Scottsbluff Public Schools Sixpence Early Learning Program Early Intervention program providing home based services –Year-round program –36 children –3 Home Visitors –3-4 monthly hour long visits Activities to stimulated growth and development Information Materials Child and family goals –1 monthly family socialization activity

Quality Indicators for Excellence Staff Qualifications –Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree –Extensive Training and Professional Development Teaching Strategies Gold Training Nebraska Early Learning Guidelines Birth to Five Parents as Teachers Curriculum Training Home Visiting Core Practices and Principle On-Line Training Nebraska’s State-Wide Home Visitation Conference HoVERS Training Child Abuse and Neglect Detection and Reporting Recommended regional and national early childhood conference attendance

….Because Kids Don’t Come With a Set of Instructions! Home Visiting approach that uses evidence based curriculums and evaluations –Parents As Teachers –Teaching Stragegies Gold –Ages and Stages Developmental Screener

Making a Significant Impact Assessment that drives program strategic planning in family engagement, language development, social-emotional status, home environment, and parenting. –HoVRS – Home Visiting Rating Scales –MacArthur-Bates CDI –PPVT-IV – Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test –DECA - Deavereux Early Childhood Assessment –Home Inventory –KIPS – Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale

Parent Stories “I like how the Sixpence Program is family oriented andasks us for input in designing activities input. I also like how the staff provides us with educational activities and information. I also like how Paula will bring me developmental milestones and we then compare and discuss where Annelise is at during this time.” -Rachel Martinez “I enjoyed the program because I feel that the learning activities brought in for Israel Jr. helped enhance his learning abilities! They helped him build language and other skills! Israel Jr. is now in preschool and continues to ask for his teacher,Paula.”

Innovative Partnerships Scottsbluff Sixpence was awarded an additional $45,000 Supplemental Quality Improvement Mini Grant this year. –New Relationships with RWMC Birth and Infant Care Center and Pediatric Unit –New Relationships with Roosevelt Elementary School –Expanded Relationships with Early Head Start