5 Years of Learning - A Report on the First 5 Years of Santa Clara CARES 2002-2006

The purpose of this report is to document the first five years of implementation of Santa Clara CARES’ (Comprehensive Approaches to Raising Educational Standards) incentive program for early educators. The report outlines an overview of the strategies, successes, and challenges E3 Institute-Advancing Excellence in Early Education-WestEd has experienced in offering professional development and educational opportunities to early educators working in Santa Clara County. Santa Clara CARES represents E3 Institute’s largest investment in the early education workforce and is viewed by other counties as a model program largely because of its collaborative approach and its use of technology to inform the evolution of the program.

For further information, visit http://www.santaclaracares.org/pdfs/YR_5_report.pdf.