The California Preschool Regional Planning Workshops

Karen Hill Scott & Company, in partnership with American Institutes of Research (AIR) and sponsored by the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) has organized the California Regional Preschool Planning Workshops in four locations around the state: Tehama County (Oct. 23-24), Sacramento County (Oct. 30-31), Orange County (Nov. 8-9) and Alameda County (Dec. 11-12).

The purpose of these workshops are to:

• To support continued county preschool planning and the expansion of high quality programs.
• To foster strategic partnerships that align counties with local, regional, and statewide preschool policy and funding opportunities.
• To build on prior county-level work and promote sharing and collaboration within and among regions.

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Resources from Regional Workshops (click to access files)

Workshop Presentations and Resources:

• Planning Process (KHS)
• How to Conduct an Effective Planning Process, Dr. Karen Hill Scott
• Case Statements Tehama (coming soon)
• Case Statements Sacramento (group 1)
• Case Statements Sacramento (group 2)
• Case Statements Orange County (1)
• Case Statements Orange County (2)
• Case Statements Alameda (1)
• Case Statements Alameda (2)
• Needs Assessment (AIR)
• County Specific Needs Assessment, Preliminary Findings
• Using Needs Assessment Data to Estimate Costs
• 16 Fun Steps Toward a Comprehensive Community Assessment
• Facilities
• Planning for Facilities, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)
• Facilities Resource Inventory, Darren Dang (KHS)
• Facilities Scan for Preschool Expansion (LIIF)
• Workforce
• Southern California Early Care and Education Workforce Study
• Preschool Teacher Cost Estimate Tool
• Workforce Cost Estimate Spreadsheet

General Session Presentations:

• The Preschool Movement: California in the National Context
• The Planning Process: Why the Time is Now (KHS)
• Road Map to the California Preschool Planning Toolkit
• State and Local Preschool Opportunities, AB 172
• Update on First 5 Preschool Strategies
• Braiding Preschool Funding Streams

• Quality as a Signature Point of Preschool Planning
• Update on Special Education, including DRDP-R and Access
• Preschool Communication and Advocacy: What Works? (KHS)
• Media Outreach and Preschool
• Tangible Next Steps (KHS and AIR)

 

 

The California Preschool Planning Toolkit

Click here to see the toolkit's table of contents and download individual sections.