Collaborating to Improve Linkages between Early Childhood and Public Schools
On January 22, 2010 Michigan's Children partnered with the Early Childhood Investment Corporation, Calhoun County Community and Early Childhood Services, and eight additional statewide organizations to provide a technical assistance meeting.
Twenty-six community teams of 3 to 6 members each from every part of the state gathered in Lansing for the day; an additional three communities participated via live webcast.
Michigan’s Children was one of eleven first-round grantees fromaround the country to be awarded a Ready Kids, Ready Schools Ready Communities Planning Grant from the Communications Consortium Media Center, with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
The grants were awarded to nonprofit community organizations and agencies to help them collaborate with others in their community and state to prepare and apply for ARRA and related funding to link early care and learning to the early grades, and to strengthen the foundation for success for all children, especially the most vulnerable. There are now 41 grantees that include community-based and state-focused organizations working in 20 states.
Our goal for the Jan. 22 meeting was to provide broad-based community collaborative teams an opportunity to
Learn about federal and related funding opportunities that support ready kids-ready schools linkages
Learn about innovative comprehensive community models in Michigan and across the nation
Begin a planning process for strengthening existing collaborations as a base for developing a collaborative funding proposal
View the webcast of the Ready Kids Ready Schools Ready Communities meeting here
NEW -
Tapping Title I: What Every School Administrator Should Know about Title
I, Pre-K and School Reform.
(Pre-K Now/Pew Center on the States, January 2010).www.preknow.org/documents/TitleI_PartII_Jan2010.pdf
NEW- On Monday March 8, Secretary Duncan announced final priorities and the application guidelines and package for i3, the Investing in Innovation Fund. The Department of Education is sponsoring pre-application technical assistance sessions for potential applicants in three sites (Atlanta, Baltimore and Denver) and online via webinar. Applicants must register for the sessions online.
Provides lessons learned about implementing partnerships most effectively, recommendations to help policy makers facilitate collaboration.
Promoting Quality in PreK-Grade 3 Classrooms(National Association of State School Boards) www.nasbe.org/index.php/ecen
Issue Brief: what it takes to leverage change across disparate systems
Video
PreKindergarten – 3rd Grade: A New Beginning for American Education (New School Foundation and the Foundation for Child Development) www.prek-3rd.org/index.html
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