Colorado Office Of Early Childhood Education. States are required to report on three child outcomes for preschool to the office of special education programs osep. This is achieved through advocacy education and legislative representation.
To promote the growth long term sustainability and quality of licensed private early childhood education programs for children birth to 12 years. Ecea of colorado is the voice for colorado child care providers and the children they educate. Allocate no less than 2m in grant funding towards projects that support the development of infrastructure for early childhood programs.
Covid 19 and preschool through 3rd grade education.
The early childhood workforce from child care workers and preschool teachers to nurses and counselors is the fuel that makes a comprehensive system for young children work. Cde s preschool through 3rd grade office has gathered resources to help answer questions regarding the covid 19 pandemic as it relates to our early learners in preschool through 3rd grade during the stay at home orders and the suspension of in person learning. Although colorado s state spending on preschool is low by comparison the colorado preschool program cpp is an effective program that meets six out of 10 quality standards of the national institute for early education and research and consistently shows school readiness gains for colorado s most at risk children. Office of early childhood.
