Goal

To coordinate the work of various early childhood Technical Assistance (TA) efforts working with states to avoid duplication, share knowledge and improve delivery and impact of TA. To further strengthen the collaborative possibilities and to take advantage of new technologies for doing so, this web site was created. It is intended to be a hub of resources for and communication among Consortium participants and other early childhood TA partners.

Who We Are, What We Do, Where We Work

• Consortium Participants (MS-Word, updated 5-13-10)
• Project Profiles (MS-Word, updated 3-17-08)
• Previously used Project Profile Form (MS-Word) that may be useful in preparing your abstract for the new database form available after you log-in.
• TA Providers by State (MS-Excel, dated 2-22-08) This file is not up to date for all projects.


• Map of Projects Active in each State This information is drawn from the EC TA Projects Database. Note that not all projects are in the database, and data fields may be used differently across projects.
• Collaborative TA (MS-Word, dated 4-13-10) Projects share examples of how they are working collaboratively to provide TA in states, including the purposes, benefits and challenges of collaboration.

Meetings and Calls

Information on upcoming and most recent events is listed below. For information on past calls and meetings, go to the previous events page.

April 13-14, 2010, Improving Early Learning Workgroup Sessions at Leveraging Resources Meeting, Washington, DC

• Agenda (MS-Word)
• Notes (MS-Word)
• EC TA Consortium Projects (MS-Word) with logo and description
• Organizational Chart of Federally-funded EC TA Projects (MS-Word)
• Guiding Principles for TA Collaboration (MS-Word)
• 2010 Summer Meetings (MS-Word) updated 6/7/10.

Early Childhood Systems Federal Partners Workgroup TA Coordination Subcommittee

The EC Systems Federal Partners Workgroup was first set up with ECCS grantees. When the federal partners decided to promote more TA coordination, a TA coordination subcommittee was established. The subcommittee has developed the following documents to facilitate collaborative TA efforts to support states in building comprehensive EC systems across the full range of early childhood sectors that impact the lives of children and families.

• Guiding Principles for TA Collaboration - describes the key elements that need to be addressed in comprehensive system building, and the principles of practice that govern collaborative TA efforts.
• Early Childhood TA Coordination Logic Model - delineates activities related to planning, providing and documenting collaborative TA designed to build state capacity to develop coordinated EC systems.
• Federal EC Workgroups and EC TA Projects - depicts the organizational structure of Federal agencies and selected TA agencies they fund, and indicates agency representation on various Federal early childhood workgroups.
• TA Connections: Federal, State and Community - shows connections between national TA agencies that support comprehensive EC systems and their primary state/community TA clients across federal funding streams.
• Acronym List for Federal EC Programs - lists acronyms and full names of the organizations/agencies referenced in the preceding documents along with the funder's logo.

Workgroup Resources

EC TA Consortium project members participate in ad hoc workgroups to share resources and learn from each other in order to adjust their TA processes to be more efficient and effective.

• State Recruitment and Selection  Facilitator: Camille Catlett
• Communities of Practice   Facilitator: Pam Winton
• System Building   Facilitator: Linda Brekken
• Evaluation   Facilitator: Rob Corso
• Communication   Facilitator: Karen Heying

Discussion Area

Eligible participants must log-in to access the discussion areas, to update their TA project's information, or to complete a new form to be included in the database.