FY2014 Educator and Provider
Support Competitive Grant
Application
EEC Board Meeting
December 11, 2012
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Educator and Provider Support
Grant: Priorities
The main goals of this funding are as follows:
Professional development efforts must be evidencebased and align with EEC’s 8 Core Competency Areas.
Professional development activities must leverage
resources across public and private agencies, including
in-kind resources to provide statewide coverage in all
required topics.
Professional development is a shared responsibility
between educators and the providers that employ them.
Professional development must meet the needs of the
early education and care and out of school time
workforce in all settings.
 Professional development must be targeted and
intentional to meet the needs of specific age groups and
unique populations.
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Educator and Provider Support
Grant: Purpose
In FY11, EEC established the Educator and Provider
Support (EPS) networks to provide a comprehensive
system of professional development opportunities and
services that help build a system of high-quality early
education and care across the Commonwealth.
Since its inception, EPS grants have focused on three
core areas for serving the early education and care and
out of school time workforce:
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educator and provider planning,
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coaching and mentoring, and
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competency development
FY2014 EPS Grant: Target Audience
FY14 will remain the same as in FY13.
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Educator Supports – Attaining Degrees and/or
Developing Competencies
 Educators must be supported in developing IPDPs that
assist them in attaining a degree in early education or a
related field, or in achieving enhanced competency through
the attainment of CDA, certifications, or other credentials or
demonstrable knowledge, skills, and abilities related to early
education and out of school time competencies.
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Provider Supports – Accreditation and QRIS Progress
 Providers must be supported in achieving/maintaining
accreditation (NAEYC, NAFCC, or COA) and in increasing
program quality and moving to a higher QRIS level.
Professional Qualifications Registry: Number
of Active Educators by Region
• Nearly 40,000 educators are active in the Professional
Qualifications registry.
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PQR Data as of 11.30.12; EEC program data as of 12.5.12; data
captured from Licensing Manager did not include Metro West
FY13 EPS Proposed Opportunities by Type
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FY12-13 EPS Opportunities by Area of
Alignment
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EPS grantees will again be required to submit a Professional
Development Course Catalogue as a component to their
FY2014 grant application.
FY2013
FY2012
81
80
Infant and Toddler Guidelines
Preschool Guidelines
115
118
MA Curriculum Frameworks
119
115
142
137
EEC Regulations
QRIS
0
7
221
72
50
100
Note: Areas of Alignment was not collected in FY2011
150
200
250
FY11-13 EPS Opportunities
by Age Group
FY2011
300
FY2012
FY2013
251
250
200
168
136
150
100
181
148
139
113
94
101
50
0
Infants and Toddlers
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Preschoolers
Note: FY2013 opportunities are proposed
School Age Children
FY11-13 EPS Opportunities by Core
Competency Area
131
139
1: Understanding Growth & Development
2: Guiding and Interacting with Children
and Youth
116
3: Partnering with Families and
Communities
130
44
55
80
5: Learning Environments and
Implementing Curriculum
152
166
156
6: Observation, Assessment, and
Document
98
92
7: Program Planning and Development
48
8: Professionalism and Leadership
0
9
Note: FY2013 opportunities are proposed
144
108
107
120
4: Health, Safety, and Nutrition
FY2013
160
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FY2012
40
60
FY2011
107
106
129
130
75
80
170
100
120
140
160
180
FY12 EPS Coaching and Mentoring
Services: For Providers
PQ Registry Supports
151
QRIS Consultation & Support
1070
Accreditation Consultation
659
Plan Implementation &
Monitoring
396
Group Coaching & Mentoring
1272
CDA Advising
197
Career Counseling
330
Academic Advising
905
Individual Coaching & Mentoring
830
0
10
200
400
600
Data reported by Educator and Provider Support (EPS) Grantees
statewide from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012
800
1000
1200
1400
FY12 EPS Coaching and Mentoring
Services: For Educators
PQ Registry Supports
284
QRIS Consultation & Support
1580
Accreditation Consultation
1626
Plan Implementation &
Monitoring
1229
Group Coaching & Mentoring
2078
CDA Advising
518
Career Counseling
1037
Academic Advising
2040
Individual Coaching & Mentoring
1577
0
11
500
1000
Data reported by Educator and Provider Support (EPS) Grantees
statewide from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012
1500
2000
2500
Sharing Professional Development
Opportunities with the field
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EPS grantees are the conduit for sharing
information with educators and providers in the
field.
For example:
 STEM Summer Learning Institute
 Communities of Practice
 Exceptional Educator Awards
 Social Emotional Management of Children on
the Autism Spectrum
 QRIS Foundations Course
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Collaborative partnerships for
professional development
opportunities
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Currently with funding through the Race
to the Top Early Learning Challenge
grant EEC funded 6 Readiness Centers
who are working collaboratively with the
5 EPS grantees to offer professional
development opportunities to the field.
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These opportunities will be trainings and
or courses that will award academic
currency (CEUs or 1.0 college credit).
