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Partnerships
Desired Results for Children and Families
Research shows that children who attend high quality programs are more successful in school, have lower drop out rates, and are better readers. The California Department of Education (CDE), Early Education and Support Division (EESD), has established the Desired Results System to improve program quality in early care and education programs across the state.
This website offers a wide variety of downloadable tools and resources for teachers, administrators, trainers, and families to support the achievement of these goals for California's children.
Early Head Start Partnership
To communicate Region 9 Head Start Association values and to hone our organizational effectiveness and prioritization, we articulate our organizational beliefs within each of our lines of work:
We believe that:
- Every child, regardless of circumstances at birth, deserves an opportunity to succeed in school and life.
- Parents who meet their own goals and regularly engage in their child’s education as volunteers help ensure that the learning process is a success.
- Becoming informed about effective practices and alternative strategies for a child’s nurturing at home and in school empowers program staff, community partners and volunteers engaged in the Head Start community.
- When children’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive development are nurtured, they become capable adults.
Teaching Pyramid
The Teaching Pyramid approach provides a systematic framework that promotes social and emotional development, provides support for children's appropriate behavior, prevents challenging behavior, and addresses problematic behavior. The WestEd Center for Child and Family Studies offers comprehensive professional development packages for infant/toddler, preschool, and early elementary educators. WestEd's
Teaching Pyramid is based on evidence-based practice originally developed by the Center on the Social Emotional Foundations in Early Learning (CSEFEL), authorized by California Department of Education (CDE), and aligned with California's Early Learning and Development System.
P.I.T.C
The Program for Infant/Toddler Care seeks to ensure that America's infants get a safe, healthy, emotionally secure and intellectually rich start in life. Its three-pronged mission is to
1) increase the availability and quality of child care for all children under age three;
2) disseminate information that increases the practice of responsive, respectful and relationship based infant toddler care; and
3) influence national, regional and local policies and practices so that the needs and interests of individual infants, toddlers, and their families are the foundation for all curriculum development and program activity.
