CN-480000-24L05.pdf

This is a Department Agreement between the Florida Department of Education's Division of Early Learning and the University of Florida Board of Trustees, specifically through the University of Florida's Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies. The agreement is dated September 2023 and involves collaborative work on early childhood education initiatives across multiple state-level programs and systems.

The contract focuses on three primary project areas: (1) Informal Pathways for early childhood teacher professional learning and career advancement, (2) Practice-Based Coaching implementation, and (3) Sunshine State Early Childhood Systems Information Portal development. The total contract value is approximately $2.5 million spread across fiscal years 2023-2028, with funding sourced from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Trust Fund, Florida Preschool Development Grant, and other state and federal sources. The projects aim to improve early childhood education systems by redesigning professional development pathways, expanding coaching models, and creating comprehensive data visualization tools to support policy-making and service delivery for children and families in Florida.