1. Kindergarten Readiness Scores 2017 Update
United Way of Southern Kentucky Board Meeting April 2017

2. Kindergarten Readiness Scores in the Barren River Area to 75% by 2020

3. Kindergarten Readiness in Kentucky
Kentucky Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Reports
Brigance Screener
Community Early Childhood Councils

4. 2017 BRADD Area Early Childhood Report
53.4% Ready
18,576 children under age 5
Five domains tested by the screener
38.9% Academic/Cognitive
71.4% Language Development
49.8% Physical Development
50.8% Self-Help
75.1% Social-Emotional

5. BRADD vs State

6. Readiness Scores Across the 10 Counties

7. What is UWSK doing?
Community Investments- 25% of all Allocations Funding
Mid-year Education Updates
Kindergarten Readiness Awareness Campaign
Environmental Rating Scale Training
Born Learning Academies
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

8. What are we Funding?
Training parents to be their child’s first and best teacher
Providing high-quality early learning classrooms equipped with language-rich play and discovery
Eliminating transportation barriers for preschoolers to attend readiness camp
Increasing access to high-quality licensed childcare

9. Kindergarten Readiness Funding Update
Barren County Schools Readiness Camp
122 students in 2016; 20 in 2015 without UWSK funding
2016/17= 60.8% tested ready; 56.5% in 2015/16
The Foundry Preschool Academy
18 of 19 preschoolers on track to be Kindergarten Ready
80% of students entered Dishman McGinnis and Parker Bennett-Curry Kindergarten Ready
Overall a 15% increase at these 2 schools

10. Kindergarten Readiness Funding Update
Russellville Schools Little Panthers Academy
Attendance for children and parents has doubled since September. 15 children to 30 and 9 parents to 18
Will begin conducting Preschool Brigance Screen in 2017/18
Richardsville Little Bobcats Parents as Teachers
15 children served by in-home visits; 18 additional served in group sessions
4 of 5 children entering Kindergarten will test Ready

11. Awareness Campaign Is My Child Ready?
Billboards, PSAs, Door hangers, rack cards, table tents, posters, magnets
English and in Spanish
Microsite
Mychildisready.com
Readiness Quiz

12. United Way Born Learning Academies
Currently 14 United Way Born Learning Academies in the BRADD during school year
Six Workshops
Turning Everyday moments into Learning opportunities
Building Relationships
Building your Child’s Language Skills
Nutrition & Health
How children Learn
Routines & Learning on the Go

13. Environmental Rating Scale Training
Quality Measurement System
FREE ITERS-R and ECERS-R training on May 20th at GRREC
Open to all licensed Childcare in the BRADD
Participants receive 3 credit hours of continuing education and a FREE manual to use at their child care facility

14. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Monthly age appropriate books sent to the home until age 5
Currently 4,387 enrolled across the 9 county service area
132,678 books mailed since inception in 2011
2,837 children have graduated from this program since inception
6,542 children have benefitted from books since inception

15. Where are the Gaps Programs in surrounding counties
Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe
In-home educational opportunities
Quality learning opportunities for children not in structured environments

16. 2017 Allocations Opportunities
Focus on Teaching the Parent
Born Learning Academies
Parents as Teachers
In home- Parent Education
Focus on Teaching the Child
Readiness Camps
High Quality Childcare
Children with disabilities

17. Where do we see KR Scores going?

18. What’s Next for UWSK 2017 investments in Kindergarten Readiness
More outreach to fill in gaps
Kindergarten Readiness Investment in 2018 (H4H Money)
Born Learning Academies, Readiness Camps uniformity

19. Questions