Side Agreement
Redwoods Community College District (RCCD, the District)
College of the Redwoods Faculty Organization (CRFO)
Faculty member Darius Kalvaitis agrees to serve the District as ECE (Early Childhood Education)
Program Coordinator, job duties as listed below. The District agrees to provide Darius Kalvaitis
with 4.5 TLUs per year reassigned time.
The items in the document are work required for the effective functioning of the Early
Childhood Education Program at College of the Redwoods. This list does not include recruiting,
hiring, orienting, and evaluation of associate faculty, course scheduling, text ordering,
curriculum revisions (except as part of state-wide initiatives), learning outcomes assessments
and other tasks required by every program on campus. This specific list is only the specific work
of Early Childhood Education.
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC)
http://www.ctc.ca.gov/
Maintain currency of CR ECE curriculum with CTC for Child Development Permit Verification of
Completion Program. Review and approve all applications for Child Development Center
Permits. Hold Child Development Permit application workshop for CR ECE students and CDC
Staff each semester.
California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division (DSS CCL)
http://ccld.ca.gov/
Meet with Community Care Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) regarding changing licensing
requirements to ensure that CR ECE courses reflect most current regulations. Review college
transcripts as requested by the LPA to determine qualifications for child care program aides,
teachers, and directors.
California Department of Education Child Development Division (CDE-CDD)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/
The content from the documents and tools developed by CDE/CDD must be integrated into ECE
courses. Rewrite courses and submit for state-wide review through Curriculum Alignment
Project (CAP). Attend Annual CAP Meeting. Competencies Integration Project requires that CR
ECE program review all ECE courses and identify the competencies covered in each courses
(and if significant competencies are not addressed, must revised curriculum to ensure those
items are included). Attend Faculty Initiative Project seminars for college faculty and share
information and tools provided with all other ECE faculty.
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Grants The ECE Program receives the following grants which require specific work be done
and budgets managed.
Meet with the California Early Childhood Mentor Program (CECMP) coordinator at least four
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times per year to collaborate on grant projects and must oversee the CECMP work.
https://www.ecementor.org/
Submits the proposal Career and Technical Education Act (CTEA), writes the quarterly and endof-year report, ensures that the work set out in the proposal is completed, and holds two
Advisory Committee meetings per year.
http ://www.cd e.ca .gov/ci/ct/pk/
Community Early Education Organizations
The ECE Program Coordinator works closely with local education organizations including
Humboldt County Office of Education and is beginning to network and collaborate with the
Local Child Care Planning Council (LCCPC), First 5 Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce
Consortium and is a member of Humboldt Association for the Education of Young Children.
These relationships between CR’s ECE Program and local early education organizations will take
some time to develop for the new ECE Coordinator and this will take organization, scheduling
and effort.
Advising of Advisors and Students on degree and credentialing requirements
Provide transcript reviews and academic support to CR’s counselors and advisors, current
students, local employers, how to complete ECE degree and certificates or on how to meet
licensing and credentialing requirements. Meet with Humboldt State University Child
Development Faculty to ensure smooth transitions for CR ECE students obtaining Associates for
Transfer degrees.
Child Development Center /Early Childhood Education Program Liaison
Ensure continuity between ECE instruction and CDC practice. Participate in monthly staff CDC
meeting and monthly CDC mentor teacher meetings. Provide formal and informal training and
technical assistance to the CDC Director and staff.
The District agrees to meet and confer with the CRFO on or before May 16th, 2017, to reassess
Darius Kalvaitis’ workload and working conditions for possible revisions to this agreement.
Unless otherwise mutually agreed to by CRFO and the District, this agreement shall expire on
June 30, 2017.
For the Union (CRFO)
For the District (RCCD)
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