Funder-to-Funder Huddle - Grade-Level...
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Funder-to-Funder Huddle@readingby3rd
#GLRhuddle
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• How does what you heard connect toyour work locally?
• How can the Campaign serve as abetter bridge to the federal agenda asit impacts our shared work?
Table Talk
Campaign Overview
Ralph Smith, Managing DirectorCampaign for Grade-Level Reading
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• Focus on the early years and on the early grades
• Focus on the children and on the adults in theirlives
• Focus on learning during school hours and onlearning opportunities beyond school hours
• Focus on grade-level reading and on STEM
• Focus on program outcomes and on the hand-offs
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Our “Both/And” Strategy for Investment,Engagement, Civic Action and Policy Advocacy
We Are Here
FEB 2011
EarlyWarning
Gathering ofPartners
MAY 2010
CommunityMobilization
and PlanningJUNE 2011
JULY 2012All-AmericaCity Awards
Supported“Pivot” to
ImplementationAUG–DEC 2012
2015–2016Ramp-Up onCommunitySolutions
2017–2020Strategic
Alignment ofAssurances
All-AmericaCity/StateAwards
NOV/DEC 2016
> >SUSTAINABLEMOMENTUMMOBILIZATION > > IMPLEMENTATION > >
2013–2014Focus on
CommunitySolutions
Mid-CourseCommunity Self-
Assessment2014 3RD QUARTER
POST 2020
Community Solutions
Ron Fairchild, DirectorNetwork Communities Support Center
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Momentum Is Building142 communities, representing 39 states across the nation, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands with 1,600 local organizations (including over 100 local funders)
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1. School Readiness – Too many childrenstart school already far behind their peersand never catch up.
2. School Attendance – Too many studentsfall behind during the year because theymiss too much school and too muchinstructional time.
3. Summer Learning – Too many childrenlose ground over the summer months,returning to school in the fall further behindthan when they left in June.
CommunitySolutionsAreas
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What Works? Where? Why?
Communities and states need access to a one-stop, fast-track resource with the capacity to help them find answersto six essential questions:
1. What is the short list of essentials that will combine to predictthe desired result (increases in school readiness and decreasesin chronic absenteeism and summer slide)?
2. What are the proven and/or promising strategies, programsand practices connected with each essential?
3. What capacities, competencies and infrastructure are neededto implement the strategies, programs and practices?
4. What policies are needed to enable, scale and sustain theseprograms and practices?
5. What does success look like? (Milestones)
6. How do we know whether we are making progress?(Key Progress Indicators)
ValueProposition
NetworkCommunitiesSupportCenter(NCSC)
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The NCSC functions as a hub, broker andaccelerator that supports communities in producingresults.
“Hub” by serving asthe curator of learningcommunities and as thenavigator for thedistribution channel
“Broker” by offeringcommunities access to tools,experts and informationneeded to develop thecapacities (leadership,resources and skills) toexecute their plans.
“Accelerator” by findingand creating catalyticevents, awards and otheropportunities designed toincrease the scope andpace of change
School Readiness
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ChallengeToo many children start school already farbehind their peers and never catch up.Especially for low-income children, thisreadiness gap predicts a persistentachievement gap and diminished prospectsfor reading on grade level by the end of thirdgrade.
SchoolReadiness
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Strategies for Success
1. Home visiting and other programs that offermessages, tools and supports to help parents andcaregivers succeed in promoting early language andliteracy and healthy on-track child development
2. Universal comprehensive health and developmentalscreening with appropriate follow-up, intervention andsupports
3. Community-wide efforts to create language-rich andbook-rich environments for children before they startschool
4. Policy supports, resources and programs to improveavailability of and access to high-quality early care andlearning opportunities for children across a variety ofprograms and settings
SchoolReadiness
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Tools & Resources
Hub
• Bright Spots, webinars, GLR Huddle discussions onschool readiness
Broker
• Healthy Readers toolkits with a focus on universalcomprehensive screening and intervention
• Vroom tools and activities
• CHIP’s Early Childhood Donors Toolkit
Accelerator
• Messaging and mobilizing opportunities with ReadAcross America Day and Read Aloud 15 MINUTES
SchoolReadiness
Gena O’Keefe
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
B’more for Healthy Babies
B’more for Healthy BabiesEvery Baby Counts on You
Anthony Trotman
Franklin County Dept. of Job and Family Services
Columbus Kids
COLUMBUS KIDS: Ready. Set. Learn.
Since 2010, CK hasenrolled over 14,000kids in the program
62% of childrenreferred showedimprovement bytheir next screening
16% Social-emotional 9% Fine Motor Skills 7% Problem Solving 6% Communication 6% Large Motor Skills 4% Personal Care
Key Data Points Reasons for Referrals
Program ReplicationFranklin County Kids
South-Western City SchoolDistrict (Columbus, OH)
David Brody
First 5 Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz Reading Corps
Sue Renner
Merage Foundation
Early Learning Ventures
School Attendance
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Hedy ChangAttendance Works
Kindergarten and first-grade students who miss10% or more of school areless likely to readproficiently in third grade.
