CDSS, Sacramento
June 11, 2012 | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
MEETING/EVENT/CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULE, ACTION ITEMS & DECISIONS
MEETING/EVENT SCHEDULES:
 Next STEC…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..09/10/12, Sacramento
 Common Core 3.0 Mtg………..……………………………………………………………………………………………..8/1-2/12, Sacramento
 Macro Eval In-Person Meeting (Demographic & Knowledge Test Data)…..………………...10 am to 3 pm, Sacramento
CONFERENCE CALLS/WEBINARS:
CDOG Webinars (monthly) ……………………………………………………………………………………………….4
th Monday 10 am – noon
ACTION ITEMS:
1.
STEC members will seek regional county representation, particularly CWDA.
2.
CalSWEC will send the digital stories survey to STEC for final approval and then post on the CalSWEC website.
3.
CalSWEC will convene a group to review the newly developed adoptions curricula once the regional training academies have completed curriculum development.
4.
STEC members interested in participating in the Tech and Learning Committee should contact Sevaughn banks or Steven Williams at CalSWEC.
5.
CalSWEC will send the revised Health Care Needs Learning Objectives and the revised Values and Ethics
Learning Objectives to the group for electronic review and final approval.
6.
CalSWEC will incorporate STEC’s suggestions for changes to the CWS/CMS Learning Objectives, seek input from
TCAT and CDOG and then send the revised learning objectives to STEC for electronic review and final approval.
7.
CalSWEC will make recommended changes to the themes for Framework 2.0 and develop associated trainee content and trainer tools.
8.
LA/IUC will share their Katie A. curriculum with CalSWEC.
FUTURE MEETING AGENDA ITEMS:
1.
Common Core 3.0 update.
2.
Identification of revision topics for Common Core for FY 2012/2013.
3.
Katie A.
ATTENDANCE:
CalSWEC:
CDSS:
Sevaughn Banks, Melissa Connelly, Barrett Johnson, Leslie Zeitler
Cheryl Treadwell, Christine Mattos
Counties: Mark Miller (LA DCFS); Linda Martinez (Santa Clara); Stuart Young (San Bernardino);
CWDA Reps: Rachelle Wall (Riverside/Southern); Gary Kupfer (Tulare/Central)
RTAs/IUC: Judith Lefler (BAA); David Foster, Soledad Caldera-Gammage (CEN); Margo Macklin Hinson
(NOR); Mary Garrison, (SOU); Jane Tabor-Bane (RCFFP)
Other
Attendees: Juline Aguilar, Lucy Berger (Foster & Kinship Care Ed), Bob Friend (Seneca Center)
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1) Welcome and Introductions a) STEC reviewed and approved the previous meeting summary. Announcements included: i) David Meyers is no longer the STEC representative from the AOC. They are identifying a new representative to participate in future meetings. ii) Guillermo Henry retired and Rachelle Wall will be participating now from Riverside. iii) The group reviewed the STEC membership and requested that regional and county representative seek participation from counties, particularly CWDA. b) The group reviewed the action items from the last meeting (updates below):
(1) STEC members should refer people to Sevaughn Banks, at CalSWEC, sevaughn@berkeley.edu, who have interest in learning about and sharing ideas about technology-based learning for inclusion in the Technology and Learning Committee.
There was some response. Southern responded. Stuart Young will try to recruit a county
person from San Bernardino to participate. Other participants are welcome.
(2) CalSWEC will review the Prudent Parent Standard training tool to see if it needs updating. This is on the queue for review and revision to include AB12. Lucy Berger’s agency is developing a related desk guide. CalSWEC will include Lois Raap in reviewing
our revised related materials.
(3) CalSWEC will link to AOC recorded training materials from the AB12 Training page on the CalSWEC site. CalSWEC will check to assure that AOC training materials are linked
via the training page.
(4) CalSWEC will follow up with the AB12 Leadership team about posting the AB12 Training
Plan. The leadership team approved sharing this document. It is posted on the CalSWEC
website.
(5) CalSWEC will develop a list of digital stories with links and note connections to specific topics in core. The survey has been developed. CalSWEC will send it out for final review
and post it online prior to the next STEC.
(6) CalSWEC will send CDSS’s Katie A. slides and supporting materials to the group.
Completed.
(7) CalSWEC will convene a group to work on making available adoption curriculum statewide.
(a) Soledad Caldera-Gammage and Central RTA are developing a draft curriculum which will be piloted. It is not a major revision, but focuses on policies and regulations.
They expect to complete it by June 30, 2012. They have also been asked to provide some guidance to County Counsel and have been consulting with the AOC to facilitate a brief presentation to County Counsel. This will not include development of shareable curriculum.
(b) Northern RTA is developing a curriculum for counties in the north based on the curriculum available from the National Resource Center on Adoptions (NRCA).
NRCA’s materials cannot be changed so Northern is paring it down to fit their needs.
Their materials may also be useful to other regions. Northern reps may share the curriculum with STEC when it’s completed.
(c) Bay Area Academy is developing training on concurrent planning because one of their counties asked that their adoptions staff be trained. It will incorporate Safety
Organized Practice concepts.
(d) CalSWEC will convene a group after the Central curriculum is piloted in June. The group will discuss the process of sharing and posting the materials.
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c) Future agenda items identified at previous meetings:
(1) Identification of revision topics for Common Core for FY 2012/2013. Deferred, pending
Common Core 3.0 Planning
(2) CWDA coordination with STEC under realignment. Covered under CDSS report below.
(3) Katie A. next steps and planning. Covered under Katie A topic below.
ACTION:
1.
STEC members will seek regional county representation, particularly CWDA.
2.
CalSWEC will send the digital stories survey to STEC for final approval and then post on the
CalSWEC website.
3.
CalSWEC will convene a group to review the newly developed adoptions curricula once the regional training academies have completed curriculum development.
2) Subcommittee reports a) Macro Eval: i) Macro Evaluation and CDOG are finalizing the strategic plan to focus on 3 areas:
(1) Course evaluation (CC 3.0 and processes for revision)
(2) Moving toward skill development/TOL evaluation
(3) Automation of evaluation processes (via tablets) b) CDOG: i) CDOG has completed revisions of learning objectives for the year (Values and Ethics, Health
Care Needs, Social Worker Safety, Time Management, Stress Management) ii) CDOG has a subcommittee looking at revising vignettes and some draft changes are in development. c) Training and Curriculum Alignment Team (TCAT) i) TCAT reviewed the CWS/CMS learning objectives. Recommended changes will be discussed in the Common Core section of the agenda. ii) TCAT has also discussed integrating CWS/CMS skill practice in Core. It was noted that TCAT will need to make the integration changes in a way that allows for the regional differences in
CWS/CMS training practices. Topics to be reviewed include:
(1) Health and education
(2) Placement
(3) Case Planning
(4) Supporting Educational Rights of Children iii) TCAT is working on the next meeting for the CWS/CMS trainers and application coaches. It was initially scheduled for September at UC Davis but may need to be rescheduled. This was formally known as the ATM Conference, but that name is less applicable now as the meeting focuses more on sharing application updates and training curricula. Sevaughn Banks or
Steven Williams from CalSWEC will be included in the planning process for this meeting.
Since it was called a conference, CDSS will need to provide a justification for convening it more than every other year. TCAT will provide this. d) Tech & Learning i) The Technology and Learning Charter was approved by the CalSWEC board.
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ii) There was a symposium in Fresno in March to share statewide and national projects involving Technology and Learning. iii) The committee will be providing a document summarizing the statewide incorporation of tablets in the learning process. iv) The committee is planning a webinar series on use of technology so the regions can share and learn from each other. v) The committee is collaborating with the CWDA technology learning committee. vi) Anyone interested in participating should contact Sevaughn Banks or Steven Williams at
CalSWEC.
ACTION:
1. STEC members interested in participating in the Tech and Learning Committee should contact Sevaughn banks or Steven Williams at CalSWEC.
3) CDSS report a) Budget/Realignment i) There were no announcements about the budget. There is a lot of work going on about this as we speak. ii) Discussions are underway with CWDA about realignment, especially as it relates to training.
The RTA Directors, CWDA and CDSS have been participating in those conversations. It looks like there will be an annual opportunity to review contracts for CalSWEC, RCFFP and the
RTAs. b) Federal Grant: California Partners for Permanency i) Fresno has been completing training and implementing practices. They’ve started their 2 nd cohort, trained the 1 st 15 staff and have starting using coaching supports. ii) Pomona has also begun the implementation process. Their coaching supports are lined up.
One of their implementation team members include a male who grew up in foster care. iii) Santa Clara will be getting started this month. iv) Humboldt is continuing the planning process. The next meeting will be lead by Tribal partners and will continue the work of developing the model to be implemented in
Humboldt. v) CAPP continues to provide support for the Torrance and Wateridge offices in LA County. vi) Some counties are using ETO and others are using DSDS to track data. vii) There is no information currently available about the next round of participants, but there are counties who are interested in participating. c) ICWA Workgroup i) The ICWA Workgroup is meeting next week and will include presentations on CAPP and
AB12. d) Fostering Connections After 18 (AB 12) i) The group reviewed the progress on the development of training related to Fostering
Connections / After 18. Topics that have been recently completed and some are in development, include:
(1) Court and Youth
(2) LGBTQ (elearning)
(3) Pregnant and Parenting (elearning)
(4) Youth with Disabilities
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(5) ICWA ii) CalSWEC and CDSS are developing Fostering Connections After 18/AB12 tool kit which will include the suggested training plan. Once the tool kit is completed there will be an overview webinar. iii) CalSWEC provided an update on training that is currently in development. iv) An Implementation Survey will be coming out next week via CWDA. Counties will fill it out, and it will provide some information on training needs that can be shared regionally. v) The survey to collect data on where and when training is being provided has begun. The first data set is available and can be shared with counties and RTAs. UPDATE: The AB 12
Leadership Team determined that this survey was not necessary on an ongoing basis, and it has been suspended. vi) Several additional webinars related to policy, highlighting KinGAP and eligibility, will be scheduled (in addition to webinars related to the curriculum products as they are completed). e) Katie A i) CDSS is working on the development of the implementation plan. The plan is due to the court at the end of this month. ii) A charter for training is also under development. It will likely include the content from the settlement agreement related to training. One key point to be thinking about is crosssystem training and curricula. The settlement requires that we develop a process for cross training with child welfare and mental health. STEC will be asked to develop this training curriculum and process. This request is likely to come to STEC in September 2012. iii) STEC should begin thinking about tools for conjoint planning and consider who we should be inviting to STEC to participate in this process. iv) Many questions remain about the scope for this training and the partners to include. v) We discussed using the information that is currently available to develop some introductory materials. For example, the publicly available settlement documents could be used to develop a brief eLearning module defining what the settlement is about. vi) LA County will share their curriculum after they complete revisions. Currently, their training is a 6-day training.
