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State Early Childhood Advisory CouncilWednesday, May 8, 2019
10:00 am. -3:00 p.m.Ascend One - Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) Conference Center
8930 Stanford Blvd., Columbia, Maryland 21045Susquehanna Room
Time Task10:00- 10:15 Welcome! Introductions and Announcements
• Steven Hicks, Assistant State Superintendent, Division of Early Childhood, Maryland State Department ofEducation (MSDE)
10:15- 12:00 Presentations• Preschool Development Grant 8-5 Needs Assessment— Kasia Razynska, Associate Director of Evaluation
and Continuous Improvement, MAEC, Inc. and Maria del Rosario (Charo) Basterra, Vice President, MAECDeputy Director, Center for Education_Equity (Communication — Priority_1,_Work force_Development-Priority 2)
12:00-1:00 Lunch (onyourown)1:00 - 2:00 Old Business
• Welcome - Dr. Carol A Williamson, Deputy Superintendent, Office of Teaching and Learning, MSDE• Pritzker Grant Update — Margaret Williams, Executive Director, Maryland Family Network (MFN) -
(Comm unication — Priority 1, Workforce Development-Priority 2)• Preschool Development Grant update
• Local Early Childhood Advisory Councils Quality Grants — Wendy Dantzler, Early ChildhoodCoordinator, Collaboration and Program Improvement Branch, DEC, MSDE (Communication —Priority 1)
• WIDA, Maryland as an Early Learning WIDA State, Karma Hudack, Grants Specialist, Collaborationand Program_Improvement Branch._DEC,_MSDE_(Communication_—_Priority_1)
2:00-2:30 New Business• Child and Adult Care Food Program (CA CFP) - Lucy Ann Amos. CA CFP Training Specialist, Office of School
and_Community Nutrition_Programs._MSDE (Workforce_Development-Priority 2)2:30 —3:00 General Announcements and Next Steps
• Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant - Vanessa Williams, Program Specialist, Division ofCurriculum, Instructional Improvement, and Professional Learning, MSDE
• Office of Child Care Update-Jenn Nizer, Director of the Office of Child Care, Division of Early Childhood,MSDE
• Maryland EXCELS- Jena Smith, Quality Assurance Supervisor, Maryland EXCELS Branch, Division of EarlyChildhood, MSDE
• U. S. Play Coalition Conference: Your Definition of Play- Pally StThe, Co-Founder, Pure Play Every Day, Inc.: • State Early Childhood Advisory Council Announcements — Wendy Dantzler. Early Childhood Coordinator,
Division of Early Childhood, MSDE
3:00 Adjournment of Full Council
Priorities
Currently, the Council is focused on two priority areas: Communication / Public Awareness and WorkforceDevelopment.
Communication! Public Awareness (Priority 1): Objectives for this priority are:
• To update and develop communication policies and procedures to ensure effective communication withlocal jurisdictions as well as effective interdepartmental communication, This will include a plan for the useof social media and SMS services.
• To develop a public awareness campaign to educate the community and reinforce the importance of earlychildhood education, This public awareness campaign will serve as an ‘umbrella campaign” that willsupport the efforts of the local councils and link the communfty to effective and reliable resources.
Workiorce Development (Priority 2): Objectives for this priority are:
• Increase capacity for behavioral health consultation to child care, home visiting, pre-kindergaden, EarlyHead Start and other early childhood programs, including kindergarten, and Head Start,
• Increase capacity for behavioral health consultation to pediatric providers through Baltimore HealthIntegration in primary Pediatric Care. (Lead — Health Department)
• Establish behavioral health consultation to maternal health providers with focus on pregnant and postpartumwomen. (Lead — Health Department)
• Convene collaborative State and Local implementation teams to establish and sustain systemic change toimprove outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their families. (Lead -Special Education/Early Intervention)
To support these initiatives, the state will need to review its training component and ensure that it has the capacity tosupport all early education and care providers. Objectives for this work are:
• To develop effective strategies that addresses the use of technology in the classroom and in early educationand care programs as well as family engagement and challenging behaviors. To successfully address thelatter, strategies should consider training or coaching models that are also inclusive of communication skills,relationship building, cultural competencies, and trauma informed care.
