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Educare of California at Silicon Valley (ECSV)

A Center of Excellence in Education

Dennis Cima Silicon Valley Leadership Group dcima@svlg.org

Educare of California at Silicon Valley (ECSV)

• 1. Intro - Silicon Valley Leadership Group
• 2. The ROI on Quality Early Interventions
• 3. Why Educare and what is ECSV?
• 4. The ECSV Partnership and the Role of the Leadership Group

Public Policy Association founded by David Packard in 1977 More than 380 members throughout the region Diverse membership (tech, bio, financial institutions, etc.) Diverse public policy portfolio (tax, education, housing, transportation, etc.)

David Packard

Hewlett-Packard CEO and Silicon Valley Leadership Group Founder

Rate of Return – Human Capital Investment

What is Educare?

Teacher Training Center High Quality Early Ed “Lab” School Family & Community Resource Center Center for Research Public Policy Showplace

What is Educare of California at Silicon Valley?

• Teacher Training Center for the Region & California
• High-quality, year-round Early Childhood Education

Center using Research-Based Practices

• Public-Private Partnership
• Located on an Elementary School Campus (0-8

continuum)

• Part of a Nationwide Network

Partnership / Role of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group

• Service on ECSV 501(c)3 Board of Directors
• Service on Steering Committee
• Leader of the project’s capital campaign
• Partners (partial list):
• David & Lucile Packard Foundation
• First 5 Santa Clara County
• Franklin-McKinley School Dist. (San Jose)
• East Side Union High School Dist. (SJ)
• Catholic Charities
• Santa Clara County Office of Education