Seattle Early Education Collaborative (SEEC)

Seattle Early Education Collaborative (SEEC) is a community collaborative of stakeholders and partners working together to create a shared vision for early learning in Seattle and to achieve greater gains for children. Our stakeholders and partners include Step Ahead and ECEAP programs and Head Start grantees.
SEEC connects three working groups into a coordinated structure.

These groups are:

Assessment and Accountability Workgroup
Professional Development Workgroup
Transition Work Group

WHY SEEC?
We believe that we can do more for kids, and do it better, through collaboration rather than acting on our own. Early examples of this are the 2007 and 2008 joint trainings, the UPK standards, development of the Kindergarten Readiness Guidelines and the 2008 assessments which will give us far better data than ever before to inform professional development and quality improvement efforts.

We envision that we will collaborate by creating a shared vision, aligning outcomes and strategies, sharing expertise and, in some cases, funding. The initial agreement between the City of Seattle, for Step Ahead and ECEAP, and the Head Start Grantees includes the commitment to work together as SEEC on community assessment, professional development and assessment, recruitment, enrollment and waiting lists, child development and health services, parent and community services and communication.

Important Partnerships

SEEC members are working with Seattle Public Schools, the New School Foundation and Berk & Associates as part of the Seattle PreK-3rd Partnership. To learn more about this important program, please visit www.seattlepk3.org.
SEEC is also a supporter of Mayor McGinn's Youth and Families Initiative. For more information, please visit www.youthandfamiliesinitiative.org

Learn More
Please select a group below to learn more about SEEC. For additional information on how to join any of the SEEC workgroups, please contact Sonja Griffin at sonja.griffin@seattle.gov.