• The Woodland Park Early Childhood Advisory Council

    Early childhood advisory council or “ECAC” means an advisory group of community stakeholders interested in the education and welfare of children in preschool through grade three that is convened by the school district (N.J.A.C.6A:13A-1.2).

    The role of the ECAC is to: 

    •Participate in obtaining specific community needs and resources, including facilities, as they pertain to the implementation of high-quality preschool services.
    •Serve as the conduit between community needs and resources
    •Ensure no duplication between other community/education councils, but rather alignment and coordination
    •Participate in the development of the District Operational Plan as organized by the district preschool leadership.
    •Review and comment on the draft of the Three Year and Annual Operational Plan update.
    •Review and comment on preschool budgets proposed by the district and the district self-assessment.
     
    The Structure of our ECAC:
     
    •Meet at least quarterly.  We will be meeting five times throughout the school year.
    •Elect its own leadership by having a chair and co-chair
    • Be lead by the CPIS of the district.
    •Concentrate on preschool as well as the preschool through third grade continuum;
    •Design an evaluation method to assess the efficacy of the ECAC in meeting their goals and objectives