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2009 Annual Report Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness 2009 ANNUAL REPORT Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness CONTENTS 04 Letter to the Governor 07 Major Accomplishments 13 Preparedness Level of Children Entering Kindergarten 15 Kindergarten Report Card 17 Public Engagement Efforts 20 Efforts to Develop and Promote Private Sector Programs 26 Efforts to Promote Parental Involvement 27 Pre-Kindergarten and Other Education Programs 30 Community Mobilization End of Year Summary 38 Board Member Profiles 40 Community Mobilization Smart Start South Central Oklahoma Smart Start Bartlesville Smart Start Canadian County 41 Smart Start Cherokee County Smart Start Durant Smart Start Northwest Oklahoma 42 Smart Start Kay County Smart Start Kiamichi Country Smart Start Lawton 43 Smart Start Logan County Smart Start Muskogee Smart Start Norman 44 Smart Start Central Oklahoma Smart Start Pottawatomie County Smart Start Stephens County 45 Smart Start North Central Oklahoma Smart Start Tri County Smart Start Tulsa 46 Financial Statements Smart Start Oklahoma’s mission is to lead Oklahoma in coordinating an early childhood system focused on strengthening families and school readiness for all children. BOARDCHAIR Dear Governor Henry, On behalf of the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board, I am pleased to present our annual report for FY09. We appreciate your continued interest and support for early childhood issues and concerns, particularly your interest in promoting and expanding high quality programs and services that yield positive outcomes for Oklahoma’s children. This report shares the accomplishments made to date by the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness, also identified as the state’s Early Childhood Advisory Council, and its efforts to bring together state and local coalitions toward improving outcomes for Oklahoma’s youngest children. Contained in this report are system priorities identified by the board, highlights of major accomplishments, and a new addition – the Oklahoma Kindergarten Report Card. This report card contains important statistics about the Kindergarten Class of 2009. We hope you find its contents valuable talking points when speaking about where we have succeeded and where we still need to continue working towards a stronger early childhood system. Thank you for the opportunity to serve this great state. Please let us know if we can be of assistance to you in anyway. All the best, Dr. Marny Dunlap OPSR Chair 04 I Smart Start Annual Report 2009 EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR Dear Governor Henry, I wish I had a magic wand – one that would grant our most sincere wishes: eradicating childhood poverty, eliminating abuse and neglect, and creating a system of high quality experiences for all infants and toddlers. I do not have a magic wand; but I do have what research tells us will reduce some of the outcomes we fear for our children, even for the most disadvantaged children. This research is reflected in Educare, the Early Childhood State Pilot Program, family education programs that build on the strengths of Oklahoma families such as Oklahoma Parents as Teachers and Children First, and a voluntary universal pre-kindergarten program. OPSR has been working strategically at building a stronger and better coordinated early childhood system since 2003. This past spring OPSR facilitated a convening of state leaders, gubernatorial staff, and business leaders to address the pressing needs of Oklahoma’s early childhood system and opportunities forthcoming through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and future federal budgets. Out of this two day meeting, three priorities emerged with a strong consensus to begin new efforts that will build upon existing successes. These priorities included the development of a statewide unified data collection system that will better capture programmatic data and reduce overlapping efforts and waste as well as track outcomes that reflect both health and educational perspectives. As the state early childhood advisory council, OPSR will be submitting a federal application to receive $1.5 million dollars in funds for a three-year work plan that includes designing recommendations for a data system and advancing quality and access for infants and toddlers. We look forward to a promising future for Oklahoma’s children. Thank you for your continued leadership in early childhood. Sincerely, Susan Illgen Executive Director Smart Start Annual Report 2009 I 05 2009SMARTSTARTSTAFF Susan Illgen Executive Director Patrick Brown Development Director Peggy Byerly Project Coordinator for Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Crystal Duggins Community Planner Jan Hardwick Community Programs Director Liz Langthorn Assistant Community Planner Peggy Mansell Fiscal Manager Amanda Moran Policy Associate Rosalee Rife Executive Assistant I 06 I Smart Start Annual Report 2009 MAJORACCOMPLISHMENTS OPSR named the State’s Early Childhood Advisory Council In 2007, under the federal reauthorization of Head Start, the Governor of each state was charged with creating or identifying a state advisory council for early childhood. The Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness received this delegation in November of 2008, entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Governor’s Office and the Head Start Collaboration Office. With this newly designated role, OPSR accepted additional tasks under the federal legislation: (I) conduct a periodic statewide needs assessment (V) develop recommendations regarding concerning the quality and availability of early statewide professional development and childhood education and development programs career advancement plans for early childhood and services for children from birth to school entry, educators in the State; including an assessment of the availability of high- (VI) assess the capacity and effectiveness of quality pre-kindergarten services for low-income 2- and 4-year public and private institutions of children in the State; higher education in the State toward supporting (II) identify opportunities for, and barriers the development of early childhood educators, to, collaboration and coordination among including the extent to which such institutions have Federally-funded and State-funded child in place articulation agreements, professional development, child care, and early childhood development and career advancement plans, education programs and services, including and practice or internships for students to collaboration and coordination among State spend time in a Head Start or pre kindergarten agencies responsible for administering such program; and programs; (VII) make recommendations for improvements (III) develop recommendations for increasing in State early learning standards and undertake the overall participation of children in existing efforts to develop high-quality comprehensive Federal, State, and local child care and early early learning standards, as appropriate. childhood education programs including outreach to underrepresented and special populations; (IV) develop recommendations regarding the establishment of a unified data collection system for public early childhood education and development programs and services throughout the State; Smart Start Annual Report 2009 I 07 To accomplish these tasks, OPSR created a workgroup structure, comprised of on-the- ground experts to advise and inform the state council. These workgroups are: Quality, Access, Standards and Accountability whose charges are to develop recommendations to increase quality and access to early childhood programs and services and to develop recommendations for improving the state’s early learning standards. Their Key Issues are access to zero-through-three programs and services, research based models of quality zero-through-three programs and services, program standards and accountability, and policies to support the use of multiple funding streams for high quality programs. Chair: Bob Harbison Co-Chair: Steven Dow Staffer: Amanda Moran Data System and Coordination whose charges are to develop recommendations for a unified data system and to develop recommendations for policies and structures to support enhanced community coordination and to identify opportunities for and barriers to collaboration. Their Key Issues are priorities of a unified data collection system, agency capacity to share or link data, tracking aggregate data about where children are, and reporting on the preparedness level of children entering kindergarten. Chair: vacant Co-Chair: Debra Andersen Staffer: Liz Langthorn Professional Development and Workforcewhose charges are to develop recommendations regarding a cross-sector, statewide professional development and career advancement plan and to assess the capacity and effectiveness of 2- and 4-year institutions toward supporting the development of early childhood educators. Their Key Issues are shortages of early childhood practitioners, articulation agreements, strategies to linking professional development systems and standards, fostering and supporting agency collaboration in professional development, and common competencies and standards among early learning professions. Chair: Ronda Brothers Co-Chair: Nancy vonBargen Staffer: Crystal Duggins Special Populations whose charge is to make recommendations regarding inclusion of underserved groups in early childhood services and programs. Their Key Issues are rural communities, children with special needs, English language learners, and children living in poverty. Chair: Stephan Wilson/Amy Halliburton Co-Chair: Jay Weatherford Staffer: Peggy Mansell 08 I Smart Start
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