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2. Multiple Agencies Partner: Kid's Kingdom EL Center
Early Care & Education Program Collaboration Model Description
1. Model (Please check only one. Complete separate forms for different collaboration models.)
2. Collaboration Type (Check all that apply to this collaboration model.)
3. Partnership Initiated By
4. Demographics
5. Schedule
6. Number of Children Served Full-Day/Year by Location, Setting & Age
7. Total number of children served by organization
8. Total number of children served by partner’s organization (if applicable). Note: this means an early care & education partner with whom you are collaborating. Agencies that checked “One Agency, Multiple Funders” in question 1, page 1 of this survey will NOT complete this question.
9. Funding used to support full-day/year services (Check all that apply.)
10. Administration/Management (Check either yes, no or not applicable – NA – for each item.)
11. Has the collaboration had an impact on the partner’s internal practices with regard to (check yes or no for each item):
12. Program Services (Make 2 checks for each item – 1 to indicate which partner is primarily responsible for direct service delivery and the other to indicate which children receive that service – all or just the collaboration children.)
13. Primary objectives for beginning this collaboration (check all that apply)
14. Collaboration Development & Management
15. Program Components: Please answer the following questions about your collaboration program. Show in column 2 which partner is responsible for each program component. Check which children receive the program component in the last 2 columns - either all children in the classroom(s) or just the collaboration children.
Answer the following questions IN AS FEW WORDS as possible, still giving a picture of how your collaboration works. Use bullet point lists whenever possible. 16. List/describe any other program components included in the collaboration that are not described in items 12 and 15 (pages 3-4). We have a parent/child lending library. Parent can check out resources on parenting & children can check out educational books, toys or videos. We also have about 6-8 parent educational meetings/year to enhance parenting skills. 17. Please describe how budgeting and cost sharing among funding sources is done. How do you decide how costs will be shared? What are the financial arrangements between partners? The child care center receives $2/day/child & reimbursement for the teacher’s salary. This money is used to pay a portion on the operating expenses & to fund the program (toys, food, supplies, etc.. 18. Please explain how your collaboration is staffed. Include classroom and support staff and tell how this is changed/different from your regular program. Who funds the staff’s salaries? Who supervises the staff and who employs them? What salaries and benefits are offered collaboration staff and is this different from other staff? We have a PreK teacher, a Head Start teacher, a child care teacher & 2 aides. PreK funds the PreK teacher & aide, Head Start funds its teacher & child care funds its teacher & aide. Kids Kingdom employs & supervises the staff, with ERBA Head Start having input into decisions. The PreK teacher has a higher salary & benefits, however she also has a 4-year degree & certification. The Head Start teacher’s salary follows ERBA Head Start’s salary chart, which is a little higher than child care, however she does not receive benefits. The rest of the staff follow Kids Kingdom’s salary chart. Using the ISBE grant, we were also able to use one of our Directors as a Parent Coordinator, a service she previously provided as part of her Director responsibilities. 19. Please tell about your written agreement, if you have one. Include: what the agreement covers (section titles); term (what the time period is); if finances are part of the agreement and how these were figured; etc. Our Head Start agreement is annual. It covers decision making procedures, hiring policies, problem solving, curriculum, transportation & financial agreements. 20. Please describe the training system for your collaboration. Include what kind of training is done, how costs are shared among funding sources and/or partners, and how it has changed since the collaboration began. Head Start opens its training to our staff & if our staff attends training, the Head Start teacher also participates. See the Kids Kingdom PreK profile for more information. 21. Please give any other details about your collaboration that you believe are important, but not covered elsewhere. The blending of these funding streams & partnerships has made a vast improvement in this center. We are able to provide a quality early childhood program & have been able to improve salaries for our employees, thus adding to the quality of our program through continuity of care. We recently went through the NAEYC self-study process, have received our visit & are waiting on a reply from the commission. 22. If you could start your collaboration over again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently? Have more knowledge about the programs we are working with. Know more about what each program’s regulations are, their strengths & weaknesses & how we can pull the best from all programs. 23. What advice do you have for agencies/homes starting new collaborations? Meet often to begin with. It is essential to build trust with your partners! Copyright 2005 Collaboration Model Description. Template.
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