Washington Coalition For Campus Children’s Center
October 23, 2015
Members present:
1. Robin Williams – Olympic College
2. Mary Louise Melly – Peninsula College;
3. Toni Terry – Lake Washington Institute of Technology
4. Patricia Ashby – Western Washington University
5. Kathy Schoof – North Seattle College
6. Lisa Neumann – Edmonds Community College
7. Ann Slaughter – Pierce College, Puyullup
8. Kristina Saunsaucie – Everett Community College
9. Angela Johnson – Clover Park Technical College
10. Kelly Davidson – Bellevue College
11. Leslie Keller – Shoreline Community College
12. Olga Webstad – Tacoma Community College
10:00am
Introductions and greetings
Dan Johnson – Dean for Student Success / Student Life and
Development
10:15am
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Edward Esparaza was not available to provide information
from the State Board. No updates available.
Minutes from Menucha were reviewed, members will make
Kathy Schoof - Treasury report.
Angela J.
overview of the commission, new perspectives
Lisa N.
Lisa and Angela shared the purpose and use and data of the annual
report.
Group discussion: Directors share their experience about being a part of the
Campus Coalition.
What does it mean for us to be a part of this group?
 Support group
 Welcoming and friendly
 Sharing of ideas
 The group promotes leadership
 Helpful to new staff
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Comforting to know that we are not alone with issues that
occur at our centers
 So much knowledge among the group
 Talked about closing procedures and safety policy of children
being left in the center.
 Each member shared the structure of their program (staffing,
enrollment size, salary scale,
What are the requirements for early childhood staff? What do early childhood staff
make? Specialists 1, 2, and 3. Group discussion.
The focus of the morning is on staff qualification and education. Centers are
struggling with keeping their centers staffed.
Leslie: asks about centers enrolling staff and faculty. Do other centers experience
breech of confidentiality between staff and parents who are staff and faculty on
campus?
Conversation about ECE teachers watching children from the center.
12:00pm
12:30
Lunch
- College spread sheet information sheet. Members reviewed the
spreadsheet to verify the data for their center.
- Members shared their strategies for financial options:
Grants- EHS/HS, ECEAP
USDA
Instructional support
S&A (Associated Student Government)
Student workers
Increase of child enrollment
Decrease of staff
Foundation/endowment
Members shared ways for college and community involvement
College involvement
Division
Instruction
Advisory
Diversity
Board of Trustees
AAWCC
Committees
Clubs
Task force
Event planning
Community Involvement
AEYC
Child Care Resources
EHS/HS
United Way
Thrive by Five
Local ECE community
DEL DSHS
Dept Health
SOAR
First Five
1:00
WCCCC Data/Research Project Questions
Which college is successfully coded?
Send out as an attachment
Questions:
Toni: are there any policies on photographs of children?
- Edmonds has a written clause stating the photographs are used for
the purpose of promoting the center.
- Clover Pk has a release for pictures. No group photos for Teaching
Strategies pictures, single pictures only.
Robin: how many centers have a “no cell phone” policy?
- Peninsula must carry cell phones for security purposes
Toni: are back ground checks and ten hour trainings paid for by the college?
- STARS training
- In house training
Next meeting:
Clover Park – January 22, 2016
Next items.
Communication between department of personnel, early learning, and state and
technical board regarding alignment with teachers salaries and standards.