SAN FRANCISCO EARLY CARE EDUCATORS RESOURCE PROGRAM

SFECERP's (dba ECESF) field building and peer support program accomplishments: To promote *Leadership Development* among early care educators, ECESF held meetings focused on practice, policy, peer support, and identifying priority needs. This work included: teacher, administrator, and pedagogue leader discussion groups, with peer-facilitators; and meetings bringing group leaders together with new participants, with Spanish and Cantonese simultaneous interpretation. ECESF teacher meetings produced Recommendations for the Department of Early Childhood's Workplace Conditions. ECESF provided *eNewsletters* and updates informing the early care and education community of relevant meetings, events, policy developments, and resources including local and state policy changes and input opportunities, college program opportunities, financial, health, and safety practices, conference, workshop, and employment opportunities. ECESF leaders supported *SF ECE community development* by representing educator needs at local planning council, workforce committee, Community College CDEV & Family Studies Department community advisory bodies, developed plans for use of new municipal funding, evaluated policy impact on current practices and recommended changes. ECESF *convenings and collaborative events* including educators, program operators, and community members, identified key areas of need, and shared information with ECESF community and partners. ECE leaders met with SF department heads, supervisors, and state legislators to apprise them of priority concerns of the ECE workforce and program operators. ECESF worked with local elected leaders to *maintain* allocations of funds dedicated to ECE to address identified community needs impacting early care and education services.