The Work

Domain: Quality Supply

Strategy: Increase the quality of current providers

1. Action: Leverage the success of Alamo Quality Pathway and Pre-K 4 SA coaching by increasing alignment, scale, and resources
2. Action: Integrate financial coaching into ongoing coaching

Strategy: Increase the number of high-quality, affordable seats for children with special needs

1. Action: Increase and activate the capacity of current high-quality providers to serve children with special needs
2. Action: Increase the capability of all providers to serve children with special needs through additional training
3. Action: Include the ability to serve special needs as a filter in the search tool

Domain: Increased Access

Strategy: Increase the number of providers that accept child care scholarships and/or military scholarships

1. Action: Learn from providers as to why they do or do not accept scholarships
2. Action: Promote scholarship acceptance among providers
3. Action: Provide technical assistance to providers who would like to begin accepting scholarships

Domain: Sustainable Quality

Strategy: Increase the number of providers participating in the Shared Service Alliance

1. Action: Promote the value of the Shared Service Alliance to providers and provide technical assistance to those interested in joining
2. Action: Create alignment between the Alamo Quality Pathway and the Shared Service Alliance
3. Action: Integrate technical assistance and training to increase the ability to serve special needs children

Domain: Quality Supply

Strategy: Add new high-quality early learning seats

1. Action: Build and pilot a seat accelerator that supports high-quality providers to expand their centers or open new centers

Domain: Talent Supply

Strategy: Alleviate the shortage of early childhood professionals

1. Action: Survey providers about the scale and drivers of the shortage
2. Action: Study and enact high-leverage remedies to address the shortage

Domain: Training Pipeline

Strategy: Ensure access to a quality learning management system

1. Action: Partner with the Texas learning management system to ensure top quality and functionality

Strategy: Create a training and educational pipeline with no gaps

1. Action: Enroll all providers and professionals in the learning management system
2. Action: Use the data to identify the gaps in professional development and close them routinely

Domain: Stackable Credentials

Strategy: Broker articulation agreements citywide

1. Action: Document lessons from success locally and statewide
2. Action: Map district and charter early childhood training programs
3. Action: Convene districts, charters, two-year and four-year colleges to develop articulation agreements

Domain: Community

Strategy: Engage, nurture, and celebrate early childhood professionals

1. Action: Convene early childhood professionals regularly to celebrate successes and advance the field

Domain: Search Tool

Strategy: Create tools to empower families to search for and choose the best option for their child(ren)

1. Action: Create a filterable search tool with reliable availability information
2. Action: Promote the tool broadly to families
3. Action: Create, integrate, and promote a common application
4. Action: Enable adoption and integration across family-facing services citywide

Domain: Enrollment

Strategy: Increase enrollment in affordable early learning

1. Action: Execute a citywide annual PreK Enrollment Campaign

Domain: Child-centered Partnership

Strategy: Support the expansion of powerful partnerships between families and early childhood professionals

1. Action: Prepare families to powerfully partner with their child(ren)'s teacher
2. Action: Prepare early childhood professionals to powerfully partner with families
3. Action: Equip families to extend learning at home

Domain: Demand for Quality

Strategy: Elevate the importance of quality

1. Action: Engage families and early childhood professionals to co-create powerful messages about the importance of quality
2. Action: Promote these messages through a citywide family-facing campaign

Domain: Wraparound

Strategy: Connect families with wraparound resources

1. Action: Integrate wraparound resources across the early childhood ecosystem