TX State Center for Early Childhood Development
Background
Mission & History
In 2003 Governor Rick Perry named The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) as The Texas State Center for Early Childhood Development to work with the Office of the Governor and the Texas Education Agency to design plans for implementing the Governor's Early Start Initiatives. As the designated state center, work is carried out to:
- develop training for early childhood providers in Texas,
- enhance pre-literacy skills development for young children,
- further coordinate efforts among early childhood education funding streams and programs, and
- develop a quality rating system to certify early childhood education programs as getting children ready for formal schooling.
Downloads
- Social Competence Screener Brief Summary TEEM
- Texas Early Education Model: Findings from 2 years of implementation
- Report from the State Center for Early Childhood Development
- Request for Applications - (TEEM): Certifying Higher Levels of School Readiness in Cost-Effective Ways
- State Center Awards “Texas Readiness Certification” to Pre-K Classrooms
- State Center Awarding “Texas Readiness Certification” to 450 Pre-K Classrooms for the ’07-’08 School Year
- Request for Application - Texas Higher Education & Early Childhood Education Partnership Demonstration Project
