vinh: Judy Swett: Katy McCullough: