Leveraging PBS TeacherLine Local Innovation Funds Partnerships for Early Childhood Educators

Early Childhood Project Partners PBS TeacherLine Qwest Foundation in Education Olympic Educational Service District 114 ASSET-Eight Public Television

Right Now… Partnership with the 9 Washington State Educational Service Districts. Forming 8 Cadres of early childhood educators. Cadre Leaders participating in OFT. Selected 5 PBS TeacherLine courses aligned with local needs. Collaborating with ASSET to design a pro-dev portal and test PD Assessment Tool.

Introducing… “The Neighborhood”

Roads Leading to “The Neighborhood” Local Innovation Project in Arizona Outside Foundation Interest Local and National OESD PBS TL Goals

Local Innovation Project AZ Early Childhood Cadres Launched “Let’s Get Ready” Workshops Eight Cadres Recruited

Outside Foundation Interest Developed Relationship with Local Qwest Office Identified Common Goals Crafted ASSET Local Qwest Proposal

Qwest Partnership Expanded Qwest National Foundation Interest Project Now Includes AZ and Washington Project includes cadre and portal funding Proposal Process 2007 Funding = Beta Test 2008 Potential Opportunity to Expand

Next Steps… Arroyo Research Services Evaluation Reliability and Validity Testing for 360 Early Childhood Efficacy Study for Early Childhood Cadres 2008 Proposal to Qwest Marketing – Eight Program Magazine Eight and KCTS 15 second Interstitials