Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee
The EC COAC gives input and recommendations to the Department. It works with the Children and Families Commission. It guides DEC’s strategies, policies, and procedures.
The EC COAC also guides the Early Care and Education for All Initiative (aka Baby Prop C). It provides analysis and guides engagement processes. It makes recommendations to the Department, the Mayor, and the Board of Supervisors.
Keep reading for information on EC COAC members and upcoming meetings.
EC COAC Members
Monique Guidry
Owner, Guidry Early Child Care and Education Program and Co-founder, African American Early Childhood Educators
Patricia Sullivan (Chair)
Director, Baby Steps Family Child Care and President, Family Child Care Association of San Francisco
Abigail Stewart-Kahn
Managing Director, Stanford Center on Early Childhood
Monica Walters
Chief Executive Officer, Wu Yee Children’s Services
Cindy Lopez-Chastain
Speech and Language Pathologist, Linguistic Connection
Krystle Danridge-Pierson
Founder and Director, Each One Teach One Child Care
Meredith Dodson (Vice Chair)
Executive Director, San Francisco Parent Coalition
Gina Fromer
President & CEO at Glide Foundation
Pamela Geisler
Fiscal and Policy Director, San Francisco Unified School District Early Education Department
Meeting Information:
November 20, 2024 | 4:30pm–6:30pm EC COAC Meeting
Location:
1650 Mission Street
Suite 312
San Francisco, CA 94103
Public Access: (if not attending in person): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83431017515?pwd=RIVplGNfgoVTNI5QmO6hy-u9O3Bq.bXWC6Efyvt1YCvkWhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/82196296310?pwd=V1VOanZjNkpnOTEvVDNIS3pHbHZiQT09https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85629740814?pwd=RnI1M2FHenk5ZFNNeEJ6YXN2Q2pvZz0https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83431017515?pwd=flcVxaElHBubeCkPY4bGANrx5Ud1V9.19
September 11, 2024 | 4:30pm–6:30pm EC COAC Meeting
Location:
1650 Mission Street
Suite 312
San Francisco, CA 94103
Public Access: (if not attending in person): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83431017515?pwd=RIVplGNfgoVTNI5QmO6hy-u9O3Bq.bXWC6Efyvt1YCvkWhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/82196296310?pwd=V1VOanZjNkpnOTEvVDNIS3pHbHZiQT09https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85629740814?pwd=RnI1M2FHenk5ZFNNeEJ6YXN2Q2pvZz0https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83431017515?pwd=flcVxaElHBubeCkPY4bGANrx5Ud1V9.19
June 26, 2024 | 4:30pm–6:30pm EC COAC Meeting
Location:
1650 Mission Street
Suite 312
San Francisco, CA 94103
Public Access: (if not attending in person): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83431017515?pwd=RIVplGNfgoVTNI5QmO6hy-u9O3Bq.bXWC6Efyvt1YCvkWhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/82196296310?pwd=V1VOanZjNkpnOTEvVDNIS3pHbHZiQT09https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85629740814?pwd=RnI1M2FHenk5ZFNNeEJ6YXN2Q2pvZz09
May 1, 2024 | 4:30pm–6:00pm EC COAC Meeting
Location:
1650 Mission Street
Suite 312
San Francisco, CA 94103
Public Access: (if not attending in person): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82196296310?pwd=V1VOanZjNkpnOTEvVDNIS3pHbHZiQT09https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85629740814?pwd=RnI1M2FHenk5ZFNNeEJ6YXN2Q2pvZz09
Background on the Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee
The ECCOAC shall consist of nine members: The Mayor shall appoint to seats 1-5 (subject to rejection by two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors within 30 days) and the Board of Supervisors shall appoint seats 6-9 as follows:
- Seat 1: must be a parent or guardian of a child who is enrolled in a facility that provides early care and education services, which includes child care, early care, preschool, infant and toddlers care;
- Seat 2: must be a representative of the San Francisco Unified School District’s Early Education Division, or any successor to that division, recommended by the Superintendent of Schools to the Mayor. If the Superintendent of Schools fails to make a recommendation within 90 days of a vacancy the Mayor may appoint a person to hold this seat;
- Seat 3: must be an early care and education provider that serves infants and toddlers ages zero to three;
- Seat 4: must be a family support provider, a provider or educator who works with children with special needs, a community member with expertise in early education, a member of the mental health community specializing in early care, a member of a philanthropic organization, which has an emphasis on early care and education issues, or a member of the business community with an interest in early care and education issues;
- Seat 5: must be a representative of an institution of higher education that specializes in early care and education;
- Seat 6: must be a family child care provider;
- Seat 7: must be a provider of early care and education at a community-based childcare center in San Francisco, but this member cannot be a San Francisco Unified School District provider;
- Seat 8: must be a family support provider, a provider or educator who works with children with special needs, a community member with expertise in early education, a member of the mental health community specializing in early care, a member of a philanthropic organization, which has an emphasis on early care and education issues, or a member of the business community with an interest in early care and education issues; and
- Seat 9: must be a representative of the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (“CCPAC”) established by Article XX of Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code, recommended to the Board of Supervisors by the CCPAC.
Become an EC COAC Member
We are not currently accepting applications for the EC COAC.
To be added to our interest list, email:
Arianna Cruz-Sellu
Commission Policy and Administrative Coordinator
arianna.cruz-sellu@sfgov.org.
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