Tools and Information

Learning Community

Join the Shared Services group on LinkedIn.

To participate in webinars and other Shared Services Learning Community activities, join the Learning Community at the website of our partner, Early Learning Ventures.

Presentations from National Shared Services Technical Conference:
2010 Conference (Philadelphia)
2011 Conference (New Orleans)

Building Quality through Shared Services

Sound Child Care Solutions, Seattle WA
- Approach to quality
- Centralized quality supports and streamlined business functions
- Serving low income children
- Evaluation

Alliance Design and Implementation Tools

Getting Started

Shared Services Starter Kit
Webinar: Getting Started with Shared Services – 12/2/10
Self-Assessment: Key Criteria for a Successful Alliance Sponsor
Provider Survey
Focus Group Script – Center directors
Focus Group Script – Family child care providers
Family Child Care focus groups – Summary of findings
Advisory Council – Example of membership list and meeting agenda
Implementation Committee – Example of meeting agenda
Alliance description and how Shared Services supports quality

Implementation and Business Plans

Implementation Plan – Partnership for Effective Early Learning, NH
Business Plan – Child Care Business Alliance of Santa Cruz County, CA
Business Plan – Georgia Alliance for Quality Child Care
Business Plan draft – Steuben Child Care Project, NY
Webinar: Business Planning: The Early Learning Ventures Approach – 1/13/11

Alliance and Management Agreements

Management Agreement – Children’s Home/Chambliss Shelter
Shared Services Agreement – Child Care Resources of Rockland
Management Company RFP – Seacoast Early Learning Alliance

Governance and Structure

Shared Services in Early Care and Education: Introduction and Alliance Examples
Governance Structure – Children’s Home/Chambliss Shelter
Governance Structure – Infant Toddler Family Day Care
Governance Structure – Seacoast Early Learning Alliance
Governance Structure – Sound Child Care Solutions
Comparing Board of Directors with Advisory Board – Sound Child Care Solutions
Webinar: Business and Legal Structures – 2/15/11

Alliance Membership and Services

Alliance Description –  list of potential Alliance services and quality supports
Staffing Services memo describing six ECE staffing initiatives
Pricing and Quality Practices among key Alliances
Webinar: Helping ECE Providers Improve Food Quality and Reduce Food Cost – 9/8/10
Food Price Comparison example
Web-based Shared Services: ECE Shared Resources – homepage
Web-based Shared Services: ECE Shared Resources – demo
Georgia Alliance for Quality Child Care flyer
DVAEYC alliance flyer
Webinar: Cost, Quality and Shared Services – 3/14/11
Child Care Food Program Support

Job Descriptions and Organization Charts

Alliance Job Descriptions – Children’s Home/Chambliss Shelter
Program Director Description – Seacoast Early Learning Alliance
Organization Chart – Infant Toddler Family Day Care

Fundraising

Public Support for a Home-Based Alliance Model: A Summary of Interviews with State Child Care Administrators
State Pre-K Funding: A Potential Opportunity for Family Child Care Alliances
Strategic Investment Letter of Inquiry – Seacoast Early Learning Alliance
Alliance Sustainability – Panel moderated by Louise Stoney, 2010 Shared Services Technical Conference
Webinar – Alliance Sustainability – 5/9/11

Evaluation

Evaluative Learning-Delaware Valley Shared Services Pilot – Carl Sussman, 2010 Shared Services Technical Conference
ELVA Evaluation – Sue Renner, 2010 Shared Services Technical Conference
Sound Child Care Solutions evaluation strategy