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Early Childhood Philanthropic Opportunity Scan: Opportunities for Investment in the San Diego Region

November 14, 2016

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Purpose of the San Diego County scan

San Diego service provider survey designed to answer: What are some high impact opportunities for local private philanthropy to invest in early childhood in our community?

• Pritzker categories (Quality, Reach)
• Bright spots
• Areas that are under-invested
• P-3 ideas elsewhere that people wish were happening in San Diego
• Key influencers in our P-3 system and how people are connected

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Survey respondents represent a cross-section of the early childhood landscape

19 19 9 9 5 14 14 8

Type e of Organi nizat ation ion n = 64

School Districts & Charter Schools Higher Education Childcare, Preschool, ECE Provider Government Nonprofit Organization Other

Other: Support for ECE Orgs (Consultants, Trainers/Tech Assistance, Advocacy): 5 For-profit 1 Other 2

• 64 respondents
• Leaders in their organizations
• All connected with P3SD (i.e. part of

P3SD, past conference attendees)

• Services provided across the County

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Bright spots and challenge areas regarding quality

Categories with Highest Quality Ratings Categories with Lowest Quality Ratings

• 1. Quality Improvement Efforts: Training

for providers pursuing quality improvements (3.87); Quality improvement efforts

in public systems of early care and education (3.47)

• 2. Child Assessment: Effective screening

and assessment questionnaires and tools

(3.69)

• 3. Screening/Referral for Special Needs:

Comprehensive health/development screening & referral systems to optimize holistic child development (3.38)

Scale: 1 Low Quality; 3 Neutral; 5 Very High Quality

• 1. Teacher Pay: Promotion for fair

compensation of early childhood educators (2.17)

• 2. Quality in Home-Based Care Settings:

Quality family, friend and neighbor care

(2.39); Quality licensed family childcare

homes (2.55)

• 3. Supporting Parent Choice: Assistance

for parents in choosing high quality care and education opportunities for their children (2.79)

Findings are consistent with the Early Education Landscape Scan conducted last year.

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into 6 categories

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Support advocacy for public investment in early childhood Spur innovation Make strategic investments in quality Help quality providers expand Foster networks and alignment

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Support advocacy for public investment in early childhood

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• Need for advocacy a very consistent theme
• Comments and examples spanned advocacy

spectrum

• Increasing awareness/educating (general

public, parents, policy-makers)

• Funding research to support advocacy

efforts

• Elevating San Diego in broader P-3 world
• Addressing systemic issues
• e.g. State Preschool out-of-date eligibility

requirements, reimbursement rates, compensation

• Advocating for more public dollars to

support P-3 work

funding for early childhood. But it starts with access public and national philanthropic funds

• nly to legislators, but to the business sector

and the general public about the importance and impact of quality early education. We need for things like State Preschool eligibility requirements that require San Diego to work with other parts of the state to advocate for

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• Promoting fair compensation of early childhood educators had lowest rating in San Diego

region survey for both quality (2.17 out of 5) and reach (2.11 out of 5)

• Potential ways to invest: research and advocacy; development/capacity of coaching and

development programs for educators; support for technical assistance providers

• Several respondents mentioned

that increased requirements and pay for early childhood educators would elevate the importance of ECE

• Also an opportunity to increase the

availability of on-the-job coaching and development of P-3 educators

• Including early education

training for all TK-3rd grade teachers

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Help quality providers expand

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• Two opportunities mentioned to increase access to quality programs in the San Diego

region:

• Capital investments to improve or expand sites
• Capacity building funding so promising and evidence-based programs can scale

(e.g. one-time infrastructure investments, evaluation)

and other capital investments that would expand and improve the environments supporting

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Make strategic investments in quality

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• Quality efforts in public systems of early care and education are considered strong
• Quality Preschool Initiative (QPI), funded by First 5 San Diego consistently cited as a

bright spot

• Quality in home-based settings rated very low in the survey
• Quality licensed family child care homes (2.55 out of 5)
• Quality family, friend and neighbor care (2.30 out of 5)

technology in classrooms and the hands of teaching staff for

• dated

and do not meet current

• Consistent quality standards and support for care

givers cited as opportunities, particularly in unlicensed settings

• Capital investments in facilities, technology,

materials, etc. can also improve quality in early childhood settings

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Spur innovation

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• Specific opportunities to develop models/systems identified:
• Quality infant/toddler programs
• Parent support programs
• Early childhood mental health support and services
• Providing parents with access to information to assist them in choosing

high quality care and education opportunities

• Information to assist parents in choosing high quality care and education rated

low on both quality (2.79) and reach (2.46)*

• Challenge for parents navigating and finding resources for special needs children
• Survey identified the overall opportunity of systems

development and new models/innovation

* Scale of 1-5, 1 being low

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Foster networks and alignment

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• In response to how local private

philanthropy can help San Diego access systemic funds, respondents

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Social Network analysis identified key influencers in San

• subnetworks together

Note: The survey included a series of questions we developed with Dr. Alan Daly and analyzed by Dr. Alison Black at UCSD to answer who the key influencers are, and also to understand how players in the P-

Key Influencers & Brokers:

• Laura Kohn, Education Synergy

Alliance

• Robin Layton, Educational

Enrichment Systems

• Lucia Garay, San Diego County

Office of Education

• Shulamit Ritblatt, SDSU
• Matt Doyle, Vista Unified School

District

• Shana Cohen, UCSD
• Devin Vodicka, Vista Unified

School District

• Alison Wishard-Guerra, UCSD*
• Sarah Garrity, SDSU*
• Gina Gianzero, DEEP*
• Amanda Bonds, Words Alive*
• Evette Callahan, San Diego

County Office of Education*

Knowledge/Expertise:

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Note: The survey included a series of questions we developed with Dr. Alan Daly and analyzed by Dr. Alison Black at UCSD to answer who the key influencers are, and also to understand how players in the P-

• San Diego County Office of Education
• Educational Enrichment Systems
• Vista Unified School District
• San Diego Unified School District
• First 5 San Diego
• Words Alive
• YMCA Childcare Resource Service
• United Way
• Education Synergy Alliance
• Neighborhood House Association
• Family Health Centers of San Diego

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P-3 ideas elsewhere that survey respondents wish were happening here

• Dedicated local tax to support early learning / P-3
• Kindergarten Entry Assessments
• Mental health services for children and their families (mental health

consultants in preschool setting)

• Early Childhood (PreK 3rd Grade) Teaching Credential
• PSAs on TV and other forms of public awareness campaigns

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Recap: Opportunities for philanthropic investment in the San Diego region

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Support advocacy for public investment in early childhood Spur innovation Make strategic investments in quality Help quality providers expand Foster networks and alignment

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Next Steps Options

 Join a discussion at San Diego Grantmakers with funders

committed to (or interested in committing to) early education to further debrief this research and discuss a coordinated response.

 Hear more about and get involved in the Quality Seats

Initiative in San Diego County.

 Receive coaching from Laura Lanzerotti from Bridgespan on

making strategic investments in early childhood.