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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Joe Valentine, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	December 13, 2011

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Accept Contra Costa County Office of Education grant funding

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/13/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Joe Valentine, 313-1579

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 13, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to accept Contra Costa county Office of Education grant funding in an amount not to exceed $4,100 for professional development activities for the period December 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive $4,100 in grant funds from the Contra Costa County Office of Education. No County match.

BACKGROUND:

The funding will be used at the Community Services Bureau, Martinez Children's Center site with the site staff goal to increase parent involvement and satisfaction while strengthen teacher-child interaction, by bridging the language gap which will help to better communicate with the families served and enhance the quality of the programs.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Activities include, but are not limited to:

Provide an intense "language immersion" experience to site staff.
Provide regular monthly Parent-Teacher meetings with a language learning segment.
Provide monthly opportunity to present a small group activity to provide practice, teach each other, and learn from the children and parents to continue to develop Spanish skills.
Support staff learning and classroom environment by adding more language related materials, such as books, posters, and labeling.
Evaluate and reflect on the team's effectiveness to meet the identifies goals through parent surveys relating to language use in the classroom and use of the prior scores in language, teacher child interactions, overall communications skills, and dual language in the classroom as a measurement tool before and after the project is implemented.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without grant funding, professional development services provided by the Employment and Human Services Department, Community Services Bureau would be curtailed.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

The grant will support two of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card 1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School" and 4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing" by providing high quality learning opportunities and collaboration for staff and engaging teachers, children, and parents in long term learning.