{"id":3437,"date":"2020-08-11T20:16:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrm.msiak.net\/learn-and-grow\/about-learn-grow\/plans-partnerships\/committees"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:23:44","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/about-learn-grow\/plans-partnerships\/committees","title":{"rendered":"Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Committees<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

There is one Learn & Grow Leadership Team with subcommittees formed as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership Team<\/summary>
\n

Membership includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Learn & Grow Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • thread <\/strong>CEO<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Child Care Program Office (CCPO) Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • CCPO Program Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Office of Children’s Services representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alaska System for Early Education Development (SEED) Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Early Childhood Mental Health representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Head Start Collaboration Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Region X and XI Head Start Association representatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) Pre-elementary Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alaska DEED Section 619 representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Infant Learning representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • State of Alaska\/Municipality of Anchorage child care licensing representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alaska Afterschool Network Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Child Care representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Title I or Migrant Ed (local school district or state) representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alaska Early Childhood Coordinating Council\/Early Childhood subcommittee representative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Up to 5 additional members from the following: foundations, local government, business members, or community members, if not
    already identified as one of the representatives from above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Roles & responsibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • Be an ambassador for quality early childhood and school-age programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Help strategize on specific requests associated with implementation of strategic plan and annual operating activities to
      provide continuity in the development and implementation of Learn & Grow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Commit to serving on subcommittee for a two year term as long as willing and able with option for renewal<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Oversight of the development, implementation, scale up and sustainability of framework<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Oversight of strategic plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Oversight and prioritization of annual operating activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Oversight of data and evaluation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Oversight of the governance structure and process<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Be ambassador of all consensus decisions made in committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Attend regularly scheduled meetings and when unavailable notify and provide written or verbal feedback to Learn & Grow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Commit to attendance on the committee as long as membership continues<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Communicate Learn & Grow strategic plan activities back to organizational leaders to help inform department level policy decisions and early childhood state systems alignment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n
      Subcommittees<\/summary>
      \n

      Subcommittees and members exist based on strategic plan areas currently in development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Roles & responsibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      • Discuss, develop, and make recommendations as applicable to the subcommittee focus area to the Learn & Grow Leadership Team<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Review other states’ QRIS work and national research to inform discussion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Use strategic plan and annual operating activities to guide work<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Commit to participate in the subcommittee work as long as subcommittee is active<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n
        Funders<\/summary>
        \n

        Roles & responsibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • If applicable, funder will identify criteria, performance measures\/indicators, reporting etc. to be met in order to
          receive funds<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Oversight and monitoring as applicable as funds provided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n
          Regulatory Oversight of the Participating Programs (Federal, State, or Tribal)<\/em><\/summary>
          \n

          Roles and responsibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \n
          • Regulatory bodies set the foundation for an eligible early childhood or school age program<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Regulatory bodies work in collaboration with funders and statewide early childhood professional development and
            quality systems to assure a scaffolding of quality that is feasible and achievable for all early childhood
            or school-age programs and developmentally appropriate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n
            thread<\/strong><\/summary>
            \n

            Roles and responsibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            • House and manage Learn & Grow as fiscal sponsor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Act as lead implementation arm including providing required training, technical assistance, coaching, assessments and
              verifications, financial supports, alignment and infrastructure of Alaska SEED<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Maintain a Learn & Grow website, resources, and outreach materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Work in partnership with regulatory bodies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Serve as a liaison to funders for Learn & Grow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n

              Learn & Grow Organizational Chart<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
              \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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