ACTION:
1. LA/IUC will share their Katie A-related curriculum with CalSWEC.
4) Existing Common Core a) Phase II/Learning Objectives i) CalSWEC presented some suggested changes to the Learning Objective approval process.
Based on suggestions from the RTA Directors we proposed that we use a two week comment period after CDOG has integrated STEC feedback, rather than coming to STEC for a final discussion and approval. The group agreed to make this change in the approval process. Henceforth, CalSWEC will send the LOs to STEC for comments and approval after
CDOG completes revisions. If STEC reviewers find that more discussion is needed, they may make a request could be made to put the revision on the agenda. ii) We agreed to use this new process with the learning objectives on the agenda for today:
Values and Ethics and Health Care Needs (both awaiting final approval from STEC). We agreed to review these by mail using a two week comment period. CalSWEC will send them to the group with the deadline in the subject line.
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iii) We reviewed the CWS/CMS learning objectives. TCAT has made some preliminary revisions.
(1) STEC provided initial feedback on these LOs: reword the addition to K1 to remove the word importance. The word responsibility was a suggested alternative.
(2) CalSWEC will incorporate the feedback from STEC, send the revision to TCAT and CDOG and then ask STEC to review them by mail using a two week comment period.
(3) TCAT is recommending additional LOs related to CWS/CMS for other topics while we are trying to pare down Core, we suggest that the LOs be identified for the different topic areas, but that they be supplemental to the other practice LOs. This would allow for them to be integrated if possible, and would assist in identifying the most critical areas of knowledge and skill related to documentation b) Phase I/Standard Content i) Framework (update on revision plan, pilots, themes)
(1) CalSWEC led a discussion on the work of CDOG to integrate both CAPP and Katie A into the Common Core themes which are introduced in the Framework Curriculum and then highlighted throughout the other standardized curricula.
(a) The group reviewed a crosswalk of the current Framework Themes, the Katie A. core practice model components, and the CAPP values and principles and agreed that the concepts could be integrated.
(b) The group reviewed the CDOG suggested themes and definitions. These themes and definitions reflect overarching values and incorporate wording from both the
CAPP and Katie A. models. STEC agreed these themes will work for the time being while Katie A. and CAPP become more fully developed. The group requested that we keep the participatory practice theme, but that we call it Teaming. We agreed that
CalSWEC will make the recommended changes to the themes for Framework 2.0; develop the trainee content that connects the themes to Katie A. and CAPP; provide trainer tools that highlight the words that carry through from the materials developed for CAPP and Katie A. It was also recommended that we change the order of the themes to reflect that outcomes are our main goal and outcomes include Safety, Permanency and Well-being.
ACTION:
1.
CalSWEC will send the revised Health Care Needs Learning Objectives and the revised Values and Ethics Learning Objectives to the group for electronic review and final approval.
2.
CalSWEC will incorporate STEC’s suggestions for changes to the CWS/CMS Learning
Objectives, seek input from TCAT and CDOG and then send the revised learning objectives to
STEC for electronic review and final approval.
3.
CalSWEC will make recommended changes to the themes for Framework 2.0 and develop associated trainee content and trainer tools.
5) Hot Topics a) A tour of CalSWEC’s redesigned website i) Barry provided a brief, online review of key areas of the CalSWEC website, which launched last week. b) Common Core 3.0
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i) STEC reviewed the project plan document and discussed the following:
(1) Possibility of a substantial revision of CORE, Phase I would include identification of the main stakeholders, Phase II would include gathering information from the stakeholders
(via surveys and/or focus groups), Phase III would include concept formulation. A meeting has been scheduled in August for a larger discussion.
(2) Concentration on course level evaluation
(3) The revision goals are consistent with what the Common Core needs.
(4) Miscellaneous discussion items included:
(a) Definition of CORE
(b) Increasing translation from training to practice
(c) Adding technology, TOL, and coaching
(d) Inclusion of rural county needs
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