Evanston Early Childhood Community Collaboration

Vision

Every child in our community will have the opportunity to experience an exceptional early childhood education that reflects the diversity of our community.

Purpose of the Collaboration

To support, maintain, and build capacity for a comprehensive, high quality early childhood system serving all children, birth to age eight, and their families. 

Collaboration Structure

The Collaboration is a dues-paying, membership organization comprised of organizations and individuals who are involved and interested in the field of early childhood education, especially in the Evanston community. 

The Collaboration serves as an Advisory Body to the Childcare Network of Evanston, which provides operational support and functions as the fiscal agent for activities and programs undertaken by the Collaboration.  It will be the responsibility of Collaboration members to define goals and action plans for its efforts. 

Childcare Network will share its resources to enable the efforts of the Collaboration.  However, funding for activities of the Collaboration will come from membership dues and shared fundraising efforts of its members.  
  
Collaboration Members … 

Share ideas and resources that benefit members.  

Participate in shared efforts to attract private and public funding for Evanston’s early education community. 

Contribute to and benefit from shared data on Evanston and its early education community. 

Recognize that the growth and strength of early childhood education is a shared community effort. 

Create greater influence and credibility than any single group. 

Establish better trust and communication. 

Reduce unnecessary duplication of effort. 

Engage in shared leadership and shared decision making.