Educare: A Public-Private Partnership Bela Moté Vice President, Educare Development Ounce of Prevention Fund March 15, 2013

Ounce of Prevention Fund Mission The Ounce of Prevention Fund gives children in poverty the best chance for success in school and in life by advocating for and providing the highest quality care and education from birth to age five.

The Beethoven Project, Chicago

Educare Chicago

Educare Learning Network 2012 Vision Statement The Educare Learning Network will demonstrate that research-based early childhood education prevents the persistent achievement gap for our nation’s most at- risk young children. The Network’s evidence, practice expertise and dynamic partnerships will help ensure that all children and families, especially those at greatest risk, will have access to effective early learning, and that the first five years will be an integral part of the nation’s education system.

A Growing Network

What is the Educare Model? Partnership Program Place Platform

Data-Driven Practice Embedded Professional Development High-Quality Teaching Intensive Family Engagement Increased kindergarten readiness and student achievement Increased parent capacity to advocate for child’s learning and create change in schools and communities Increased kindergarten readiness and student achievement Increased parent capacity to advocate for child’s learning and create change in schools and communities Program: Model Framework

ChicagoOmaha Milwaukee TulsaDenverMiami Place: A Wrapper for Program

Educare Tulsa at Kendall-WhittierEducare Washington, DC

Platform for Change Demonstrate power of diverse public- private partnerships Lead programmatic changes beyond the walls of Educare Provide research-based evidence Leverage Educare for larger policy & systems change Serve as showroom for quality

Partnership Core Partners and Roles Anchor Philanthropist Program Provider School Superintendent Other local and community partners as appropriate

Approach to shared governance Joint identity General structure Roles and Responsibilities Sustainability Shared Governance Board

Required Contracts Local Educare Contract Network Agreement

Public-Private Partnerships Lessons learned Key takeaways

Public-Private Partnership Examples