Talking Points for Describing the Activities of ECHO Consortium

1. ECHO Consortium is a collaborative effort of Early Childhood Faculty to address the new unified early childhood licensure in Kansas

2. The ECHO Consortium discusses levels of involvement and participation of individual college/university preservice training programs and additional options for delivery of professional development courses across Kansas colleges/universities

3. The ECHO Consortium collaborative partners are meeting the goal and activities of the Kansas State Department of Education – Early Childhood Supplement to the State Improvement Grant

4. Effort to address the potential for high demand of educators for young children

5. Utilizing existing state supported resources ie. Online Academy, KAN ED, Great Plains Deans Council Model

6. Each participating institution will/can maintain their individual training program as well as have options available to offer a unified early childhood program