November’s Weekly Memos
“Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much.”
Week of November 3
Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting
SCOE GO Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting this Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Please encourage families to attend the virtual meeting! Remind families as you greet them and point out flyer posted in the classroom. I appreciate your support.
CFS Gives 2025—Christmas Project
If you, your team or your family are interested in adopting one of our CFS Families for Christmas please sign up here. https://forms.gle/rFpeXoEdJnLLWmmG7 I will connect with you soon to select a family.
As a reminder, Center and Home Based Staff, please discuss your families with your teams and nominate one family per site and one family for every two home based units by Friday, November 7th. Based on the number of sign ups by gift givers, we will likely have capacity to adopt any additional families so please keep a few extra families in mind. https://forms.gle/625XQatidS81ns8TA
Supply Orders
Tony connected with Kurtis Carr about challenges in ordering age-appropriate supplies for preschool classrooms and the following is the resolution. When ordering for Infants and Toddlers, note the age group 0-3. When ordering supplies for preschool classrooms, note the age group is 3-5. This is true because all children in the classroom will turn age 3 by the cutoff date.
Client Feedback Survey
Here is our parent feedback from September and October. I am so grateful for this amazing team and all the incredible ways you care for our children and families. Your impact is humbling and heartwarming. There were so many shout outs this time thanks that I picked up a few extra Starbucks cards! Congrats to the September and October $10 Starbucks cards winners: Allyson Zuleta Alonzo, Carmen Alvarez, Marisa Aguilera, Amanda Counter, Fabi Arellano & Nurse Norma Grubeck! Please keep encouraging families to provide feedback! English/Spanish
Classroom Educator iPads
Over the years we have tried several different technology solutions for educators. As a result of feedback we have made the decision to provide every center-based educator with a new iPad. These devices are being ordered now and we hope to deploy them after winter break. We hope that this purchase will better provide you with the tools you need to do your work. Each center based educator will end up with two devices, a laptop and an iPad. Support/Itinerant Associates will use just an iPad. Please join me in thanking Rita Alvarez for all her work to make this possible!
Class Level DRDP Summary of Findings—Due 11/15/25
As mentioned in my emails late last week, it’s time for center-based teams to complete your class-level DRDP Summary of Findings (SOF). To support you, I’ve completed the data analysis and set initial goals for your classroom. If you’re comfortable with the information provided, you’ll only need to enter your planning date, team names, and selected strategies. My hope is that the process feels clear and straightforward. Here are the detailed instructions which include a link to the Google Drive. Many of you completed this work last week!! Thank you so much!
You’ll notice we’re using a different report format this time because Learning Genie has not yet released the School Readiness Goals report for the DRDP 2025. While your classes include a mix of children assessed under DRDP 2015 and 2025, our class-level planning will focus on the 2025 version since it represents most children.
Please work directly in your assigned document within the shared folder. Your progress will save automatically, so there’s no need to download, save, or email your file. I’ll be able to view your updates in the same folder. Be sure to edit only your document to avoid overwriting others’ work.
Please complete your classroom DRDP SOF by Friday, November 15, 2025. Please reach out if you have any questions or need support as you work through it.
QRIS Salary Enhancement
The list has been finalized for staff who will receive QRIS salary enhancements on a cycle 2 check this December. To qualify, staff needed to be employed at an eligible SCOE GO center that received a rating of 4 or 5 stars in June 2025, demonstrate fidelity to Teaching Pyramid Practices and meet with a professional growth advisor. Supervisors have reviewed the list and confirmed all eligible staff are reflected. Great news to report:
All sites earned 5 Stars!!
All classrooms demonstrated fidelity to the Teaching Pyramid either through a TPOT that was completed in the spring or a Teaching Pyramid Snapshot (Preschool) or TIPITOS Red Flags (Infant Toddler) this fall!! Shout out to those observed in October! You achieved 100% fidelity!
All staff who were employed in an eligible classroom in June 2025 met the professional growth plan requirement!!
Please note that a few staff who were hired after June 2025 reported their professional growth plan meeting on our form. Unfortunately you are not eligible for a salary enhancement this time but will be eligible next year as long as we are funded again.
