Governor's Early Childhood Advisory CouncilGovernor's Early Childhood Advisory Council : Minnesota Department of Education
  Search  
Welcome Guest  |  Register  |  Login
  Recent Threads  | Unanswered Threads  | Who's Online  | User List  | Help

Forum:  Governor's Early Childhood Advisory Council

Welcome to the Governor's Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) Forum. This forum provides an opportunity for public comment on the suggested ECAC committee strategies for the development of an early childhood system to support children in their readiness to enter kindergarten. The public comments and suggestions will be taken into consideration as the committees develop their recommendations to present to the Council.

Goal of the Early Childhood Advisory Council:
By 2020, all Minnesota children are school-ready as they enter kindergarten.
The Council will provide recommendations to the Governor and Minnesota Legislature toward a vision for an integrated system for early care and education that will involve families, schools and communities to achieve this outcome.

The Council defines school-ready as having the skills, knowledge, behaviors and accomplishments in the areas of language development, cognition, physical development and social and emotional development to be well prepared to enter school.

The Council is charged with a number of responsibilities through state and federal law. View a summary of the responsibilities. Related responsibilities are grouped and will be the focus of four committees: Accountability, Access and Finance, Professional Development and Early Learning Standards. The forum is organized into the same themes. Post comments, ideas and strategies that have worked in your community into the theme area (thread) that most closely matches your comment. There is a "miscellaneous" category for comments that do not fit into a theme.

This is a moderated forum. Comments will be reviewed by Minnesota Department of Education staff before being posted.

We welcome different points of view and encourage you to submit comments. Only comments that are respectful and do not attack others or their point(s) of view will be considered for posting. We will not post comments containing vulgarity, profanity or any other uncivil language.
Comments must also:
  • be within the scope of the Early Childhood Advisory Council's work;
  • be reasonably accurate with known facts; and
  • not promote products or services.
There may be a delay in the posting of comments to the site. The comment in-box will be monitored during normal business hours, and comments will be posted during that time.

Before you submit your first comment, you will be asked to register by setting up a simple user ID and password. Be sure to keep track of your ID and password. There is no mechanism to retrieve the information for you.

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) does not necessarily endorse the content of the recommendations made by the ECAC or the public comments. For more information about the recommendations, please contact Debbie Hewitt at 651.582.8476 or Debbie.Hewitt@state.mn.us.

(Guidelines adapted from Shoulder to Shoulder Minnesota, 2003. Copyright © 2003, Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.)


Sort by Order
All threads in this forum: (49 Posts in 13 Threads)
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
Normal Threads
Professional Development - What actions could the Council take to ensure early childhood personnel in Minnesota have the necessary skills and knowledge to meet the needs of young children and support families?
Post comments, ideas and strategies. 		dhewitt 9 247 Nov 17, 2009 3:43:41 PM
by CKragthorpe  Last Page
Miscellaneous - Post related comments, ideas and strategies that have worked in your community that do not fit into one of the other themes.
Post related comments, ideas and strategies that have worked in your community that do not fit into ... 		dhewitt 0 53 Nov 12, 2009 9:40:05 AM
by dhewitt  Last Page
Professional Development - What actions could the Council take to attract and retain an adequate supply of fairly compensated early childhood personnel who are well-prepared to meet the needs of young children and support families?
Post comments, ideas and strategies. 		dhewitt 6 200 Oct 28, 2009 1:30:47 PM
by ds  Last Page
Access and Finance - What actions could the Council take to increase the number of low-income children, birth to transition to kindergarten, who attend an effective early childhood program?
Post comments, ideas and strategies. 		dhewitt 3 181 Oct 23, 2009 1:29:02 PM
by MObrien  Last Page
Early Learning Standards - What actions could the Council take to ensure program serving low-income children and families incorportate the 10 Essential Elements of Effective Programs?
View the 10 Essential Elements of Effective Early Care and Education Programs. ... 		dhewitt 4 212 Oct 7, 2009 9:28:20 PM
by Casandra  Last Page
Early Learning Standards - What actions could the Council take to ensure children and families from underrepresented populations have their needs met in early childhood care and education settings and are well prepared for school?
View the Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota's Early Learning Standards. ... 		dhewitt 4 170 Oct 6, 2009 2:26:02 PM
by BarbFabre  Last Page
Accountability - What actions could the Council take to ensure that data systems are developed for the purpose of improving educational outcomes for young children?
Post comments, ideas and strategies. 		dhewitt 1 130 Sep 30, 2009 11:37:46 AM
by MeganWaltz  Last Page
Access and Finance - What actions could the Council take to ensure all state and federal funds for early care and education programs are identified and used efficiently?
Post comments, ideas and strategies. 		dhewitt 1 125 Sep 30, 2009 11:25:10 AM
by MeganWaltz  Last Page
Accountability - What actions could the Council take to ensure that gaps in early childhood services are identified and solutions proposed?
Post comments, ideas and strategies that have worked in your community. 		dhewitt 2 184 Sep 30, 2009 11:19:24 AM
by MeganWaltz  Last Page
Access and Finance - What actions could the Council take to ensure a seamless continuum of services exists that supports families and children's optimal development?
Post comments, ideas and strategies. 		dhewitt 2 123 Sep 30, 2009 11:10:06 AM
by MeganWaltz  Last Page
Normal Threads: 13   Pages: 2   [ 1 2 | Next Page ]

This is a hot thread and has new posts since your last login
Has new post since your last login


RSS feeds The time now is Feb 9, 2010 4:07:36 PM

Powered by mvnForum 1.2.1 GA (Build: 20 November 2008)