State TA and Training
State TA via conference calls and in person support. Includes consultation and training
Cross program TA/training approaches
Statewide TA system with staff working directly with districts –Early Choices and Starnet (IL)
Webinars with examples and stories (CA?)
Personnel development requirements; pairing staff with coaches and mentors that is standards based using 619 funds (OH)
Jointly funding conferences (GA)
Teacher Leader Partnership Project (OH)
SEEDS TA project focusing on “How to do it” (CA) appears to be more effective; supporting interagency planning with local programs and facilitating the development of agreements
Stories and videos on web of model programs
Starnet TA system staff assisting classrooms to examine child ratios to be in line with state policy (IL)
Collaboration With Other Agencies to Create Placements/Slots and Enrollment Strategies
Blended enrollment and coordinated licensing (IL)
Shared placements in more than one program
Guaranteed slots for children with disabilities
Universal PreK in a variety of settings (GA)
Written policy for serving children within PreK (GA)
Tobacco money/taxes used for child care slots
Draw down personnel
Supporting Local Collaboration and Action Planning
State support going to regions to work on building relationships
Statewide early childhood improvement process required for districts which is tied to long range planning. Requires the development of action plans (AZ)
Facilitate structured opportunities for discussions and planning related to a specific program standard (OH?)
Joint program approach to screening using curriculum
General State Level Collaboration and Developing Relationships
Build Relationships (2)
Attitude of “wanting to”
Model collaboration at the state level (AZ)
Expanding Opportunities Teams (AZ, UT)
Promoting successful school teams (UT)
Creating a stakeholder consortium on preschool LRE
Inclusion workgroup with Head Start
State-level solution team
LRE Study Groups (state or local?)

State and Local Interagency Agreements
Local and regional agreements
Collaborative agreements for implementing IEPs
SEEDS project focusing on development of local agreements (CA)
Special Incentives/Tools and Resources to Build Capacity
NAEYC Accreditation (CT)
Mini grants to regions/programs to attend conference on alignment for prek-3 rd grade and support planning (WA)
Could also count some of the strategies in the column –“supporting local collaboration and planning” (KT)
Development of self-assessment tool co-funded by 619 & child care to assess/focus local discussions around access, supports and participation. Using this tool in communities led to action plans (NH )
Tool for family perspective in child care setting Framework
Self assessment tool “launched” for low performers
Rubric study tool rating
Staff release time
State and Local Infrastructure
State TA system and capacity (KT)
State level location of departments/agencies influencing alignment
One administrator for local prek programs in a district (AZ)
Inclusive practices and principles embedded in QRIS (ID by KT)
Guidance
Guidance on LRE (IL, OH)
Guidance/TA Manual with chapter on finance (UT)
Guidelines for child ratios for an inclusion model
Quality linked to guidelines
Program Evaluation
Recent federal grant resources used for evaluation (OH)
Audit
Local fiscal tracking and training auditors
Use of DEC Recommended Practices