The Charge to the Expert Committee:
• Review programs and services comprising a comprehensive
ECE system for Boulder County
• Assess the needs and gaps in the current system
• Make recommendations to the Leadership Committee, the Finance
Task Force, and ECCBC
• Produce the Report of the Expert Committee: Programs and Services
for Boulder County
Committee members: Include professionals from the 4 domains of ECE:
• Early Care and Education
• Health Care
• Mental Health
• Family Support and Parent Engagement
Committee Members:
Jordana Ash: Team Leader of Child Development Services, Mental Health Center
Steve Callander: Co-Chair of ECCBC, Executive Director of the Boulder Day Nursery
Joan Chartrand: Community Service Director, Boulder YMCA
Annette Crawford: City of Boulder, HHS/CYF, Recruitment & Training Manager
Judy Fry: City of Boulder, HHS/CYF, Resource & Referral Manager
Richard Garcia: Executive Director of the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition
Stephanie Greenberg: Boulder County Movement for Children
Janet Gutman: Student Services Director, St. Vrain Valley School District, Committee Co-chair
Maria Harper: Director, Boulder County Head Start
Suzanne Helburn: University of Colorado, Professor of Economics
Tikki Heublein: Co-Director, Center for Alternative and Responsible Education
Joan Holtz: Early Intervention Program Manager, Imagine!
Sue McCord: University of Colorado, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
April Menzies: Front Range Community College, Career Education Coordinator
Susan Moore: University of Colorado, Director, Clinical Education and Services
Jane Nelson: ECCBC School Readiness Coordinator, Committee Co-chair
Amy Ogilvie: Executive Director, Longmont Children’s Council
Sarah Scully: Child Health Promotion Coordinator, Boulder County Public Health
Marcia Seegers: Director, Children’s Alley, YWCA of Boulder
Doreen Smith: Deputy Program Manager, Aspen Family Services
Denys Vigil: Co-Director, Center for Alternative and Responsible Education
Karen Weaver: Early Childhood Coordinator, Boulder Valley School District
Marsa Williams: President, Aspen Family Services Staff:
Bobbie Watson: Director ECCBC
Alison Birchard: System Planner, ECCBC MEETING SCHEDULE:
Expert Committee meetings were held from October 2006 through September 2007 and included joint meetings with Finance Taskforce May 23, 2007 and September 25, 2007. Small group work will continue in order to advise the Finance Taskforce and the Leadership Committee in 2008. Goals for Expert Committee A Summary of Early Childhood Data for Boulder County Committee Resources • Kaiser Low-Income Coverage and Access Survey
• Children in Immigrant Families
• The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
• A Summary of Early Childhood Data for Boulder County
• Presentation on Outcomes/Indicators - 4/5/07
• Close to Home
• Colorado Children's Campaign:
A State at Risk
Colorado's Education Gap
• Longmont Educational Summit - ECE Notes 3/17/07
• Informal Child Care Study (5.6MB)
• Never Too Young to Learn
• The Status of Children in Boulder County *2006*
• The Status of Children in Boulder County *2007* ECE School Readiness Components Annotated Bibliography
• ECE Systems Components Annotated Bibliography
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Conference
• Children with Challenging Behavior - Report to the Colorado Legislature
• School Readiness Indicators Project
• Summary of Evidence-based Practices
• Preliminary Summary of Data Related to Early Care and Education in Boulder County
• Oregon Head Start Collaboration Project
• Building an Early Childhood System for Cuyahoga County, Ohio
• Best Practices Documents:
Health
Mental Health
Early Learning
Parent Education
Family Support
• South Carolina's First Steps to School Readiness Boulder County ECE System Development
• System Vision and Goals
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