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Identifies desired high-level community outcomes

Creates and sustains the community determination and capacity to improve kindergarten readiness rates 

Success By 6® is a long-term, collaborative effort

Success By 6® builds upon the effective work of community partners

• Guide Vision & Strategy

• Support Aligned Activities

• Establish Shared Measurement & Practices

• Build Public Will & Education

The Success By 6® Network in Northern Kentucky

In 2007, Success By 6® was expanded into Northern Kentucky counties Campbell, Grant and Kenton following the success of the initiative in Boone County

*Leading the Early Childhood Work to Meet our Region’s Bold Goal of 85% of Children Prepared for Kindergarten by 2020*

Consensus-Driven Definition of Kindergarten Readiness

EDUCATION

By 2020, at least 45%of adults will have an

Associate's degree or higher

By 2020, at least 85%of youth will graduate

from high school (preparedfor life, college and career)

By 2020, at least 85%of children will be

prepared for kindergarten

Preparing children, youth & young adults to

succeed in school and life

INCOME

By 2020, at least 90% of the labor force will be

gainfully employed

Ensuring individualsand families achieve

financial stability

HEALTH

By 2020, at least 70% of the community will report

having excellent or very good health

By 2020, at least 95% of the community will report

having a usual place to go for medical care

Helping individuals live quality lives & achieve maximum health and independence

GREATER CINCINNATI RESIDENTS ARE EDUCATED, FINANCIALLY STABLE AND HEALTHY

Bold Goals for Our Region

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• Increasing the Quality of Child Care

• Supporting Best Practice Home Visitation

• Increasing Community Will & Education

• Data & Measurement

Collective Impact

Supporting School Readiness: Engaging Families

• For the first time, Kentucky is implementing a common screening for all children entering kindergarten

• The average score on the Brigance Basic Screen is 28%

• Kentucky Department of Education Strategic Plan goals is 64% ready by 2015-2016

• Parents know the early years matter, but don’t know exactly what to do to promote early learning – and don’t think they have time to do what it takes.

Getting to the Goal Line

• The earlier in a child’s educational process parent involvement begins, the more powerful the effect

• Inspired by the Harlem Children Zone’s Baby College

• Using existing materials & innovation to boost Kindergarten Readiness in Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky Education Summit- 2007

• More than 800 people gathered to hear local, regional, and national experts discuss challenges facing education in the area and what can be done about them

• Ignited the re-launch of the bornlearning® Public Engagement Campaign

The Born Learning Public Engagement Campagin

• Born Learning was created in 2005 to help any United Way – with or without a Success By 6® initiative – or early learning coalition boost community engagement around young children

• Today, some 700  United Ways and early childhood coalitions

or organizations are using bornlearning® community engagement tools to boost awareness, educate parents and move communities to action

Free Tip & Tools

The Born Learning Public Engagement Campagin

• Born Learning was created in 2005 to help any United Way – with or without a Success By 6® initiative – or early learning coalition boost community engagement around young children

• Today, some 700  United Ways and early childhood coalitions

or organizations are using bornlearning® community engagement tools to boost awareness, educate parents and move communities to action

bornlearning®

• Public Service Announcements

• bornlearning® Trail• Partnerships with Epperson

Waste and KRD Trucking• Lunch and Learns at

corporate partners:– Toyota– Nielsen– NKY Health Department

• bornlearning® Academy

Goals of The Academy

Initial Intermediate Longer-term

Children experience increased quality learning opportunities, better preparing them for kindergarten entry and ultimately for life success beyond kindergarten.

Parents learn about early childhood (0-6) development and begin to understand the importance of their child's environment being conducive to learning, beginning at birth.

*Parents demonstrate increased knowledge via data collected from pre/post surveys

Parents become acquainted with their child's school and his/her teachers and begin to view their relationship with the school as a "partnership".

Parents use the acquired skills/information to capitalize on learning opportunities through everyday experiences.

*Parents optimize their child's learning opportunities by employing "born learning" strategies in their home and in other environments, i.e. the grocery store, etc.

The foundation for a strong parent-teacher relationship will be established based on a higher level of mutual respect and trust, which will lead to regular parent interaction with the school well before their child is enrolled.

Parents will demonstrate a healthy level of engagement in their child's school, once their child is enrolled, which will result in improved communication regarding the child's strengths and needs.

Goals of The Academy

Initial Intermediate Longer-term

Children experience increased quality learning opportunities, better preparing them for kindergarten entry and ultimately for life success beyond kindergarten.

Parents learn about early childhood (0-6) development and begin to understand the importance of their child's environment being conducive to learning, beginning at birth.

*Parents demonstrate increased knowledge via data collected from pre/post surveys

Parents become acquainted with their child's school and his/her teachers and begin to view their relationship with the school as a "partnership".

Parents use the acquired skills/information to capitalize on learning opportunities through everyday experiences.

*Parents optimize their child's learning opportunities by employing "born learning" strategies in their home and in other environments, i.e. the grocery store, etc.

The foundation for a strong parent-teacher relationship will be established based on a higher level of mutual respect and trust, which will lead to regular parent interaction with the school well before their child is enrolled.

Parents will demonstrate a healthy level of engagement in their child's school, once their child is enrolled, which will result in improved communication regarding the child's strengths and needs.

Academy Setting and Format

• School-Based• 6 Sessions• School Facilitator and School Coordinator• Greeting & Dinner• Transition to Child Care• Activity to introduce the topic for the week• Pre – Survey• Mini Lecture• Activity that exemplifies the mini lecture topic/focus• Post Survey• Families Practice New Skill Together

The bornlearning® Academy

Workshop #1Series Overview

Workshop #2How Children Learn

Workshop #3Nutrition & Health

Workshop #4Routines & Learning on the Go!

Workshop #5Ready to Read! Building Your Child’s Language Skills

Workshop #6Building Relationships

Expansion Efforts

• A statewide partnership developed in early 2012 to explore expansion of the academies throughout the state of Kentucky

• Initial 5 year funding commitment from Toyota, ten pilot schools implemented academies in the Fall of 2012 with the intent of adding additional schools per year through 2016

• To provide this resource to other communities who were eager to have it, the founding partners are developing a start-up guide and a website to access the curriculum, materials and other training resources

Implementation Fidelity-A Key to Success

• A foundational principle among founding partners is using data to drive decisions and continuous improvement

• The bornlearning® Academy materials are revised and updated in an effort to have the most effective curriculum

• This is done in response to local academy data, experiences of local partnerships implementing academies and feedback from program participants. A group of advisors made up of representatives from founding partners are convened to provide guidance on all continuous improvement activities.

Stay Tuned!

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• Memorandum of Understanding

• Many details are still to be determined

Program Costs

• The program was designed as a low cost , high-impact strategy

• Depending on local partnerships and funding streams, costs can vary considerably but usually range between $6,000 and $10,000

• Costs to implement a bornlearning® Academy include staff,

data evaluation, curriculum materials, and other direct costs (i.e. food, child care, etc.)

Interested? Logical Next Steps

• Successful implementation of a bornlearning® Academy requires dynamic leadership and strong commitment on the part of school and community leaders. Both components are vital to the success of the program and its sustainability.

• The importance of convening a preliminary meeting to gauge interest and capacity for starting a bornlearning® Academy should not be underestimated to fully understand requirements and commitment

• Outcomes of such a meeting may include designating the facilitator and coordinator, identification of potential funding sources or partners, forming an implementation team

Promising Results

The materials are useful

They plan on using what they learned at home

Facilitators are knowledgeable on the subject matter

They are interested in attending future workshops

Questions/Comments

Thank You!