MMCI Infant Toddler Training
The 11-10-25 MMCI Infant Toddler Training has been cancelled. The planned topic will be covered during the 2-13-26 session.
IEEEP Newsletter
Here is the November 2025 IEEEP Newsletter “Helping Preschoolers Learn How to Cooperate” Please share with staff and families.
IEEEP Round #2 Stipends
As shared in February 2025, through SCOE GO’s partnership with the Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program (IEEEP), staff in the following classifications are eligible to participate in IEEEP Round #2 Professional Development stipends:
Full Year Preschool Teacher
Full Year Associate Teacher
Full Year Itinerant (Support) Associate Teacher
Infant Toddler Educator
Preschool Teacher
Preschool Associate Teacher
Participation in this activity is optional.
Between February 1, 2025, and December 15, 2025, eligible staff who fully complete six (6) voluntary IEEEP Professional Development sessions can earn six (6) stipends of $50 per session. To qualify, all six sessions must be completed in full, and participants must achieve a minimum score of 80% on the knowledge check for each session.
Many staff completed their sessions by the June 15, 2025 deadline and received payment during the summer. New staff—or those who have not yet finished all six sessions—have until December 15, 2025 to complete them in order to receive payment on January 10, 2026.
You can access the trainings through the IEEEP Training Platform
If you have any questions about your completed trainings, please contact cdeanda@stancoe.org.
Security Camera Update
We received an update on scheduling the security camera installation. Del Puerto’s will be installed Friday 11/7/25 afternoon and Monday 11/10 and Tuesday 11/11. Muncy RHS will be installed Monday 11/10 & 11/11, likely after hours and Oakdale CDC will be scheduled following completion of those projects.
ECE Workforce Registry Ending
Due to severe funding cuts, the California Workforce Registry will be closing. If you have data or information stored in the Registry, please download and save your records before December 15, 2025. Here are instructions. Until then you can access the site here: https://www.caregistry.org/ After December 15, information in the Registry will no longer be accessible.
Please share this information widely within your networks. If you have any questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Lisa Henry lhenry@stancoe.org
The California Workforce Registry serves as the statewide system for tracking and recognizing the education, training, and professional experience of early learning and care educators. Thank you for taking action to preserve your data, and for your help in sharing this information. (Child Care Resource & Referral)
Help is available when you need it:
Access support from CFS Mental Health & Wellness team at cfs-mentalhealth@stancoe.org
SCOE’s Employee Assistance Program—In the moment counseling support is available by phone 24/7 at 800-295-8323.
CalHOPE: Call or text the CalHOPE Warm Line: (833) 317-HOPE (4673) The CalHOPE warm line connects callers to people who have persevered through struggles with stress, anxiety, depression—emotions triggered by circumstances and events in everyday life. The peer counselors listen with compassion, provide non-judgmental support, and guide you to additional resources that can give hope and help you cope.
Stanislaus County Warm Line—available by phone 24/7. Call 209-558-4600 Stanislaus Co residents can call when they are having a hard time making it through the day but not in crisis, need a caring listener to provide effective feedback to help explore options, or want support, assistance and resources toward recovery.
Stanislaus Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (STAN BHRS) Access Line: 1-888-376-6246
CA state hotline 833-544-2374 that people — particularly older, isolated Californians — can call for local non-medical services, such as food delivery and mental health care.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline—available by phone 24/7. No holds and no busy signals Dial 988
Your health insurance. Call the phone number on your card to access a provider who accepts your insurance. You can access a professional at just the cost of a co-pay
Anthem Total Health, Total You-created to help you take care of your health, work on lifestyle changes and connect with specialized health professionals. Services include 24/7 Nurseline, Behavioral Health Resource, Case Management, Emotional Well-Being Resources & Inclusive Care
Carelon Wellbeing provides support with counseling, work-live support, legal services and financial services
Kaiser-Mental Health and Addiction Care Services
Week of November 10
New Permit Matrix (also emailed 11-5-25)
Feedback from the field is key, so please take 20-30 minutes to respond to the survey that is best aligned your position by the 11/10/25 deadline.
