Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council
ECE Leadership Action Team
January 8, 2015
Meeting Minutes
Attendance Santa Barbara: Eileen Monahan, Trudy Adair-Verbais, Adrianna Foss, Lorraine Neenan, Joyce Stone
Attendance Santa Maria: Karin Dominguez, Michelle Graham, Sharol Viker
1. Welcome & Call to Order: Chair Eileen Monahan called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.
2. Approve Minutes of December 18, 2014 Meeting: Michelle Graham moved to approve the minutes of the
meeting of December 8, 2014; Trudy Adair-Verbais seconded the motion. MSC.
3. Annual Evaluation Report Submitted: Copies of the annual report submitted to the Orfalea Foundation on
December 31, 2014 were distributed.
4. Reflective Practice Institute
a. Budget: The current budget projections were reviewed
b. ECE Units Update: Brandman University has approved offering one unit for participants and two
units for table facilitators. Registration will be available online until after the Institute.
c. Table Facilitators: Joyce Stone will ask Harvest Resources Associates if others can attend the training
on January 29.
d. Registration Update: There was a discussion about further outreach to state contractors, QRIS
programs, the FCC network, and accredited programs.
e. Finalize Social Hour arrangements – food, drinks, cost
f. Logistics Decisions
i. A/V Equipment: equipment is reserved and cost is included in the room rental
ii. Number of Volunteers Needed /Responsibilities: Eileen Monahan will create a schedule and
reach out to team members to volunteer
iii. Room Set-up: room set up will take place at 2:30 pm on January 29
iv. Schedule for the day: Sharol Viker asked for five minutes on the agenda on January 30 to talk
about integration of reflective practice with accreditation and the QRIS work, and to
distribute a flyer
5. 2015 Series
a. Post-Institute Events: there was a suggestion to contact Harvest Resources Associates to get ideas
on following up from the institute and on how programs can implement the practice; there was a
discussion of having a second countywide luncheon towards the end of 2015 as a follow-up to the
March 20 luncheon and the communities of practice work.
b. Evaluation of 2015 Series: Joyce Stone has been talking with Rubayi Estes from the Santa Barbara
Foundation about her helping to create an evaluation tool for the series; they have a meeting set up
for January 16.
Operating under the authority of the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors and Santa Barbara County Education Office
6. Next Steps: Additional outreach for registration; finalize process for registering for units with Brandman
University; create volunteer schedule; create table centerpieces; create signage; assemble packets; print
name badges and certificates; create sign-in sheets; finalize catering; purchase snacks for social hour; set up
room.
7. Next Meeting Date:
The next meeting will be held on February 25 at 1:30 pm at both First 5 offices.
Vision Statement:
We envision a community that values all children and their families.
Mission Statement:
We lead and collaborate in planning, coordinating and advocating for quality, affordable, accessible,
early care and education for all children and families in Santa Barbara County.
Contact us at (805) 964-4710 ext. 4473 should you need special accommodations.
Written materials relating to items on this agenda that have been distributed to the Child Care Planning Council 72 hours before the meeting are available for
review by the public from 8:00am-1:00pm at the Child Care Planning Council Office located at the Hope Education Center, 3970 La Colina Road, Room 6,
Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
Operating under the authority of the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors and Santa Barbara County Education Office