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DECAL is currently updating its strategic plan and will have the new plan posted by September 30, 2012.
Fiscal Year 2011 Strategic Plan

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Agency
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Mission
We deliver exemplary early care and education programs that improve the quality of early learning experiences, increase school readiness, and improve overall school performance.
Vision
We will increase the number of Georgia's children and families who have access to quality early care and learning programs. More of Georgia's early care and learning programs will achieve and maintain higher, measurable, research-based standards.
Core Values
We value children as our first priority. Parents are the primary care takers. Providers are our partners and intercessory care takers. Employees are valued.
Goal Priority Agency Goal State Goal Measurable Objectives Strategies
1 Quality and Access: Increase the quality, access, and safety of child care settings. Improve student achievement.
Promote safe communities and stable families where children thrive.
  1. G1M1: Increase the quality in child care settings by measuring movement on the quality continuum or attainment of national accreditation which will result in an overall 10% improvement by FY2012.
  2. G1M2:Improve Pre-K Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) scores for the instructional support dimension by 20% by FY2012 for existing teachers.
  3. G1M3: Lower health and safety violations in child care settings by 15% by FY2012.
  4. G1M4: Increase the capacity of Pre-K in public and private settings by 12% by FY2012.
  1. G1M1S1: Quality Continuum Implementation
  2. G1M2S2:Pre-K CLASS Instrument Implementation
  3. G1M3S3: Health and Safety/ Rule Changes
  4. G1M4S4: Pre-K Capacity Building
2 Professional Development: Increase the number of qualified staff in child care settings. Improve student achievement.
Enhance the quality of the education workforce.
  1. G2M5: Increase the number of credentialed provider staff in the statewide Professional Development Registry by 100% by FY2012.
  2. G2M6: Increase the number of credentialed DECAL staff by 10% by FY2012.
  1. G2M5S5: Professional Development System & Registry
  2. G2M5S6: Scholarships and Incentives Programs
  3. G2M5S7: Zero to Five Credential
  4. G2M6S8: DECAL Credentials
3 Communication: Improve and expand communications, both internally and externally. Deliver state services faster, friendlier, and easier.
Provide an attractive place to work and build a career in state government.
  1. G3M7: Increase provider feedback scores by 10% by FY2012.
  2. G3M8: Increase parent feedback scores by 10% by FY2012.
  3. G3M9: Increase stakeholder feedback scores by 10% by FY2012.
  1. G3M7S9: Customer Feedback Surveys
  2. G3M9S10: Add Electronic Communication Tools
4 Organizational Excellence: Achieve excellence by producing measurable outcomes with unquestionable data. Deliver state services faster, friendlier, and easier.
Provide an attractive place to work and build a career in state government.
  1. G4M10: Increase inter-rater reliability to 85% of all consultants (department threshold) by FY2012.
  2. G4M11: Increase employee satisfaction by 10% by FY2012.
  3. G4M12: Increase research and data usage by enusuring that 85% of all defined operational initiatives contain an evaluation/data analysis component by FY2012.
  1. G4M11S11: Inter-rater Reliability
  2. G4M9S13: Employee Satisfaction Strategies (See Workforce Development Plan)
  3. G4M12S12: Data Usage and Research