Council news and resources March 25th, 2013

Two QUALITYstarsNY reports on QRIS Natioanl Learning Network. http://www.qrisnetwork.org/category/state-resource-type/quality-improvement

Continuing Resolution Eases Some of the Sequester Child Care Cuts: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/03/continuing-resolution-eases-some-of.html

Take action on the Federal Budget: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/03/take-action-on-federal-budget.html

Infant Mental Health Summit spurs community work: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/03/infant-mental-health-summit-spurs.html

Council News and Resources January to March 2013

l12/27/12 Early Childhood News: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/12/early-childhood-news_27.html

The Early Care & Learning Council and the National Women’s Law Center join a nation-wide effort in launching the 2013 Tax Credits Outreach Campaign. http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/resources/tax-credits/

PITC Project Summary: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/programs/infant-toddler/documents/PITCProjectSummaryDecember2012.pdf

Promoting Responsive Relationships: Final Project Summary: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/programs/infant-toddler/documents/PRRFinalProjectSummaryDecember2012.pdf

The State of our Children: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-state-of-our-children.html

Policy and Advocacy Update: Parents at Symposium: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/01/policy-and-advocacy-update.html

Marsha Basloe of the Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter, starts around the 42 minute mark: http://www.wcny.org/thecapitolpressroomorg/wp-content/uploads/JAN172013.MP3

Infograph; 37% of #children will arrive at #kindergarten without the skills necessary for lifetime learning: https://twitter.com/NYS_ECLC/status/290928335570219008/photo/1

Governor Cuomo Releases 2013-2014 Executive Budget http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/01/governor-cuomo-releases-2013-2014.html

We have a great grant opportunity for early care and learning programs in the Bronx and Brooklyn! http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/programs/documents/HealthyActiveLivingFinalRFA.pdf

Making the Business Case – Mini Advocacy Tool-kit available: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/programs/childcare-resource-referral/toolkits.cfm

Membership Meeting Materials, January 30, 2012 http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/documents/ECLCMembershipMeetingJanuary302013.htm

Quality for Kids Campaign Summary: http://qualityforkids.org/2013/01/22/2012-summary/

The 2013 New Director’s Orientation Manual for Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies is out!
http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/programs/childcare-resource-referral/documents/CCRRNewDirectorsManual2013_001.pdf

raining institute reduces turnover; improves quality: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/01/training-institute-reduces-turnover.html

Get the Tax Credits you deserve! http://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/tco-fliers2013/new_york-tcoflier2013.pdf

January/February Early Care & Learning Council Newsletter: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/media-room/documents/EarlyCareLearningCouncilNewsletterJanuary2013.pdf

Save the date: Training Opportunity for CCR&R professionals: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/resources/documents/CoreBodyofKnowledgeatNYSAEYCforFeb15.pdf

Advocacy: Week of 2/11-2/15 2013: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/02/advocacy-week-of-211-215-2013.html

What is legally-exempt child care?: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/legallyexempt.cfm

Mental Health Summit brings early childhood professionals together (on our blog): http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/02/mental-health-summit-brings-early.html

Policy Associate Jessica Klos Shapiro testified in front of the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2013-2014 Executive Budget Proposal: Human Services. http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/02/public-hearing-on-human-services.html

Register for Workshop for CCR&R professionals at the NYSAEYC Conference: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/resources/documents/COREBodyofKnowApril42013registrationform.docx (this is a word doc and will download automatically) More information about the session can be found on the registration form or here: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/resources/documents/CoreBodyofKnowledgeatNYSAEYCforFeb15.pdf

Continuous Improvement and Going Greener Early Care & Learning Council is always improving. We found another way to improve our work environment and we are sharing it with you. Certainly our efforts are a mere beginning in the attempt to be environmentally aware and care for Mother Earth. Please consider our Environmental Awareness Statement and the Recycling Operations Procedure & Guideline of January 2013 another resource for you. Let this be part of our membership services efforts to share new information with our members as you also think about the environment.
You may also find this Eco-Healthy Checklist helpful in your work with child care programs.
Special appreciation and acknowledgment goes to Family Enrichment Network, Child and Family Resources and all the CCR&R agencies which contributed ideas for our work.

2013 Professional Development Events: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/resources/documents/2013CCRRProfessionalDevelopmentEvents.pdf

Do your lawmakers know your budget priorities?: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/03/do-your-lawmakers-know-your.html

Five stars set the bar for early education: http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/02/five-stars-set-bar-for-early-education.html

Early Care & Learning Council Management Training Catalog: http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/programs/management-training/documents/2013managementtrainingschedule.pdf

The first 2000 days are the key to school readiness! (video): http://youtu.be/ry-2V7FAGog