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Welcome to the QCC Higher Education Faculty Dashboard. This site offers information on policy priorities about quality in early learning and care in higher education. You can access links to relevant information, learn about your local QCC programs, and explore learning opportunities for faculty. Take a moment to review the resources on this site to support your work with the California early learning and care workforce.
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California Strong Start Index
The Strong Start Index standardizes and summarizes the conditions into which children are born. Comprising twelve indicators that are universally measured, the California Strong Start Index can …
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Child Care and Development Quality Initiatives
This page on the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) website provides an index of child care and development quality initiatives, projects, programs and resources to support the early …
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Child Care Among California Households With Young Children Ages 0–5
This policy brief published in April 2025 uses data from the 2019–2023 California Health Interview Surveys to describe the child care experiences of households with young children ages 0–5.
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Faculty Engagement Opportunity: Fall 2025 Higher Education Faculty Community of Practice — Supporting All Multilingual Learners
First 5 California welcomes higher education early childhood education and child development faculty to participate in our fall 2025 Faculty Community of Practice (CoP). This second CoP series …
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Faculty Initiative Project Resources
Until it’s completion in 2017, the California Department of Education Faculty Initiative Project (FIP) supported early childhood professionals in preservice preparation programs with …
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CAP Courses and Related CECO Modules
This faculty resource lists the California Early Childhood Curriculum Alignment Project (CAP) college courses and related California Early Childhood Online (CECO) learning modules. Use this …
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California Strong Start Index
The Strong Start Index standardizes and summarizes the conditions into which children are born. Comprising twelve indicators that are universally measured, the California Strong Start Index can …
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Child Care and Development Quality Initiatives
This page on the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) website provides an index of child care and development quality initiatives, projects, programs and resources to support the early …
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Child Care Among California Households With Young Children Ages 0–5
This policy brief published in April 2025 uses data from the 2019–2023 California Health Interview Surveys to describe the child care experiences of households with young children ages 0–5.
Learning Opportunities
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Online Learning Series for California’s Early Learning and Care Professionals in Simplified and Traditional Chinese
First 5 California supported two module series to be translated into Simplified and Traditional Chinese. The modules translated were specifically selected by early learning and care professionals …
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Trauma Informed Practice: Relationships at the Center of Promoting Children’s Well-Being and Healing
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS), in partnership with WestEd, is delighted to announce the launch of a two-hour online professional development module designed for early …
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Training: Safe Spaces: Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practice for Educational and Care Settings
The Office of the California Surgeon General has launched a new trauma-informed training designed to help educators, school personnel and childcare providers respond to trauma and stress in …
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Online Courses Available on the California Early Childhood Online (CECO)
California Early Childhood Online (CECO), funded by the California Department of Social Services, in partnership with WestEd, is offering modules on caring for young children from birth to five. …
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