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Join the QualityStart OC Network!

QualityStart OC
is a collaborative county-wide effort to support and advocate for quality early care and education in Orange County.  All Orange County early care and education professionals are encouraged to join the QualityStart OC Network. Network members receive information about free trainings, updates on ECE legislation, and invitations to QualityStart OC events. If you would like to join the QualityStart OC Network, please contact

 

Rose Cote at rcote@ocde.us.

 


 QualityStart OC Projects

QSOC Kaplan Leadership Academy 2013-2014  The leadership academy is designed specifically for pre-K program Directors and Coordinators.This five session series will enhance both leadership and managerial skills.  Through the series you will increase your understanding of Strengthening Families and the Protective Factors Framework to support the social and emotional health of children and create and sustain a culture of resiliency. You will also learn how to implement a PLC model within your program to increase the effectiveness of both instruction and content within the classroom. Click the link in the title above to download the registration flyer.

Child Signature Program CSP 3, funded by the Children and Families Commission of Orange County and California First 5, provides 34 Orange County preschool classrooms with comprehensive quality improvement support. Teachers, children, and families in participating classrooms receive services from instructional coaches, family support specialists, mental health consultats, health and nutrtition consultats, training, and materials to support high quality early education.

Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Pilot Project is funded by California's Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant. Click the link in the title above to learn more about this project.

 
 

 


 Contact Us

Child Signature Program (CSP 3)

 
Diane Ehrle, CSP 3 Coordinator
714.966.4173
dehrle@ocde.us

 

Catherine Darker, CSP 3 Coach

714.966.1040

cdarker@ocde.us
 
 

Susan Shepardson, CSP 3 Coach

714.966.4139

sshepardson@ocde.us

 

Elizabeth Watters, CSP 3 Coach

714.997.4428

ewatters@ocde.us

 

Administrative Support

Rod West, Administrative Assistant III
Phone: 714.966.4419
rwest@ocde.us
 

Veronica Ortega, Administrative Assistant III

Phone: 714.966.4171

vortega@ocde.us