Approve Agreements for Technical Services for Child Care Proctors, Learey Technical Center, 2007/2008 (Curriculum and Instruction Division)

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) mandates competency testing for child care staff working in public/private child care facilities or home child care centers. DCF contracts for testing services in each of its regions; Hillsborough and Pasco Counties serve as a single region under DCF. The School District of Hillsborough County is the designated testing provider for this region.

We are requesting approval of the Agreements for Technical Services which have been prepared for the attached list of proctor administrators. Approximately seventy percent of child care proctors are instructors either in the field of child care or full-time instructors in adult centers. In order to effectively complete the required child care testing, permission is requested to add and/or delete test proctors as needed.

Students must meet a 70% competency level in the areas of Child Growth & Development, Child Abuse & Neglect, Health, Safety & Nutrition, Behavior Observation & Screening, and Facility of Family Rules and Regulations.

In the 2006/2007 school year 9,166 exams were administrated in this region.

All District Goals and Critical Success Factors

Funds of $75,000 for this self-sustaining testing function are included in the Child Care Proctor Funds, Project 0837. The tests fees cover all direct and indirect costs.