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Cares Plus

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Cares Plus is a statewide professional development program for early educators designed to improve the quality of early learning programs by focusing on increasing the quality, effectiveness and retention of early educators. Cares Plus provides incentives and stipends, training and higher education access that collectively serve to support participants by increasing their teacher effectiveness and qualifications in early childhood education.

Accepted to the Portfolio: September 2012

Target Outcomes

Short Term Outcomes

  • Improved effectiveness of early educators
  • Improved quality of teacher/child interaction
  • Increased qualifications of a diverse early learning workforce
  • Increased retention of early learning workforce

Long Term Outcomes

  • Improved community well-being
  • Improved school readiness
  • Increased professionalization and compensation

Target Population

Demographics

  • Teachers and Students (preschool)

Service Locations

  • Central (District 3)
  • Northeast (District 4)

Information

Program Implementers

The following organizations implement this program locally:

 Child Care Planning Council 111

Child Care Planning Council

Sonoma County Office of Education 185

Sonoma County Office of Education

Program Funders

Many thanks to the following funders for making this program possible.

Local Funders

  • First 5 Sonoma County

Other Funders

  • California Department of Education