ECESF Summer Newsletter

August 12, 2024

If you haven’t yet, fill out an ECESF interest form. (The interest form only needs to be filled out one time unless you have a change of sites, job roles, or contact information.) We’ll be reaching out to all interested for our next event and ways to engage throughout the year.

ECSEF continues our work as leaders of the SF ECE Advocacy Coalition along with FCCA SF, Parent Voices, and Children's Council, building a strong community of center and FCC educators, families, and community allies dedicated to ensuring that Early Care & Education (ECE) has needed resources, and that those who provide and receive San Francisco's diverse ECE services are at the forefront of shaping the programs and policies that support them. Register for the SF ECE Advocacy Coalition's September 19 D9 & D11 Supervisor Forum below, as well as CPAC's Mayoral forum to get ready for fall elections.

We're also pleased to announce the Asian Early Childhood Education Alliance's soft launch, as well as the Department of Early Childhood's job posting, and other opportunities. See details below.

Collaboratively,

Sara Hicks-Kilday

Sara@ecesf.org

ECESF Director

San Francisco Early Care Educator Election Events

Get to know San Francisco's candidates!

CPAC's 2024 Mayoral Candidate Forum

Learn more about mayoral candidates’ views on early childhood education, DEC, Baby Prop C & more. Confirmed candidates include Mayor London Breed, Daniel Lurie, Supervisor Aaron Peskin & Supervisor Ahsha Safai. 

When: Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Time: 6:00pm - 7:45pm

Mission Neighborhood Center, Capp Center - 362 Capp Street, SF

Pre-registration required. Visit www.sfcpac.org to register after August 19.

San Francisco ECE Advocacy Coalition's Supervisor Forum: D9 & D11

Get to know the candidates running in districts 9 & 11, their views on Universal ECE for All, Baby Prop C funds, & other issues impacting early care and education, early educators, children, and families.

Invited candidates include:

D9 - Jackie Fielder, Trevor Chandler, Roberto Hernandez

D11 - Ernest Jones, Michael Lai, Chyanne Chen



Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024

Time: 6:30 - 8 pm

Virtual ZOOM meeting

Please register. Log in information will be sent to all registered.

Soft Launch of the AECEA

The Asian Early Childhood Education Alliance (AECEA) promotes cross-cultural learning, such as understanding the diverse cultures within the Asians, and supporting Asian educators to work with Latino, Black, and White children equitably.

The event will be hosted at the

Google Community space, 188 El Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105

Date: Thursday 10/3/2024

Time: 5:30 - 7 PM

RSVP here

At the event we will have a Community Leaders time, with a few local community members and politicians speaking to the importance of diversity, equity, and belonging especially in the context of providing quality early childhood care to all families and training opportunities to all early educators. 

Job Postings

DEC job postings

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Quality Assurance Program Assistant, Department of Early Childhood

Application Deadline: August 28, 2024

*We recognize there are many available ECE positions during any given month and we do our best to share the vacancies sent to us. Have an ECE job posting you would like included? Send a link (best), PDF, or word document to info@ecesf.org.

RFP: Opportunity to Lease & Operate Child Care Center

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) seeks a qualified, licensed, professional child care provider to lease an existing child care center space located on the ground floor of the 13-story SFPUC Headquarters at 525 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. The SFPUC's goal is to provide a high-quality, well-regarded childcare program to serve its employees, other City employees, and the community as space provides.

Request for Proposal (RFP) Deadline Thursday, August 22, 2024 3:00pm

Additional information and submission requirements



Please send any questions to RES@sfwater.org and mmabutas@sfwater.org

California ECE Policy Events

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is holding the convening of the Equity-Centered QRIS Advisory Panel.

The meeting will include interpretation and translation in Spanish, Chinese and American Sign Language (ASL) with additional interpretation support added to later meetings if needed. All meetings are open to the public so that community members can participate and share advice and ideas.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Event

The ECE Office Café

With an exciting new once-a-month meeting format, the ECE Office Café will replace ECE Office hours. The ECE Community is invited to participate in a live discussion session on a pre-selected topic, information sharing, and resource development. Time at the end of the meeting will be devoted to questions directed at Commission staff.

The topic for the August ECE Office Café is The Child Development Permit: ECE’s understanding of the CDP right now and the CDP of the future.

The ECE team encourages participants to have their cameras on, a beverage of choice in hand, and a “cheers to…” toast ready to share at the ECE Office Café on August 20th 12:00-1:00 pm. Click the button below to register for the Office Café event.

The California Department of Education (CDE) is holding the next installment of the Opportunities for All Branch Preschool (OFAB) P-3 webinar series, "Centering and Cultivating Black/African American Leadership Roles to Strengthen Preschool through 3rd Grade Alignment."

Thursday, August 22, 2024, 3:30–5:00 p.m

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ECESF receives funding from the Department of Early Childhood (DEC) to provide field building and peer supports to early care educators, as well as generous donations and in-kind contributions to build our advocacy and community work from individual early care educators, and allies, community organizations and agencies. Support our work. Donate!