Birth-B (Priority 3): We will be asking our State Early Childhood Advisory Council members for input and feedbackas we begin our work this fall. Education Counsel, a non-profit educational consulting firm, has invited Maryland toparticipate with Connecticut, Delaware, and Mississippi in a multi-state workgroup as our states begin to implementthe Birth toS opportunities that are in our new ESSA plan. They will be supporting us with evidenced based ideas inorder to expand opportunities and improve outcomes for all students from birth through age 21.
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support to disadvantaged children. The Maryland Board of Education isparticularly interested in supporting early literacy; therefore, alignment of
language and literacy from birth to age 5 with kindergarten through grade 12 is amain priority.
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Key 2: Strategic ProfessionaL LearningClear, systematic, needs—based professional learning is vital to impact student growth. Maryland’s CLPembraces the whole child, from birth to Grade 12. This occurs through strong partnerships with familiesand guardians, early childhood educators, Prek—12 teachers, higher education staff members, othercommunity stakeholders, and a high-quality and sustained system of professional development foreducators. Together state and local teams will establish and disseminate needs—based professionallearning in a variety of modalities to local school districts, K—l2 Educators, Birth to 5 organizations, andlocal communities. The team will also establish a system for addressing the needs of individual studentsthrough data dialogue, peer coaching, and mentoring.
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With the adoption of the MCCRS, educators have developed an understanding of the progression of A:standards from PreK—l2th grade and across content areas. Working with local school systems,community-based programs, local Early Childhood Advisory Councils, public libraries, and institutionsof higher education, Maryland will expand its vision of literacy to include the continuum of birth to adulteducation in order to engage all groups and to increase alignment. True equity of instruction cannot beachieved until all students receive instruction aligned to the standards and delivered with fidelity.
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Assessments provide information on various forms of instruction, student knowledge, and achievement.A comprehensive system of assessments includes state, local, school, and teacher assessment data. Thisdata is analyzed in collaborative teams through the use of data-dialogue, peer coaching, and mentoring inorder to guide and refine instruction. A comprehensive assessment system allows for strategic data—informed decision making to meet the needs of the individual student.
Key 5: Tiered Instruction and InterventionsMaryland has adopted regulation for the inclusion of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in allclassrooms. This approach provides choice and individualization for students which, in turn, allowsteachers to provide tiered instruction. In addition, Maryland developed a structured Response toIntervention Framework in 2008 that was adopted state—wide. The state’s tiered system of support willcontinue to be refined, will include all children, and will provide enrichment and intervention models inorder to achieve comprehensive literacy for all.
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Health Consultation Project2019 Legislative Brief
The NatibnoI Model
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation is an evidence-informed intervention for supporting children’s social andemotional development and addressing challenging behaviors In early learning and home environments: IECMHC has been shownto improve classroom climate and child behaviors, and to reduce preschool suspensions and expulsions Data on expulsions andsuspensions for children in early education programs indicate rates triple that of expulsion rates for school-aged peers: Nationalaftention has been given to IECMHC as a primary mechanism to address these concerns.
pulslon and Long Term School OUtcOmes4 DrIven of ExpulsIon5
As much as ID times more likely to • Structural quality
• Fail a grade In school • Gaps In knowledge of early childhood
• Hold negative school attitudes • Trauma/behavior connection
• Drop out of high school • Racial and gender disparities in disclphne
• Face incarceration,,..
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Workforce Outcomes: Reduced stress and burnout, FamIly Outcomes: Prevention of suspensions and expulsions,reduced turnover, and higher quality interactions, Improved dyadic relationships, and reduced missed work days for parents.
