1. Serving Early Childhood Practitioners and Directors
NAEYC Presentation
November 6, 2009
Dallas, Texas

2. Section One: Section Two: Section Three: Section Four: Introduction
Overview of Rio Salado College
Plan, Do, Check, Act Model
Mission & Vision
Core Values & Practice
Section Two:
Think Tank Activity
Section Three:
Key Indicators
Rio’s Educational Pathways
Section Four:
Closing and Q & A
5 minutes for Overview

3. Success By 6
AEEF funding supports partnership development across Arizona. There are 15 counties. There is one partnership funded in each of 13 counties, 5 in Maricopa County and 2 in Pima county resulting in a total of 20 Regional School Readiness Partnerships in Arizona..

4. DO ACT PLAN Assess the current situation Analyze Causes
Define the system
Assess the current situation
ACT
Plan Continuous Improvement
Standardize Improvement
CHECK
Check the Progress & Results
Implement DO

5. The Vision of the Rio Salado Early Childhood & Human Development (ECE/HD) Program is to be the premier early childhood undergraduate and professional development community college program in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Our program Mission is to provide high quality educational services that are inclusive, student & community focused, comprehensive, responsive and directed at increasing the professionalism of the early childhood and human development field.

6. Relentless Improvement
Customer Focus
The way Services are Developed and Delivered.
Relentless Improvement
The way Learning, Thinking and Behavior is Transformed through the acquisition of knowledge & skills, observation, research, study, & reflection.
Inclusiveness
The way Invention and Insight is Developed, leading to the creation of social and economic value; recognizing it involves talent, investment, risk taking, courage and challenging the limits of tradition.

7. Professionalism Teamwork
The way Collaborative & Cooperative Relationships are Built on mutual trust and respect and results in shared benefit.
The way Accountability is Achieved.
Teamwork
The way Decisions are Made.

8. Create to Make it Yours
In small groups, develop your “dream” seamless educational pathway, from community-based training, through community college to university
KLW Worksheet
Select one person to report out
Group Time is 20 minutes

9. 1
Education pathways that provide a seamless approach that continuously advances practitioner knowledge & skills 2
Assess student learning in meaningful, useful, and workable ways to evaluate how they are achieving their commitments and to act on the results in ways that advance student learning and improve educational quality. 3
Design & Deliver specialized ECE courses & programs

10. 4 5 6 Develop a cadre of highly qualified adjunct faculty
ECE courses that meet professional knowledge competencies 6
Obtain NAEYC Program Accreditation

13. 10 minutes

15. Diana Abel
René Manning
Today’s Conference Presentation and our Educational Pathways document can be found on our website