Collaborative partnerships for
professional development
opportunities
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EPS grantees work with Aspire
Institute/Wheelock College-Center for
Assessment and Screening
Excellence(CASE), to offer professional
development opportunities providing
statewide training and technical
assistance in early childhood
assessment, screening and program
measurement aligned with MA Quality
Rating and Improvement System
(QRIS). (EEC funded initiative)
Supporting Grant Implementation
EPS grantees and partnership members are invited to
participate in statewide initiatives to further support
the development of the EPS grant.
Conference Examples:
 A View From All Sides
 Brain Building and Early Literacy and Numeracy
 The New Normal School: Engaging Diverse Families
 2012 STEM Summit and Pre-STEM
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Train the Trainer Initiative Examples:
 2011 MA Curriculum Frameworks for English
Language Arts and Literacy and Mathematics
 EEC Online Courses: Preschool Guidelines, Core
Competencies, Infant and Toddler Guidelines, and
Language and Literacy
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Supporting EPS Grant Implementation
contd.
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EPS grantees meet with EEC staff, members of
their partnership, and community stakeholders on
a monthly basis.
Ongoing Efforts Include:
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EPS monthly meetings with EEC
Collaborative partnership with CAYL Institute to
provide TA supports to EPS grantees
QRIS Webinars
EPS Grantee Partnership meetings
EPS Grantee Executive/Management Committee
meetings
Regional Readiness Center meetings
Regional Grantee meetings
CFCE and other grantee’s meetings
Communities of Practice
RTTT Projects
FY2014 EPS Grant: Priorities
Grant priorities will remain the same as in FY13.
1. Professional development efforts must be evidence-based and
aligned with EEC’s 8 Core Competency Areas,
2. Professional development activities must leverage resources
across public and private agencies, including in-kind resources to
provide statewide coverage in all required topics.
3. Professional development is a shared responsibility between
educators and the providers that employ them, since increasing
the competency of educators’ increases the level of quality of
the programs in which they work.
4. Professional development must meet the needs of the early
education and care and out of school time workforce in all
settings.
5. Professional development must be targeted and intentional to
meet the needs of specific age groups and unique populations.
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FY13 Application: Required Services
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At least 33% of the grant funding must be used
to provide CEU and college coursework that
result in Competency Development.
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At least 33% of professional development
offerings must address school age children,
ages 5 to age 14.
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At least 25% of grant funding must be allocated
to support Coaching and Mentoring
FY14 Application: Changes to Overall
Required Services
At least 25% of opportunities directly address the
practice of the MA Curriculum Frameworks
 At least 25% of opportunities address educators
working with infants and toddlers
 Ensure subcontractors adhere to EEC policies and
FY14 EPS grant requirements
 Provide resumes for all individuals who will be
responsible for course instruction, coaching and
mentoring, or consultation services
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FY14 Application: Changes to Educator
and Provider Planning Required Services
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Ensure proposed opportunities have been
approved for CEUs and/or college credits prior
to grant submission
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Identify QRIS standard(s) addressed for each
opportunity
FY14 Application: Changes to Coaching
and Mentoring Required Services
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Grantees must submit resumes for individuals
servings as coaches or mentors through the
grant.
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Individuals responsible for providing training,
coaching, mentoring, and TA related to QRIS
must demonstrate knowledge of QRIS and
participate in necessary professional
development and TA to better serve educators
and providers in the field.
FY2013 EPS Grantees
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5.
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Region 1: Western MA: Preschool
Enrichment Team, Inc
Region 2: Central MA: Family Services
Organization of Central MA
Region 3: Northeast MA: North Shore
Community College
Region 5: Southeast, Cape and Islands:
Community Action Committee of Cape
Cod and Islands, Inc
Region 6: Metro Boston: Action for
Boston Community Development, Inc
FY14 Application: Changes to Competency
Development Required Services
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Provide opportunities that relate to and
address program’s QRIS professional
development needs;
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Course descriptions must identify linkage and
alignment to QRIS;
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Develop a statewide plan to provide EEC
developed on-line courses, additional courses
have been or will be created
FY13 Funding by Region: ~ $3.17
EPS Region
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FY2013 Funding
Est. Number of
EEC Programs
Region 1:
Western MA
$479,627
2,628
Region 2:
Central MA
$664,831
2,777
Region 3:
Northeast MA
$795,319
4,564
Region 5:
Southeast MA,
Cape & Islands
$537,115
7,580
Region 6:
Metro Boston
$691,107
5,010
FY2014 EPS Grant: Eligibility
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Entities must be an FY2013 Educator
and Provider Support Grantee that has
satisfied all requirements of the FY2013
Educator and Provider Support Grant
and be in good standing with EEC.
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Failure to satisfy all of the requirements
of the FY2013 Educator and Provider
Support Grant will make a grantee
ineligible to receive FY2014 funding.
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Anticipating level funding ~ $3.17M