Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Dear Sara,,

This month, educators in programs participating in the Department of Early Childhood's (DEC's) Early Learning San Francisco (ELS) will receive wage increases or CARES 3.0 stipends from funds secured in 2018 through the passage of Proposition C. This is an important moment after a long wait due to the lawsuit by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association which delayed the release of these important funds.

As we're on the precipice of seeing the first significant wave of Prop C funds reach San Francisco early care educators, it is important to keep a pulse on how the local funds impact our city and county's early care and education workforce, and take note of how other ECE educators are faring outside San Francisco's ELS program and throughout California, to inform and shape our ongoing efforts to make early care and education a well-resourced profession that allows teachers quality of life and the ability to provide the best possible care and education.

See the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment's findings for wages and benefits of educators at non-public school sites, and their recommendations—some of which have been included as part of DEC's Compensation Initiative.

We've also included four surveys for your participation: ARPA, QCC Equity Project, Mental Health Consultation Initiative, and a student study on the staff shortage impact on current ECE staff.

In community,

ECESF

info@ecesf.org

Educator Compensation in California Regions & Statewide

In August 2022, CSCCE released the first comprehensive data on California early educator compensation in 15 years. Early educators perform challenging, complex work, yet despite this and their years of experience, training, and education, this study documents the persistently low wages paid to them.

This report further identifies disparities by program setting and funding, and finds that for some, wages actually declined between 2005 and 2020. The low wages reflect a failure of state policy to address compensation over the 15 years since our last compensation study. 

Read the key findings and and CSCCE’s recommendations for policymakers.

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Survey

美國救援方案法調查問卷

Encuesta sobre la Ley Del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (ARPA)

CDSS has revised the ARPA survey to meet federal requirements. As a result, all child care providers must complete a new American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) survey.

• Providers must complete the new ARPA survey to be eligible to receive any new ARPA-funded investments, such as direct-service and private center Supplemental Rate Payments and AB 179 stipends.
• This new survey must be completed even if you completed one last year.
• Providers and centers that serve both CDE and CDSS programs only need to complete this survey.
• All survey data will be protected and reported to the Federal government to track COVID-19 funding.

READ FULL EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Quality Counts California (QCC) Focus Group and Survey Participant Recruitment

Quality Counts California (QCC) 焦點小組和調查參與者招募

Grupo de enfoque de Quality Counts California (QCC) y reclutamiento de participantes para una encuesta

Quality Counts California (QCC) is looking for focus group participants and survey participants for the QCC Equity Project.

The Quality Counts California (QCC) Equity Project survey is part of a larger study on equity within QCC which seeks to understand if groups receive equal and fair treatment and opportunity regardless of their race, gender, income, or other factors within QCC and how QCC could be improved. Survey questions focus on the experiences of families and the early learning and care workforce and seek to find opportunities to enhance equity for all groups.

Anyone is welcome to participate if they live in California and belong in one of the following groups:

• Family child care provider currently, or in the past
• Family, friend, or neighbor who cares for children, currently or in the past
• Early learning and care center administrator, currently or in the past
• Early learning and care center teaching staff, currently or in the past
• Family of children aged zero to five, or family that raised children of this age in California (even if children are older now)

Focus groups will be offered in English, Español, Cantonese(廣東話), Mandarin(普通話), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), and Korean (한국어) and gift a $40 gift card. Interpreters will be provided as needed for other languages, including ASL. The surveys are also available in English, Español, Cantonese(廣東話), Mandarin(普通話), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), and Korean (한국어).

SURVEY - FLYERS

English 

Cantonese - 廣東話 

Mandarin - 普通話

Spanish - Español

Vietnamese - Tiếng Việt

Korean - 한국어

FOCUS GROUP - FLYERS

English 

Cantonese - 廣東話

Mandarin - 普通話

Spanish - Español

Vietnamese - Tiếng Việt

Korean - 한국어

If you need any support or have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@qualityca.net. READ FULL EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Survey: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

調查：幼兒心理健康諮詢

Encuesta: Consulta de Salud Mental de la Primera Infancia

As a valued member of San Francisco's early childhood educator community, you are invited to provide feedback about your experiences with the mental health consultation initiative. The want to hear about what is working well and your ideas for improvement so that the initiative can be continually improved to best meet the community's needs. Click on the links below to learn more.

This survey should take 15 minutes to complete! You can take the survey in: 

Please share these links with colleagues working at childcare sites! 

If you have any questions, please reach out to the program evaluation research team led by Dr. Eva Shivers. Contact Dr. Shivers for questions about the study by phone (602-424-5723) or email (Eshivers@indigoculturalcenter.com).

ECE Staff Survey: Student Research Study

ECE 員工調查：學生研究



Encuesta del personal de ECE: Estudio de investigación estudiantil

An Early Childhood Education student at Sacramento State University is currently collecting survey responses for her master's thesis project: 

“I am focusing my project on Early Childhood Education staff and how current ECE staff is being affected by staff shortages. This survey is anonymous and focuses on how we can help ECE staff handle their mental and psychological needs better."

We invite you to take 5 minutes to complete the survey (English only) and share widely to promote greater educator-led research and data!

Are you an Early Care Educator in San Francisco?

¿Es usted un educador de cuidado infantil en San Francisco?

您是舊金山的早期護理教育工作者嗎？

ECESF is a grassroots organization bringing San Francisco early care educators together across diverse ECE community and public sites. We are peers supporting each other, making sure we all know what's happening, and ensuring that new programs implemented to help us and the important work we do really do make a difference. If you are passionate about child care and education and know that a well-paid, stable workforce and great working conditions are essential to deliver great services, you won’t want to miss out on the discussions happening in our ECESF community including:



• Educator focus groups
• Core leadership meetings 
• Teacher advocacy meetings  
• Special events & community discussions

If you or an educator you know is ready to get involved, fill out our ECESF Interest Form below and we'll make sure you get connected!

ECESF es una organización de base que reúne a los educadores de atención temprana de San Francisco en diversos sitios públicos y comunitarios de ECE. Somos compañeros apoyándonos unos a otros, asegurándonos de que todos sepamos lo que está pasando y garantizando que los nuevos programas

que se implementan para ayudarnos y el importante trabajo que hacemos realmente marquen la diferencia. Si le apasiona la

atención y educación infantil y sabe que una fuerza laboral estable y bien pagada junto

con excelentes condiciones de trabajo son esenciales para brindar excelentes servicios, no querrá perderse las conversaciones que

tienen lugar en nuestra comunidad ECESF, que incluyen:

• Grupos de enfoque de educadores
• Reuniones de liderazgo central
• Reuniones de defensa de los docentes
• Eventos especiales y debates comunitarios

Si usted o un educador que conoce están listos para involucrarse, complete nuestro Formulario de interés de ECESF a continuación y nos aseguraremos de entrar en contacto.

ECESF 是一個草根組織，聚集了來自不同ECE 社區和公共場所的早期護理教育工作者。我們是相互支援的伴，我們確信我們都知道當下正在發生的事情，並確保實施的新計劃可以幫助我們以及我們所做的重要工作確能有所作為。如果您對兒童護理和教育充滿情，並且知道高薪、穩定的勞動力和良好的工作條件對於提供優質服務至關重要，那麼您一定不想錯過我們 ECESF 社區正在進行的討論，包括：

● 教育工作者焦點小組

● 核心領導會議

● 教師宣傳會議

● 特別活動和社群討論

如果您或您認識的教育工作者準備參加，請填寫下面的ECESF 興趣表，我們一定會聯繫您！