ECE 1 Child Development Permit Performance Expectations Field Survey: Early Childhood Educator 1 (Aligns with Associate Teacher)
ECE 2 Child Development Permit Performance Expectations Field Survey: Early Childhood Educator 2 (Aligns with Teacher)
ECE 3 Child Development Permit Performance Expectations Field Survey: Early Childhood Educator 3 (Aligns somewhat with Master Teacher)-BA required
ECA 1 Child Development Permit Performance Expectations Survey: Early Childhood Administrator 1 (Aligns with Site Supervisor)
ECA 2 Child Development Permit Performance Expectations Survey: Early Childhood Administrator 2 (Aligns with Director)
The following resources that may be helpful are attached:
About the Revision:
There is not currently a timeline for implementation of the new Matrix, however, it is strongly recommended that staff upgrade permits under the current system. So….. if you are eligible or nearly eligible, it’s time to get moving!!
Once the Matrix is officially changed, current permit holders will be grandfathered in and can continue to renew current permits….however if a permit lapses, is upgraded or is a new application, the new Matrix would be used
Prowise Boards:
The Prowise boards running Windows 10 will not be able to operate on the network. They can still be used by connecting a Chromebook or laptop to the board. If you need any cables or help getting connected please let Eddie know so he can assist
Active Supervision
Ensure your classroom staff are following their Active Supervision Plan and update if there have been any staffing changes. Please utilize the risk assessment form to identify any classrooms/FCCH’s that may need additional support and reach out to Chris or Jewelee for support
Health and Nutrition Services Updates
Within Incident IQ in Health Services Resources: Resources have been updated with the most current COPA training materials and handouts. Please utilize the Health Services category to submit health, dental, and nutrition related questions.
The CFS Health Services Team Directory is included as an attachment and current as of 11-3-2025.
SCOE was awarded One-Time Supplemental Funds for Nutrition-Here is the abstract from the grant
Family Food Resources
Connecting Communities to Food and Support Resources: Access to food and essential services directly supports the well-being of children, families, and staff. Please share the free and accessible resources below that can help:
Second Harvest Mobile Food Bank Calendar for pick up in Stanislaus & San Joaquin Counties-November 2025
211 Food Pantry Locator: 211 in Partnership with United Way
Findhelp.org – Search by ZIP code for food assistance, housing, healthcare, and more: findhelp.org
Feeding America’s Food Bank Locator: feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank
FoodFinder: foodfinder.us
Fridge Finder: fridgefinder.app
Little Free Pantry: mapping.littlefreepantry.org
CA Food Banks by County: https://www.cafoodbanks.org/our-members/
WIC Fall Newsletter:https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CASCHSA/bulletins/3f3e210
Additional Resources for families are located in the FCE Google Drive, within the Resources folder.
Family/Community Services
Resources for families needing support with food are located in the FCE Google Drive, within the Resources folder. Please make sure to share this link with anyone who is supporting families. Additional resources will be added as they become available. This link also includes training calendars, agenda, minutes and information from past trainings.
The next FCE Training, Understanding IEP/IFSPs, IDEA Rights, and the role of the family will be on November 13, 2025 from 9am-12pm in the Board Room. It is very important that staff register in COPA as there is limited space available.
School Readiness Updates
This resource helps families make math a natural and enjoyable part of daily life. Encouraging playful problem-solving and number exploration at home supports our school readiness goal of building early math skills and strengthening family engagement in children’s learning. Flyer, Article, & Article in Spanish.
DRDP Early Adaptor Google Drive / Updated tracking sheets
Education File and Agency monitoring tools were updated to include DRDP age requirements for each tool. Both tools are posted on the CFS Help Desk (Incident IQ - Knowledge Base). This change was based on information and guidance from the CDE Desired Results Developmental Profile website.
Infant/Toddler DRDP tools will be completed for children from Early Infancy to 32 months.
Preschool DRDP Tools will be completed for children from 33 months to Kindergarten.
