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Early Childhood Iowa. System Change. System Change is defined as: A “revision of the ways that people and institutions think, behave, and use their resources to affect fundamentally the types, quality, and degree of service delivery to children and families.” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Early Childhood Iowa
System Change is defined as:A “revision of the ways that people and institutions think, behave, and use their resources to affect fundamentally the types, quality, and degree of service delivery to children and families.”Together We Can: A guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and Human Services, 1993
System Change
This change is achieved through the commitment of resources, a willingness to alter existing policies, and partners “sharing a vision, establishing common goals, and agreeing to use their power to achieve them.”Together We Can: A guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and Human Services, 1993
System Change
•North Carolina’s Smart Start technical assistance grant•Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grant•Early Childhood Iowa Legislation•Early Childhood local system development grant (funded through National Governor’s Association)
Building Iowa’s Early Care, Health, and Education System
Early Childhood Iowa Legislation
• Early Childhood Iowa Council
• Steering committee – currently co-chairs committee
• Component groups- public and private partnership
• State Agency Liaison Team
• Lead Agency – Iowa Department of Public Health
• Unified VisionEvery child, beginning at birth, will
be healthy and successful.
• Strategic PlanSingle, comprehensive plan for
children zero to five years and their families
Early Childhood Iowa
Implies direct accountability and partnership relationship
Quality Services & Programs
Professional Development
Public Engagement
PROGRAMMATIC GROUPS
Co-Chairs Group
State Agency Liaison Group(SALT)
Governor’s OfficeDPHDHRDHSCHSCDEISU ExtensionDOM/
ECI STAKEHOLDERS
Governance, Planning,
Administration
Resources and Funding
Results Accountability
INFRASTRUCTURE GROUPS
Implies advisory and information exchange
Community Empowerment (DOM)DPHDHRDHSDEDED
Empowerment Technical
Assistance Team (SET)
ECI System
Early Childhood Iowa Stakeholders
PURPOSE: Be a catalyst in the development of Iowa’s comprehensive, integrated Early Care, Health, and Education System.
Guiding PrinciplesDevelop to make Early Childhood Iowa Stakeholders accountable to their mission of building a comprehensive Early Care, Health, and Education System for the State of Iowa.
• Broad Based Representation• Respect • Responsiveness• Informed Decision Making • Agent of Change
Early Childhood Iowa Stakeholders
Program• Quality Services and Programs• Professional and Workforce Development• Public Engagement
Infrastructure• Governance, Planning, and Administration• Results Accountability • Resources and Funding
Component Workgroups
Quality Services and Programs– Family Support Leadership group– Child Care Issue Brief– Mental Health Network
Professional and Workforce Development– Professional development landscape– Professional development Web site
Public Engagement– Public awareness of early childhood – Early Care, Health & Education Day on the Hill
Strategies for System Change
Programs
Governance, Planning and Administration– Governance structure of ECI– Diversity Summit, Retreat, and work plan– State level assessment of system building process
Resources and Funding – Fiscal assessment on 2006 data
Results Accountability – Indicators and goal measures– Strategic Plan
Strategies for System Change
Infrastructure
• Accountability for results • Public will to support early childhood issues• Strengthen leadership• Expand the organizational capacity• Unifying vision
Every child, beginning at birth, will
be healthy and successful.
Strategies for System Change
• Partnership
• Advisory for Iowa Empowerment Board along with Community Empowerment Coordinators
• ECI Strategic Plan used as a framework for Empowerment Board
Relationship of ECI and Empowerment
For More Information…
Gretchen HagemanIowa Department of Public
Health515-281-7585
Jenny HodgesIowa Department of Public
Health515-281- 4926
www.earlychildhoodiowa.org