(1)
Teacher requirements. The teacher shall collaborate with other
agencies, organizations, and boards in the community to further the program's
capacity to meet the diverse needs of eligible children and their families. The
teacher shall assist families in identifying and accessing available resources
such as those described in subrule 16.3(14).
(2)
Program requirements.
Preschool programs shall collaborate with participating families, early care
providers, and community partners, including community empowerment area boards.
Head Start programs, shared visions, and other programs provided under the
auspices of the child development coordinating council; licensed child care
centers; registered child development homes; area education agencies; child
care resource and referral services provided under Iowa Code section
237A.26;
early childhood special education programs; services funded by Title I of the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and family support
programs, to make available resources, including those described in subrule
16.3(14), required to meet the needs of the child. Preschool programs shall
collaborate to ensure that children receiving care from other approved child
care arrangements can participate in the voluntary preschool program with
minimal disruptions to the child.
(3)
District requirements.
The school district shall submit a collaborative application that demonstrates
the involvement of multiple community stakeholders, including, as applicable,
parents; other school districts; accredited nonpublic schools and faith-based
representatives; the area education agency; the community empowerment area
board; representatives of business. Head Start programs, shared visions and
other programs provided under the auspices of the child development
coordinating council; center-based and home-based providers of child care
services, human services, public health, and economic development programs.
The methods by which such collaboration may be demonstrated
include providing documentation of the development and maintenance of
collaboration with community providers and other community stakeholders,
evidence of a public hearing, collaboration agreements addressing operational
procedures and other critical measures or assurances. The collaboration
agreements between a school district and community-based providers of services
may include four-year-old children who are enrolled in a child care center or
child development home licensed or registered under Iowa Code chapter 237A, or
in an existing public or private preschool program provided by the school
district's local preschool program.
