April 8-10, 2010 in
Long Beach, California.

Call For Presentations -- Is Now Closed CAEYC 2010 Annual Conference April 8-10, 2010 in Long Beach, California. CAEYC's Conference Committee is in the process of reviewing proposals. For more information, contact CAEYC at beckym@caeyc.org or (916) 486-7750.

CAEYC advocates for advancement in the early care and education profession and improvement of the lives of young children. Our Public Policy Committee reviews bills related to the importance of early childhood issues and communicates regularly to our legislators regarding these concerns. The Committee develops a policy platform yearly with consultation from the CAEYC Board of Directors.
View CAEYC Public Policy Goals

Contact
Fran Chasen, CAEYC Public Policy Chair
franchasen@msn.com
View Public Policy Commitee Reps

California Legislative Bill File
CAEYC reviews bills that we believe are of interest to early childhood professionals. If you have a bill that you would like our CAEYC Public Policy Committee to review, please contact CAEYC at info@caeyc.org.

Federal Legislative Bill File
Listed below are the Federal Legislative Bills currently being watched by CAEYC.

HR 460 - Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2009 | Click here
S. 210 - Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2009 | Click here

Training the Early Childhood Trainer Conference 
October 9-10, 2009

Connect with other professionals in the field of early childhood education.
Coach your staff and students to help them bring out the best in themselves.
Communicate training goals in a clear, effective (and fun!) manner.

2009 Recap
More than 200 attendees enjoyed two days of learning and networking at the 6th Annual Training the Early Childhood Trainer Educational Conference held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles, October 9-10. Thanks to our sponsor Kaplan Early Learning Company and our wonderful presenters who made this conference the best ever!

2009 Schedule of Events
For speakers, workshop titles and schedule, click here

General Sessions & Workshops
2009’s Training the Early Childhood Trainer Conference has two fantastic keynote speakers!

In addition to our keynote speakers, 2009’s Training the Early Childhood Trainer Conference will be offering 16 workshops. Topics to be covered include:

Staff Development
Men in Child Care
Accreditation
Technology
And more!

For full workshop descriptions and schedule, please click here

2009 Partners
CAEYC proudly thanks its presenters and partners who make this event a success. Please visit these partner Web sites to learn more.

Kaplan Early Learning Company

With the passage of Senate Bill 1629, California established a new advisory body to develop policy and an implementation plan for an Early Learning Quality Improvement System. The goal of the committee is to improve outcomes for children and reduce California's school readiness gap by improving the quality of early learning and care programs.

The Early Learning Quality Improvement System Advisory Committee (ELQIS) has 13 members. Each member is also a Chair or Co-Chair of various subcommittees charged with clarifying issues, outlining possible alternatives and presenting likely results.

CAEYC leadership, public policy committee and staff are attending the ELQIS meetings. Below is a brief update on the process and emerging issues from the subcommittees.

Design
This subcommittee is examining how a quality improvement rating system will look and function. Existing requirements (licensing, Title 5 and Title 22), third party accreditations, size ratios, educational level and more are all being discussed in the creation of a draft model. [more information]

Finance
This subcommittee is working on the determining how to finance the operation of a quality improvement rating system. Examination of current finance models has been done. This subcommittee will become increasingly active in 2010 once a draft system is more complete. [more information]

Workforce
This subcommittee is developing professional standards and a delivery system related to professional development that are linked to quality learning standards and financial incentives for enhanced training. This group is looking at: [more information]

• Possible combining of professional standards for Title 22 and Title 5
  
• How we set the minimum professional standards for all ECE programs
  
• What alternatives should be considered
  
• What defines a "quality" teacher
  
• How to create career pathways with multiple points of entry into the field
  
• Ways to improve compensation via this system
  
• Ways to make ECE education accessible to all
  

Data
This subcommittee's purpose is to identify information about current child, family, teacher, and program level data systems for children from birth to five years old, and identify attributes of data systems that will support continuous program improvement linked to better outcomes for children, reduced school readiness gaps, and improved school success. [more information]

Engagement and Outreach for Families, Providers, and Public
This subcommittee is charged with: 1) developing a communication plan to ensure broad input on the QRS design, and 2) developing an engagement and outreach plan for families, programs/providers, stakeholders, and the public for California's 'rating structure and process' and support systems. [more information]

To keep current on the California Early Learning Quality Improvement System Advisory Committee work and to check on the dates and locations of meetings, click here.