Home-Based and Pregnant Women Agency and File Monitoring Tools were updated. See overview of changes for each document, using the link below. All tools are posted on the CFS Help Desk (Incident IQ - Knowledge Base). Home-Based and Pregnant Women Overview of Changes
CTC ECE Education Support Grants
The Child Development Training Consortium (CDTC) is pleased to announce that the 2025-2026 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Educational Support Grant (ESG) application is available. Please share this news with your students and ECE faculty. For more information, refer to the CDTC ESG Flyer. This program provides support for specific educational expenses to students attending California Community Colleges. Students pursuing a career in early childhood or child development may be eligible to apply for the ECE Educational Support Grant. All eligibility criteria are included in the application. For any questions, please reach out to us at cdtc@yosemite.edu.
Help is available when you need it:
Access support from CFS Mental Health & Wellness team at cfs-mentalhealth@stancoe.org
SCOE’s Employee Assistance Program—In the moment counseling support is available by phone 24/7 at 800-295-8323.
CalHOPE: Call or text the CalHOPE Warm Line: (833) 317-HOPE (4673) The CalHOPE warm line connects callers to people who have persevered through struggles with stress, anxiety, depression—emotions triggered by circumstances and events in everyday life. The peer counselors listen with compassion, provide non-judgmental support, and guide you to additional resources that can give hope and help you cope.
Stanislaus County Warm Line—available by phone 24/7. Call 209-558-4600 Stanislaus Co residents can call when they are having a hard time making it through the day but not in crisis, need a caring listener to provide effective feedback to help explore options, or want support, assistance and resources toward recovery.
Stanislaus Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (STAN BHRS) Access Line: 1-888-376-6246
CA state hotline 833-544-2374 that people — particularly older, isolated Californians — can call for local non-medical services, such as food delivery and mental health care.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline—available by phone 24/7. No holds and no busy signals Dial 988
Your health insurance. Call the phone number on your card to access a provider who accepts your insurance. You can access a professional at just the cost of a co-pay
Anthem Total Health, Total You-created to help you take care of your health, work on lifestyle changes and connect with specialized health professionals. Services include 24/7 Nurseline, Behavioral Health Resource, Case Management, Emotional Well-Being Resources & Inclusive Care
Carelon Wellbeing provides support with counseling, work-live support, legal services and financial services
Kaiser-Mental Health and Addiction Care Services
Week of November 17
Learning Genie AI Planner
Here is the recording of the Learning Genie Training on the AI Planner from 11-10-25
Below are some resources for using the Planner:
CFS Wellness Event
December 5th 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM, this is a mandatory event, so staff are expected to stay the whole time Please adjust your day accordingly.
Register at the link on the flyer by Friday November 21st. The planning committee will need to ensure they have enough supplies for the awesome activities.
Full Day classes end at 12:00 PM to allow time for a lunch break and travel to the event. Supervisors, at your discretion, Oakdale and Patterson may close as early as 11:30 AM if needed to support staff participation.
Shout out to Cindy Trujillo for being on the planning committee, your time and ideas were greatly appreciated!
Updates
New Staff: Staff Information Sheets: Supervisors, be sure to have staff complete and submit staff information sheets within 3 days of starting work
SCOE Vehicles: For staff who check out vehicles from TCEC, we have several vehicles that are being repaired. For this reason, out of town transportation is being prioritized over local trips. Staff may be contacted to exchange their reservation for an SUV for another vehicle. We are working to resolve the issues promptly and are awaiting approval to purchase additional vehicles. Reminder: only certified car seat installers may move car seats. Staff who need to use personal vehicles due to no availability of a SCOE vehicle should submit mileage claims
GO Status Reports
Here is the SCOE GO October 2025 Budget Status Report
Help is available when you need it:
Access support from CFS Mental Health & Wellness team at cfs-mentalhealth@stancoe.org
SCOE’s Employee Assistance Program—In the moment counseling support is available by phone 24/7 at 800-295-8323.
CalHOPE: Call or text the CalHOPE Warm Line: (833) 317-HOPE (4673) The CalHOPE warm line connects callers to people who have persevered through struggles with stress, anxiety, depression—emotions triggered by circumstances and events in everyday life. The peer counselors listen with compassion, provide non-judgmental support, and guide you to additional resources that can give hope and help you cope.
Stanislaus County Warm Line—available by phone 24/7. Call 209-558-4600 Stanislaus Co residents can call when they are having a hard time making it through the day but not in crisis, need a caring listener to provide effective feedback to help explore options, or want support, assistance and resources toward recovery.
