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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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