ECHO Consortium Vision Statement and Guiding Principles (11/02)

ECHO Vision Statement

The Early Childhood Higher-education Options (ECHO) Consortium collaboratively supports and enhances development and delivery of programs to meet the standards for the Kansas Early Childhood Unified License.

ECHO’s Guiding Principles

• Commit to the early education of all children from birth through 3rd grade and their families.
• Respond to the needs of all higher education students.
• Respect individual and institutional differences.
• Accept each other as partners.
• Seek input from all interested stakeholders.
• Maximize available resources.