High-quality early care and education gives children the strong start they need to pursue their dreams. San Francisco Quality Connections gives early educators the tools they need to pursue theirs, by supporting early learning programs to provide the rich, high-quality early learning experiences that better prepare children for school.
San Francisco Quality Connections provides a framework, standards, and quality improvement supports for early learning programs. It creates a powerful professional development path for early educators, helping them continually assess and improve the quality of their services.
San Francisco Quality Connections coaches and trainers spend more than 14,000 hours annually supporting early educators with targeted coaching and training so they have the knowledge and skills to give children high quality early learning experiences. Educators work closely with coaches and have access to more than 100 days of First 5-sponsored trainings a year.
On June 21, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and Department of Early Childhood (DEC) hosted an Information Session on the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages six months to 4 years. The session discusses the importance of the vaccine, its side effects, and safety. In addition, SFDPH and DEC hosted the COVID-19 Vaccine…
This commentary was submitted by volunteer contributor Eliana Elias, Quality Connections Coach, First 5 San Francisco, and Barbra Blender, Quality Connections Coach, First 5 San Francisco. How do we measure the contributions of professionals that care for our youngest children? In “normal” times, we have turned to tools that aim to quantify classroom interaction such…
There are numerous resources and support programs available to San Francisco’s early educators including financial, health, housing, legal supports and more. OECE in collaboration with First 5 San Francisco has compiled a virtual resource library listing and categorizing these resources. The following page compiles supports available to early childhood educators during the COVID-19 crisis For…