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F “1POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE I Karen B. Salmon, Ph.D.State Superintendent of SchoolsOffice of Human Resources• 200 West Baltimore StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 ‘410-767-0019 ‘ 410-333-3045 TrY/TOD
DIVISION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT April 26, 2019ASSISTANT STATE SUPERINTENDENT
POSITION TITLE:
POSITION NUMBER:
SALARY:
Education Program Specialist I — Early Childhood Systems Specialist
Contractual pin # 345642 (JobAps #19-005055-0013)
Stale Salary’ Grade 21Annual Salary’ Range: $62,063 - $90,644
LOCATION:
NATURE OF WORK:
DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES:
Nancy S. Grasmick Education Building200 West Baltimore StreetBaltimore, MD 21201
This is a contractual position responsible for providing technical assistance & programsupport to the Assistant State Superintendent within the Division of Early Childhood inthe areas of birth to 8 early childhood systems and initiatives; meeting the needs ofVulnerable Populations & the State standards, curriculum & assessments; consults withother branches & offices within the division, other MSDE divisions & public / privateorganizations regarding birth to 8 coordinated services.
Research, analyze & make recommendations on administrative, management &procedural practices; write logical, comprehensive, concise reports & correspondence;handle confidential / sensitive information & exercise discretion concerning itsdisposition; review & assist in the development of monitoring policies & programs,including birth through 8 early childhood systems & initiatives; identify program needsregarding the transition of young children across early childhood programs & into publicschool, research, collaborate & evaluate best practices / strategies within the birth-8;monitor programmatic & fiscal progress of grantees in accordance with state approvedprocurement policies & procedures; & conduct on-site visits of programs & apply relatedfederal laws, state laws; provide technical assistance to grantees & early childhoodprograms; consult with public I private organizations regarding program monitoring &accounting policies; and represent the Division of Early Childhood.
NI IN I MUMQUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION: A Master’s Degree or equivalent 36 credit hours of post baccalaureatecourse work in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, EducationalAdministrationlSupervision or a related Educational field.
EXPERIENCE: Four (4) years of professional experience in coordinatingadministering an education program or service directly related to Early Childhood.
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Knowledge of Preschool Development Grant Birthexperience with grant implementation & oversight;technical assistance to stakeholders in developing &ability to communicate effectively in writing & orally;time with competing priorities & deadlines; demonstrated ability to create & fosterexcellent working relationships.
ESSENTIALREQUIREMENTS:
through Five (PDG B-5);experience with providingimplementing their grants;submit required reports on
AFFIRMING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE
PROCEDURE FOR To apply for this position online go to MSDE Jobs on JobAps (or complete an MSDEAPPLICATION: Application on malandpublicschools.or). On-line applications (and resumes) are
the preferred method for receiving your application/attachments. Using this methodwill allow applicants to access their documents for ffiture recruitments for which theyapply and verify that the appropriate documents (resume-credentials) have beenattached to the recruitment that requires them. Applicants must include their resumeand provide sufficient information on the appLication to document that they satisfythe minimum qualifications for this recruitment. Please do not put “See Resume” inthe job duties section of your application; your application will not be considered.
If you utilize fax or regular mail as the option to submit required attachments, youwill need to resubmit these documents each time you apply for a new position thatrequires the attachments. Additionally, you must include the following informationon each page of the attachment you submit in order to ensure that we append theattachments to the correct recruitment: First and Last Name. Recruitment Number,and the last 4 digits of your SS# and indicate application for - Education ProgramSpecialist I — Early Childhood Systems Position# 345642 - (JobAps #19-005055-0013). Mailing Address: Maryland State Department of Education, Office of HumanResources, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Maryland 21201. Fax: 410-333-8950— This fix number is for Department of Education recruitment actions only.
If you have difficulty with your user account or have general questions about thisonline application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget andManagement, Recruitment and Examination Division at 410-767-4850. For inquiriesor an MSDE Application, contact 410-767-0019 or TTY/TDD 410-333-3045 or visitour website at http://www.marylandpublicschools.org’.
App,-opriate accommodations for indh’ithrnls it’ll/i disabilities available upon request
CONDITIONS OF Proof of eligibility to work in compliance with the Immigration Reform and ControlEMPLOYMENT: Act and possible travel throughout the State are required. Any misrepresentation of
academic or experience requirements for this position may result in non-selection ortermination of employment.
CLOSING DATE: For inmediate consideration please submit your application by May 10, 2019— Open UntilFilled.
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