SEE CHANGE: SUSTAINABLE EARLY ENGAGEMENT FOR CHANGE
SEE Change State Leadership Team Meeting Notes
12/16/15 • 9:00-12:00
2 Delta Drive, Concord, NH
Joan Izen, SLT Coordinator, Meeting Facilitator • Kerry Wiley, Joan Izen and Katy McCollough, Notes
Katy McCullough, Technical Assistance Specialist, ECTA Center
Vision Statement: New Hampshire children, birth through five, who have or are at risk for delays or disabilities, learn and grow as actively engaged members of their families and
communities.
Mission Statement: To build capacity of those who work with or care for young children with disabilities to implement evidence-based practices that promote child engagement in
everyday settings and activities.
Participants: Kerry Wiley, Michelle Lewis, Tammy Vittum, Kathy Keene, Betsy Humphreys, Ruth Littlefield, Jessica Sugrue, Katy McCullough, Kathy Gray,
Joan Izen
Absent: Debra Nelson, Dee Dunn Tierney
Meeting Goals:
1. Develop a short-term action plan that addresses the top 4 priorities surfaced in the Benchmarks of Quality review 12/16/15
2. Next step planning for scale up and sustainability
Time
Agenda Item
9:00
Welcome (Joan)
9:10
Review of meeting
agenda and goals
Check in (Joan)
Discussion Points
The meeting started with a focused check in. Participants shared their
thoughts about the following topics: the next 6 months of SEE Change,
concluding our involvement in RP2, and/or scale up and sustainability.
Some comments included:
 Interested to see how the SEE Change work shifts and morphs into next
steps. “This has served as a great foundation”
Next Steps
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9:30
10:30
Completion of SLT
Benchmarks of Quality
(Katy)
Discussion: implications
of BoQ results for next
step planning, scale up
and sustainability. (Katy
and Joan)
 Excited to move forward the SEE Change coaching component
 Wondering how this work can be aligned with Child Care Aware of NH
(CCR&R)
 Excited that we’re moving the RPs into practice
 Excited by the impact of SEE Change on children and families
 Excited to move to demonstration site
 Concern that we be intentional in our planning re: aligning all initiatives
Katy facilitated our Year 2 completion of the Benchmarks of Quality (Year 1
completed 12/15).
 Each item was considered first individually; ratings were then discussed
and the group reached consensus.
 Kathy G. entered the ratings onto the BoQ template.
Katy projected graphs comparing BoQ ‘critical elements’ results for 2014 and
2015.
The groups discussed and noted advancements made in the following
elements:
 SLT Membership and Logistics
 Authority, Priority and Communication Linkages
 Ongoing Support and Technical Assistance
 Data-Based Decision Making.
Elements that were static included:
 SLT Coordination and Staffing
 SLT Communication & Visibility
 Family Participation and Communication
 Implementation and Demonstration Programs/Sites
 Master Cadre
Elements that remain “not in place” include:
 Action Planning
 SLT Funding
 Implementation Communities.
Based on this review and discussion, the SLT agreed to develop an action plan
for the next 6 months. We identified the following priorities:
1. Ensure that supports are in place for the current program


Share rating comparison with
rest of SLT
Katy will email related
documents

Develop a short-term action
plan that addresses the 4 top
priorities identified in the
notes.
- Identified contact people (in
notes) to come to 1/27 SLT
meeting with recommended
next steps

Potential long-term action
planning to address:
- A plan to prepare current
Master Cadre for their role
as trainers in RP2 process
and content
- A plan for building a qualified
coaching cohort
- A plan for building a qualified
training cohort
- A plan for data collection,
management, and analysis.
(Note: this is also one of the
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implementation teams – Core Planning Team (Katy, Allison, Ruth,
Kerry, Kathy, Michelle, Joan)
2. Conduct a capacity (environmental) scan for alignment with existing
agency initiatives/priorities re: PD needs and activities. – Jessica and
Joan
a. For examples, ECMH competencies, Coaching Guide (NAEYC)
and Smart NH
b. Moving forward long-term
c. Does vision/mission still stand?
d. Add benchmark #38 re: training capacity on DEC
Recommended Practices and needs

3. Define qualifications, criteria - Michelle and Kathy
a. Master Cadre members (differentiating skills for training vs.
coaching), as well as the supports and training needed,
including defining skills needed for coaching systems change
vs. Practitioner vs. parents/caregivers.
b. Internal Coaches
- Kathy and Michelle
4. Determine data collection and management strategies including report
generation (see Benchmark #47) – Tammy
a. Contact Myrna to find out what she actually does with the
data
Additional priorities to consider:
 Determine strategies to promote family participation and communication
(see Benchmarks #29, 30 and 31)
 Determine statewide training capacity on the DEC Recommended Practices
(see Benchmark #38)
Short term (remainder of this year):
 Part C: resources will be focused on current site, Northern Human Services
(NHS) achieving program wide fidelity
 Part B: continue to support current sites and look at opportunities to shift
the work consistent with SSIP efforts
short-term priorities.)
- A communication plan to
disseminate information to
teams and broader ECE-ECSE
community re: SEE Change
next steps
- A plan to promote family
participation and
communication
Develop long term plan after
decision is made re: NH’s
participation as a Pyramid
Model State
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11:55
Next steps (Joan)
Reflection
12:00
Adjourn
Question raised about the readiness of the Master Cadre members to take
over training from RP2. All agree that coaching and training are different
skills. Current MC members are not prepared to provide the training and
would need intentional train-the-trainer support.
Long term (scale up/sustainability efforts):
 Part C –NHS becomes demonstration site; NHS leadership team and/or
master cadre take the lead on training new program sites.
 Not sure how Part C/B site Children Unlimited will progress.
 Part B will keep work aligned with SSIP and adjust to align with Pyramid
Model State decision.
 Part C will adjust work to align with Pyramid Model State decision as well
 Decisions need to be made on how to support teams long term after RP2
supports no longer available
 Concerned with the limited number of Master Cadre members; concerned
that they are not yet ready to provide training for others.
 When and where should training occur? By whom?
 Are other Departments/Bureaus interested in participating in the scale up
effort?
- Head Start?
- Home Visiting?
- Child Care?
Remaining meeting dates for this year are:
 1/27/16
 2/17/16
 3/23/16
 4/27/16
 5/25/16
 6/22/16
SLT members asked to prioritize
attending meetings as possible.