The Challenge:
• Many parents do not realize that earlyabsences can add up to academic risk.
• Chronic absence is even higher for lowincome children whose academicperformance is especially hard hit when theymiss school.
• Health related challenges such as asthma anddental disease are major causes of absencesin the early grades.
• Higher school-wide absenteeism is associatedwith lower achievement for all students.
• 1 out of 10 kindergarten and 1st gradersmiss 10% or more of school. In somecommunities, this figure is 1 out of 4.
Improving Attendance:Key Strategies for Success
Community-wide attendanceawareness campaigns
to help parents understand and ownthe importance of good attendance and
learn about supports that addressbarriers to getting to school
School-level messaging,modeling and incentives
to nurture a culture and cultivate thehabits of excellent attendance
Cross-sector coordinationto identify and ameliorate the health
challenges that are the majorcontributors to chronic absence
State, school district, schooland community partner
effortsto build early warning and rapid
response systems to reduce and preventchronic absence
Tools andResources
Determinescope ofproblem
Engageinfluencers &stakeholders
Advancepromisingsolutions
• District and SchoolAttendance Tracking Tools(DATT/SATT)
• Attendance AwarenessMonth
• Superintendents’ Call toAction
• Toolkits: Count Us In,Bringing Attendance Home,Teaching Attendance
• www.AttendanceWorks.org• What Works descriptions• Peer learning webinars and
exchanges• Telephone assistance from
Attendance Works
Sarah Jonas
The Children’s Aid Society National Center for
Community Schools
NYC Success Mentor Corps
NYC Success Mentors Corps• Success Mentors: Caring adults paired with
chronically absent students to help improveattendance
• Evaluation: Conducted by Johns Hopkins University,it showed that students with Success Mentors gainednearly two additional weeks of school, were morelikely to stay in school and maintain passing grades.
• Role of Funders: The United Way of New York Cityfunded report showing serious chronic absenteeismissue in NYC; former Mayor Bloomberg’s officeinvested in design, implementation and evaluation;various funders supporting replication in other cities
Paterson, New Jersey - Work To Date:• Attendance Awareness Month• Data analysis• Community forum & district training• Training & TA from Children’s Aid Society for 5
“community schools” . School plans include successmentors, attendance teams, & parent summits.
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Arkansas – Making Every Day CountCampaign
• Statewide and district chronic absence analysis• Engagement of superintendent association &
state department of education• Peer learning network of school teams from 7
districts. Meets 2-3 times per year. Coachingand homework nurture taking action.
• Arkansas attendance awareness campaign• Analysis of district attendance policies
Summer Learning
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Sarah PitcockNational Summer Learning Association
The ChallengeLow-income children lose 2-3 months of reading skills eachsummer without practice, while their higher income peerscontinue to make gains.
Access and Uptake are Low: about 20% of low-income youth
Nutritious Food is Scarce: 85% lose access to school meals
Parents Underestimate the Problem: Stigma andmisunderstanding prevent attendance by kids whoneed it most.
Summer Learning Strategies that Work
1. Drive with Data: Understand the landscape ofsummer learning opportunities in your communityand organize efforts around common goals
2. Build Demand: Communicate the importance andavailability of summer learning opportunities toparents and students citywide
3. Create a Big Tent for Quality and Evaluation:Bring together schools and partners for training,quality assessment and evaluation to buildlasting capacity
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Tools and Resources
Drive with Data: Landscape AssessmentStrategic Planning and Community Indicators
Build Demand: Tip Sheets Case StudiesResearch Briefs Summer Learning Day
Build Capacity: Training InstitutesQuality Assessment WebinarsNational ConferenceProgram Planning Guide
Johanna Anderson
The Belk Foundation
Summer Learning Strategy
Investing in Summer
Dale Robinson Anglin
Victoria Foundation
Building a summer learning system –
Victoria’s Emergent Strategy
Newark Summer Learning Slots
Chana Edmond-Verley
Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation
Believe 2 Become
BringingReading
to Lifein Community
CREATING OPPORTUNITY * UNLEASHING POTENTIAL *ACHIEVING RESULTSmath
gainsmathloss
readinggains
readingloss
schoolattendance
suspensionsincidents
Kristin Ehrgood
Flamboyan Foundation
Family Engagement
Communicate highexpectations
Monitor theirchild’s
performance
Support learningat home
Guide theirchild’s education
Advocate fortheir child
5 Family Roles AccelerateLearning
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• What is one idea you will take awayfrom the community solutionspresentations?
• What do you want to learn more aboutin the coming months?
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