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Using Technology to Support Parents CGLR Funder Roundtable Online Meeting March 13, 2018 Please mute your phone until ready to speak and do not put call on hold. This meeting will be recorded Funder Roundtable Agenda Welcome &
March 13, 2018 Please mute your phone until ready to speak and do not put call on hold. This meeting will be recorded
Funder Roundtable Agenda
Sheetal Singh, The Early Learning Lab
Upcoming Funder Roundtable dates Save the Date: GLR Week, July 23-27 in Philadelphia
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Aly Evans Executive Director, Family Reading Partnership Amy Taylor South County Community Liaison, Berkshire United Way Angela Duran Campaign Director, Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Angela Rau Virtual Parent Education Specialist, Parents as Teachers National Center Barb Lito GrowSmart Coordinator, Virginia Beach GrowSmart/ Virginia Beach rEADS Brittany Irby Innovation Program Manager, Nashville Public Education Foundation Caitlyn Stafford Growth and Program Operations, LENA is the industry standard for measuring talk with children birth to three, a critical factor in early brain development. LENA Solutions provide actionable feedback for the adults who matter most to improve early language; to close gaps in cognitive, emotional, and social development; and to improve school readiness. Devin Cowhey Development Specialist, Virginia Beach GrowSmart Donna Hunt-O'Brien VP Professional and Program Development, Parents as Teachers
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Dorian Traube Associate Professor, representing Parents as Teachers @ USC Telehealth. We provide virtual home visitation and parent support services to ensure that children ages 0-3 will enter school more ready to learn. We believe parents are their children’s first and most influential teachers. Grace Giermek Co-Convener, CGLR Funder Roundtables Greg Alcorn Director, ApSeed Early Childhood provides Free eReaders to disadvantaged children from pre-birth to four years old. These eReaders (known as Seedlings) a custom built and locked with only applications geared to enhance reading skills. Jacqueline Jenkins Program Coordinator,Campaign for Grade Level Reading, United Way of Delaware Jared Wigdor Vice President, Bright by Three Jenn Faber Director of Grade Level Reading, Florida Children's Council Jennifer Coscia Chief Operating Officer, Berkshire United Way Jennifer Hill Policy and Programming Director, Nashville Public Education Foundation Jesse Sprajcar Education Program Manager, United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania Jessica Dominguez Success By 6 Manager, United Way for Greater Austin
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Jessie Hinton Education Manager, Valley of the Sun United Way Jorge Verlenden Director of Policy and Innovation Strategies, Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students Judy Williams Executive Director, Early Learning Ventures Karen Avery Senior Director, Institutional Giving, PBS Foundation Karen Woodhouse Director, Eyes On Learning Kate Lincoln Senior Community Investment Manager, United Way of Central and Northeastern CT Kathleen Bottagaro Manager of Education Initiatives, Rocky Mountain PBS Kristen Burns Associate Director, The Grable Foundation Laurie Hirschfeld Zeller Director, New Generation Initiative Laurie Root Senior Vice President, United Way of Erie County - CGLR fits into our overall collective impact approach focusing on student success from birth and family stability. It will be incorporated into our Community Schools initiatives. Leslie Watt
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Lisa Montagu Investment Director, Health & Education, Gary Community Investments Lisa Dwyer Director, Partnerships & Special Projects, Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students - GEEARS mission is to support high-quality early learning and healthy development for Georgia’s youngest children, from birth to five, by championing policies, promoting innovative and evidence-based practices and building public will. One of our signature programs is the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club, which operates through our partners from June to August. The MSRC strives to engage both children, parents, and the overall community in summer reading activities to stymie “summer slide” and promote good reading habits in young children and their parents. Liza Khan Programs Manager, Children's Services Council Malai Amfahr Story County Reads Coordinator, United Way of Story County Marie O’ Brien Manager of Digital Media and Outreach, The Learning Alliance Michelle A. Barnes Family Self-Sufficiency & Education Coordinator, Hampton Redevelopment and Housing
have written and delivered an Authorization and consent for release or exchange of information with our local school division.
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Mollie Melvin Program Director, Newton County Community Partnership Monica Fischer Director of Program Management, Anonymous Donor Nancy Coker Manager, United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades & Okeechobee Naomi Zuk-Fisher Senior Program Manager, Greater Twin Cities United Way Patricia Hahn Administrative Assistant IV, Children's Services Council of PBC Portia Kennel Senior Advisor, Buffett Early Childhood Fund Sarah Torian Co-Convener, CGLR Funder Roundtables Shannon Jenkins Grade–Level Reading Director, United Way of Central Indiana manages a direct service tutoring program, pairing community and corporate volunteers with third-graders who aren’t at reading level. We engage 1,200 volunteers who are paired with over 700 students, helping them increase comprehension, fluency and vocabulary development
professionals for a Central Indiana Literacy Coalition – all working towards increasing the number of students reading a grade-level.
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Sheetal Singh Director of Design and Innovation, The Early Learning Lab Shelby Davis Grant Writer, ApSeed Early Childhood Education Staci Cox Director of Community Impact, United Way SEMS Stephanie Adornetto Coordinator of Early Childhood Development, Berkshire United Way Stephen Massey Co-Founder & Principal, Meteorite Social Impact Advisors Symone McClain Vice President, William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation Tarasa Lown Program Officer, Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation Tommie Vance Starkville-Oktibbeha Grade-Level Reading Network Member Traci Martin Customer Program Manager, LENA
Using Technology to Support Parents of Young Children
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Sheetal Singh Director of Design and Innovation, The Early Learning Lab
We believe that with the right support, all children can be healthy, happy and ready for kindergarten on their first day and every day thereafter.
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How do we go from little pockets of success to millions of children early learning success?
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The Early Learning Lab uses social innovation to equip parents, caregivers and teachers with tools and strategies that help children 0-5 years learn early in their lives, when it matters most.
Insights and Recommendations to Support the Parents of Children Ages 0-3
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How might we better use technology to support the parents of children 0-3?
Tech Systems Map
channels
Parent Interviews
ended
income
National Survey
What are we learning about parents’ needs, motivators, barriers and tech use?
Google is king Peer-to-peer learning Mobile first
Parents are forging their
Media campaigns are working
Services (when accessed) are helpful
scale, put it online using existing distribution platforms. Use SEO and advertising to elevate high-quality content.
parents’ needs and how technology can support them. Is lack of knowledge of child development the only barrier to effective parenting?
short-term and longer-term needs
users
incorporate technology into their programming to extend and deepen
reinforce existing community-based and civic programming.
more intensive research with parents.
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Sheetal Singh Director of Design and Innovation, The Early Learning Lab
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