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3. Partnering with Family Child Care: Skip A Long PreK
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). Nurse on Staff; conduct separate outcomes measurement, assessing kindergarten readiness. 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? Partners discuss & determine their group/individual needs—come to consensus, draft the budget, which is then presented to the oversight committee. ROE secures the money and distributes according to budget to each classroom partner who is then responsible for proper documentation. 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? Collaboration homes have one 04 certified teacher that conducts two 1- hour sessions in each home each week, plus an extra 2.5 hour session per home every 4th week, in addition to regular staffing in the licensed homes. Skip-A-Long’s Home Network Director supervises both the certified teacher and the homes; ROE also supervises the certified teacher, who is paid a higher salary and receives greater benefits than regular child care. 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. Written agreement states the purpose, compliance, decision-making, management, equipment ownership, liability insurance, record keeping, monitoring/evaluation, public relations, conflict of interest, changes, dispute resolution, renewal/termination, notices - signed by all partners in the Coalition’s PreK collaboration. Program Policies and Procedures Manual addresses organization, curriculum and instruction, personnel, parents, assessment and accountability, early learning enhanced experience, staff development plan, division of responsibilities. Also have written salary agreement that the teaching staff and directors are required to sign in order to receive additional PreK pay for these additional duties. They are the ONLY child care staff whose salary is augmented with PreK funding. 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. Partners agree on training, presenters, & level needed at the beginning of the year. ROE coordinates training; each classroom partner pays their share. In the third year, the level of training has advanced because the staff knowledge base is increased, however, entry-level training is still offered for new staff. Training & staff development are one of the hallmarks of this collaboration’s success. Everyone has the opportunity to better their knowledge and apply it. Regular child care teachers received 60 clock hours last year on top of the regular 15 hours always provided. This professional development has stimulated staff to further their education. 21. Please give any other details about your collaboration that you believe are important, but not covered elsewhere. Our collaboration is still so different and new to us as we are completely pooling our knowledge, resources to make this successful. We worked through our different perceptions and turf issues/barriers so that we are a diverse group functioning as one. 22. If you could start your collaboration over again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently? Clarify the roles of all partners; seek 501c3 status. 23. What advice do you have for agencies/homes starting new collaborations? While it is more difficult and time consuming, I believe we offer a better service in the final analysis. Open and regular communications should be spelled out and adhered to. Seek out partners like and unlike you to bring diversity to the table. Take the opportunity to learn/share with one another. Copyright 2005 Collaboration Model Description. Template.
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