EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PALM BEACH

EARLY LEARNING COALITION
OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
Provider Meeting
Welcome
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Topics to Discuss:
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Presentations
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Schoolhouse Children’s Museum
Sunform
Florida Atlantic University
Updates
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Updates
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Developmental Screening
Provider Portal
Program Assurance
 Curriculum
 Monitoring Update
Quality Supports
 CLASS Intro Online
Trainings
 Training Calendar
 Inclusion Services
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VPK Single Point of Entry
CTCA Eligibility
Payment Reminders
Palm Beach State College
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Early Learning Coalition
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Family Central Inc.
Fall Courses 2014
SEEK Deadline
VPK Updates
Schoolhouse Children’s Museum
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Location
 129 East Ocean Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
Mission
 To engage young children in playful
discovery through hands-on, interactive
learning that integrates the arts, humanities
and sciences in a historical setting.
Interactive Exhibits
 On the Farm
 Dairy Days
 Trains
 Post Office
 General Store
 Doctors Office
 Water World
Age Appropriate Programs – based on
S.T.E.A.M. and Common Core Standards
Field Trips
Outreach Programs
www.schoolhousemuseum.org
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For more information contact:
 Suzanne Ross, Executive Director
 561-742-6778 or
suzanne@schoolhousemuseum.
org
Florida Atlantic University
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Early childhood degree programs at FAU, including the
bachelor’s, masters and doctoral degrees.
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http://www.coe.fau.edu/CentersAndPrograms/TOPPEL/def
ault.aspx
For more information contact:
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Dr. Yash Bhagwanji, Associate Professor of Early Childhood
Education
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561.297.3579 or [email protected]
Dr. Nancy Brown, Associate Professor of Early Childhood
Education
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561 297-1244 or [email protected]
Sunform
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Are you looking for ways to boost your students’ readiness and other
early literacy outcomes?
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If so I invite you to consider Sunform Alphabet, an extraordinarily
efficient, research-proven beginning literacy program that provides
research-based instruction for young children in letter sound acquisition,
letter identification, and motor plan/handwriting If you are dissatisfied
with your current early literacy outcomes, a key question to explore is
whether the methodology presently used by your teachers in this area is
actually research-based.
Many instructional practices contain barriers that prohibit children from
becoming proficient readers and writers and are practices that we, as
educators, have been implementing for decades. Sunform eradicates
those barriers.
For more information contact:
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Maureen Stafford
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219-712-1178 or [email protected]
TOPICS TO DISCUSS
Early Learning Coalition
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Developmental Screening:
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Reminders
Must use updated Consent Form.
 Due date is the last day of the month with a grace a period to the
5th of the following month.
 Screening Packets must be mailed to 2300 High Ridge Rd. Ste
115 Boynton Beach, 33426.
 If the child is already receiving services, the child does not need
the screening completed.
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Website Updates
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Updated Forms at
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http://www.elcpalmbeach.org/developmental-screening
Early Learning Coalition
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Percentage of screenings returned:
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Family Child Care – On Time 67%
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Child Care Centers – On Time 79%
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by grace period, Late and No Response 33%
by grace period, Late and No Response 21%
Tracking forms for EHS providers must be mailed back to ELC.
If you receive a Tracking Form with children no longer in care,
please make a note and return the tracking form to ELC.
Developmental Screening Trainings are scheduled every other month
starting January 2015.
For questions contact:
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Lorca Acosta, Program Specialist
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561-600-9424 or [email protected]
Early Learning Coalition
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Provider Portal Updates:
 Center Licenses – upload new license to License or Exemption
folder in portal account
 Insurance – lapse in insurance results in non-payment for any days
without coverage. In the Future could result in termination of your
contract.
 Changes in VPK staff – create, complete and submit updated
VPK 11 A. Load copies of credential, background screening and
Affidavit of Good Moral Character for new staff member into
portal folders.
 For questions contact your system specialist:
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Tamara Liddie (Providers A-F)
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Barbara Amezquita (Providers G-O)
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561-214-7444 or [email protected]
561-214-7420 or [email protected]
Jonathan Geasey (Providers P-Z)
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561-214-7440 or [email protected]
Early Learning Coalition
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Program Assurance
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Curriculum Requirements
A school readiness
provider must select and
implement a curriculum
from the approved list
by December 31, 2014.
