Building an Intentionally Inclusive Community Program The Interactive

Building an Intentionally Inclusive Community Program: The Interactive Use of Selected TA Process Tools and Resources 2015 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute Chapel Hill, NC

TA Tools

ECTA System Framework Personnel/Workforce Component To guide states in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive system of personnel development (CSPD). http: //ectacenter. org/sysframe/componentpersonnel. asp

National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) The Big Picture: A Planning Guide for Cross-Sector Early Childhood Professional Development Systems http: //npdci. fpg. unc. edu/sites/npdci. fpg. unc. edu/files/reso urces/NPDCI-Big-Picture-Planning-Guide-3 rd-edition-72011_0. pdf The Landscape: A Statewide Survey for Providers of Professional Development in Early Childhood http: //npdci. fpg. unc. edu/sites/npdci. fpg. unc. edu/files/reso urces/NPDCI-Landscape-survey-6 -2011_0. pdf

Considerations for Making Finance Decisions to Promote Preschool Inclusion: A Toolkit • Motivation and Partnerships • Settings, Staffing and Service Delivery Models • Funding Streams and Accountability http: //ectacenter. org/~pdfs/topics/inclusion/fi nanceinclu. pdf

Pennsylvania Preschool Inclusion: Self Evaluation Tool Organized around the DEC/NAEYC defining feature of inclusion: • Access • Participation • Supports http: //ectacenter. org/~pdfs/topics/inclusion/PAP reschool. Inclusion. Self_Evaluation. Final_7_13. pd f

Special. Quest State/Community Perceptions of Inclusive Practices (S/CPIP) A means of ranking progress in growing capacity in the following areas: • Including Children Birth–Five with Disabilities, • Involving Families of Young Children with Disabilities, • Providing Integrated Services to Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers with Disabilities, and • Supporting Implementation and Sustainability.

RP² Benchmarks of Quality for Classroom-Based Programs Critical Elements: • Establish Leadership Team • Staff Readiness and Buy-in • Family Engagement • Program-wide Action Plan • All Classrooms Demonstrate Implementation of Evidence. Based Practices • Procedures for Responding to Individual Children • Staff Capacity-Building and Support • Monitoring Implementation and Outcomes http: //ectacenter. org/~pdfs/calls/2015/decrp-2015 -0211/Benchmarks_Class. pdf

Gallery Walk Be thinking about: • What I like about this tool • Ideas about how I could use this tool in my work – Any adaptations I would like to make for it to be more useful to me/others in my program or community? • Ideas from others that I would like to explore further

Wrap-Up • Which tool would you most like to use in your work? • What initial actions steps do you plan to take?

11 For links to these resources please visit the ECTA Center web page on inclusion: http: //ectacenter. org/topics/inclusion/default. asp

Presenter Information • Megan Vinh: megan. vinh@unc. edu • Judy Swett: swett@pacer. org • Katy Mc. Cullough: katy. mccullough@unc. edu