Nine states were awarded a
Race to the Top - Early
Learning Challenge Grant:
California, Delaware, MARYLAND,
Massachusetts, Minnesota,
North Carolina, Ohio,
Rhode Island and Washington
Project 1
Create 24 local early childhood councils
Project 3
Community Hubs
Provide and coordinate existing
services for families with
children, birth to five years
Judy Center
Partnerships
Establish two satellite sites
at Title 1 schools
Preschool for All
Establish five sites in Title 1
attendance areas.
Coaching & Mentoring Inclusion Project
Provide coaching & mentoring to programs serving children (3-5 years of age) who have an IEP/IFSP
Project 4
Expand the language
program, VIOLETS,
to 150 classrooms in
MD EXCELS
Develop a Guide to Early
Childhood Pedagogy to support
the use of early learning
standards and assessment
Implement two
field tests of the
Preschool
Science,
Technology,
Engineering and
Math program
(STEM)
Project 6
Develop new assessments for birth to 36 months
Revise existing assessments for 36-72 months
Revise Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Project 7
Maryland’s Early
Childhood Mental Health
Consultation Project
For Pediatricians
Developmental Screening
for all Early Learning and
Development Programs and
Pediatricians
Data
Collection
Social Emotional
Foundations
for Early Learning
Develop Maryland’s Family and Community Engagement Framework
Create Family Advisory Councils in local libraries in or near
Title I school attendance areas, to include Family
Information Centers and resource kits.
Expand Parent-Child Learning Parties to 25% of all early learning and
development programs in Title 1 school attendance areas.
Expand Reach Out and Read program to primary
care physicians and pediatricians. Distribute books
and information to over 46,000 children and their
families.
• Conduct Leadership Learning Academies in sixty
Title 1 schools for pre-K through Grade 2 and
early childhood educators.
• Align the Child Care Credentialing Program
with the Workforce Knowledge and
Competency Framework.
• Initiate a Maryland Approved Alternative Preparation Program
for Early Childhood Education (ECE-MAAPP)
• Develop an articulation agreement for pre-service courses between
MSDE approved trainers and the state's community colleges.
• Review the status of the Associate of Arts-Early Childhood Education
Degree program and develop recommendations for the Governor's P-20
Council
MD EXCELS
MD
Longitudinal
Data System
Enhanced Child Care
Administrative
Tracking System
Enrollment and
Attendance
Reporting
Local Advisory Councils
(Project 1)
• Marketing
• Promotion
Revised Early Learning
Standards (Project 4)
Early Childhood Breakthrough Center
(Project 3)
• Training and Technical Assistance
• Quality Capacity Building
Project 2
(Project 6)
• Formative Assessments
• Kindergarten Entry
Assessment
• Incorporate Common Core
Standards
• Expand VIOLETS and STEM
• Develop Guide to Early
Pedagogy
Early Childhood Data
System (Project 10)
Child Development Innovations
(Project 7)
• Developmental Screening
Comprehensive
Assessment System
Coalition for
Family Engagement
(Project 8)
• Customizing Family
Engagement
Framework for
EXCELS standards
• Child Care Administrative
Tracking System
• Maryland Longitudinal Data
System
Blog Site to Post Questions
http://mdchallengegrant.blogspot.com/
Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/child_care/challenge
Maryland EXCELS (QRIS) Draft Standards
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/child_care/announce
This project is funded under PL 111-5 and 112-10.
14005 and 14006, Division A, of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as
amended by Section 1832(B) of Division B of
Public Law 112-10, the Department of Defense
and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
2011.