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Results of Pennsylvania’s early learning programs, 2011-2012
Access to quality early education for Pennsylvania’s young children can:
• Reduce public costs for special education, public assistance prisons and health care
High quality pre-kindergarten can decrease special education rates by 50% and grade repetition by 33%Source: Pew Center on the States
Facilitate job growth
Every dollar Pennsylvania invests in early childhood programs generates $1.06 in the local economy through local hiring and purchasing local goods & services.Source: America’s Edge
Effectively prepare students for new workforce demands
63% of jobs in the next decade will require some post-secondary education.
“Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018,” Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University, June 2010.
More than half of PA’s young children at risk of school failure
38% of PA’s children under 5 served
Children making progress, entering Kindergarten ready to succeed
Children succeeding in kindergarten and beyond
Pottstown School District Harrisburg School District
Families making solid choices for their children’s early learning
Families engaged in their children’s early learning
96% of parents use information on their child’s
performance to support their child’s learning at home
OCDEL Family Survey, 2011-2012
450,000
Families gaining access to high quality early learning programs
Why has Pennsylvania improved?
• High quality, coordinated programs to best serve families
• Providing high quality services early for the greatest impact
• Aligning early childhood education with K-12 for lifelong achievement
• Embracing accountability for results
OCDEL’s mission
The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) promotes opportunities for all Pennsylvania children and families by building systems and providing supports that help ensure access to high quality child and family services.
The office is a joint initiative between the Departments of Education and Public Welfare.
OCDEL programs
• Child Care Certification• Child Care Works• Children’s Trust Fund• Early Head Start • Early Intervention• Head Start• Healthy Families America• Keystone STARS/
PA Early Learning Keys to Quality
• Parents as Teachers• Parent-Child
Home Program• Pennsylvania
Pre-K Counts• Nurse-Family Partnership• Public-private partnerships
Effective teachers and leaders
• Early Childhood Education Career Lattice
• Professional Credentials• Supports to earn
credentials and degrees
Quality early learning environments
320 children at risk of expulsion
remained in quality STARS
programs thanks to Early Childhood
Mental Health Consultation
Specialized supports and technical assistance
The odds of a STARS provider advancing a
STAR level is 4.3 times greater when they receive STARS Technical Assistance than
when they do not.
Providing high quality services early for the greatest impact
Nearly 5,000 infants and toddlers who
received Early Intervention services in
2011-12 no longer required these services by the end of the year
Aligning early childhood education with K-12 for lifelong achievement
Embracing accountability for results
95%STARS Designator reliability in
2011-2012
• Increase in classroom assessments for quality
• High reliability among staff designating STAR levels