Stanislaus Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (STAN BHRS) Access Line: 1-888-376-6246
CA state hotline 833-544-2374 that people — particularly older, isolated Californians — can call for local non-medical services, such as food delivery and mental health care.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline—available by phone 24/7. No holds and no busy signals Dial 988
Your health insurance. Call the phone number on your card to access a provider who accepts your insurance. You can access a professional at just the cost of a co-pay
Anthem Total Health, Total You-created to help you take care of your health, work on lifestyle changes and connect with specialized health professionals. Services include 24/7 Nurseline, Behavioral Health Resource, Case Management, Emotional Well-Being Resources & Inclusive Care
Carelon Wellbeing provides support with counseling, work-live support, legal services and financial services
Kaiser-Mental Health and Addiction Care Services
Week of November 24
Gratitude
Thanksgiving is a meaningful time to pause and reflect on what — and who — we are grateful for. When I take that pause, I’m grateful for our team. You support one another through challenging behaviors, tight deadlines, and stressful moments. You show grace to children learning to manage their emotions and navigate group dynamics, to families who have endured a lot, and to each other as we learn, grow, and inevitably make mistakes.
I hope each of you finds time this season to reflect on what you’re grateful for, to rest, to enjoy good food, and to spend time with the people you love.
IEEEP Survey
As part of the IEEEP consortia, SCOE GO center based staff is required to respond to the 2025 IEEEP Survey. The survey gathers information about educators’ experience with professional development and will be used to determine if professional development is of high quality, useful, and applicable to classrooms that are either inclusive or striving towards inclusion. Survey deadline is Friday, December 12, 2025.
Parent Letter for Security Cameras
Please provide this letter regarding the installation of security cameras to all families at Del Puerto CDC, Muncy Head Start and Oakdale CDC. A few reminders:
Cameras are placed in public areas only (classrooms & playgrounds)
Cameras are placed in visible locations which will be marked with signage in accordance with applicable law or board policy/administrative regulations.
Cameras do not view areas of classrooms in which diapering and toileting take place.
Cameras do not view offices or restrooms.
SCOE GO Resources
As a courtesy, here is another copy of the SCOE GO Resources handout. Please save a copy to you desktop as it has links to We Rock, the SCOE GO Canva Resources (GO Canvas and GO Forms), CFS Incident IQ (CFS Knowledge Base: CFS Policies, CFS Forms, PIM, Admin & Fiscal Tickets), COPA, CARE & Headstart.gov
Help is available when you need it:
Access support from CFS Mental Health & Wellness team at cfs-mentalhealth@stancoe.org
SCOE’s Employee Assistance Program—In the moment counseling support is available by phone 24/7 at 800-295-8323.
CalHOPE: Call or text the CalHOPE Warm Line: (833) 317-HOPE (4673) The CalHOPE warm line connects callers to people who have persevered through struggles with stress, anxiety, depression—emotions triggered by circumstances and events in everyday life. The peer counselors listen with compassion, provide non-judgmental support, and guide you to additional resources that can give hope and help you cope.
Stanislaus County Warm Line—available by phone 24/7. Call 209-558-4600 Stanislaus Co residents can call when they are having a hard time making it through the day but not in crisis, need a caring listener to provide effective feedback to help explore options, or want support, assistance and resources toward recovery.
Stanislaus Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (STAN BHRS) Access Line: 1-888-376-6246
CA state hotline 833-544-2374 that people — particularly older, isolated Californians — can call for local non-medical services, such as food delivery and mental health care.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline—available by phone 24/7. No holds and no busy signals Dial 988
Your health insurance. Call the phone number on your card to access a provider who accepts your insurance. You can access a professional at just the cost of a co-pay
Anthem Total Health, Total You-created to help you take care of your health, work on lifestyle changes and connect with specialized health professionals. Services include 24/7 Nurseline, Behavioral Health Resource, Case Management, Emotional Well-Being Resources & Inclusive Care
Carelon Wellbeing provides support with counseling, work-live support, legal services and financial services
Kaiser-Mental Health and Addiction Care Services