 For a copy of the list
and FAQ visit ELC’s
website at
http://www.elcpalmbea
ch.org/new-schoolreadiness-curriculumchanges
 For questions contact
the Provider Warm Line:
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561-214-7426
Early Learning Coalition
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Quality Supports
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Technical Assistance
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Onsite or by Phone
Provide strategies for the following:
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Trainings
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Inclusion, administration, teacher-child interactions, environments and curriculum.
February-May 2015 Quarterly Training Calendar will be sent January 2015.
Registration form must be faxed or mailed to attend.
In-service hours are provided for each training.
Trainings may be presented at a child care facility if you meet training
location requirements.
For questions contact:
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Darianne Powell, Program Assistant
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[email protected] or 561-600-9421
Early Learning Coalition
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Inclusion Services:
Technical Assistance
 Trainings
 Classroom Observations
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For more information
or support contact:
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Maria Gutierrez,
Inclusion Specialist
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561-600-9428 or
Maria.Gutierrez@elcpal
mbeach.org
Early Learning Coalition
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CLASS Online Training
The Office of Early Learning has issued subscriptions for the Introduction to
CLASS for both pre-k and toddler.
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The training takes approximately 2 hours to complete and is available online for
6 weeks once activated by the Coalition.
With the subscription, you will also have access to the video library for 12
months.
To apply for the online training, please complete the application and return by
fax or email to the Coalition.
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The application will be available at www.elcpalmbeach.org
Each site will be issued an pre-k and toddler subscription for each classroom. Once the
application is received, an activation code will be emailed including additional
instructions on how to proceed.
All subscriptions will be issued in January 2015.
To apply, please fax or email the application to:
[email protected] or 561-214-7450
VPK SPE
Accessing OEL’s Online VPK SPE
(Single Point of Entry)
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Apply online at
www.FamilyCentral.org/PBVPKparents
Family Central Contact for support: VPK
Parent Warm line (561) 653-2458
CTCA Extensions
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School age children are eligible for services until the
end of the school year in which the child turns twelve
(12). Please note that children turning 12 during the
summer will remain eligible until that time.
When there is a sibling group of school age children,
the extension date for ALL children will be based on
when the oldest child turns 12. At that time staff will
be triggered to take action, extending the family
based on when the next oldest child turns 12 and so
on…
PAYMENT REMINDERS
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Check message board, even if it indicates unread: 0
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Check all document folders for regular uploads
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Use document folders instead of faxing (please avoid using
“Miscellaneous” for payment)
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If there are multiple lines for one child, complete all lines
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Refer to the legend on the attendance roster for correct codes
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Submit Outstanding Parent Fees Verification forms
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The SEEK Deadline for the Summer 2015 term will be toward the
end of April. Please view our below websites over the next few
months for more information.
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Please visit our websites for SEEK information and deadlines:
SEEK Scholarship: http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/IEECE/pd/seek-scholarship/
Palm Beach County Registry: http://www.pbcregistry.org/
2014-2015
THE HANDBOOK AND
SEEK APPLICATION HAVE
BEEN UPDATED!
Find updated versions on the
SEEK page of the
PBSC IEECE website
or the
Financial Supports tab of the
Registry website
PLEASE REFER TO THE
UPDATED DOCUMENTS IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
SEEK SCHOLARSHIP!
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Career Advising
Extended Advising Hours
Tutoring
Institute of Excellence Open House
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For Questions Contact:
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 Deb
Strange, Director of Early Learning Career
Advising
 868-3670
or [email protected].
Children’s Services Council
 January 2015-- anticipated launch for current Quality Counts programs
 February 2015– anticipated launch for non-Quality Counts programs
To learn more about the Strong Minds Network visit: http://providers.cscpbc.org/bequality
Navigators are available to answer your questions:
Irene Apolinar
(561) 374-7521
Natasha Smith
(561) 374-7532
Be on the lookout for Strong Minds Information Sessions in early February, 2015
VPK Updates
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Trainings Available Quarterly- must register through the DCF
online training system to attend and receive credit.
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Standards Training is available online and instructor led.
Providers on Probation
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Improvement Plans- please provide updates in the comments
section for progress of the action items in your improvement plan.
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Staff Development Improvement Plan- AP 2 is administered during
January, submitted by 2/15/2015.
For questions contact:
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Heather Sargent, VPK Southeast Regional Facilitator
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[email protected] or 628-0250
Questions and Answers
Thank You!
Thank you to the
Early Learning Coalition
and
Children’s Services Council
for the raffle prizes.