1. Dorothy Spence, Elizabeth Friedman, Cindy Jaeger, Kim Lyon
Stocktake: Goal 1: Increase student outcomes in the region so more students graduate from high school ready to succeed in college, career and civic life
DATE
10/10/2017
Goal Leader:
Sarah Pope
Key Staff:
Dorothy Spence, Elizabeth Friedman, Cindy Jaeger, Kim Lyon

2. Today’s agenda Brief discussion on strategies What our data says
Key discussion questions for the group

3. Goal 1: Increase student outcomes in the region so more students graduate from high school ready to succeed in college, career and civic life
Objective 1 : Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5

4. Goal 1: Increase student outcomes in the region so more students graduate from high school ready to succeed in college, career, and civic life.
Objective
Lead
Planning
Capacity
Evidence
Likelihood of success
Summary Rationale
Objective 1 : Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Dorothy AG AR
Early enrollment and KA data moving up but not by 10% across all categories. AR for capacity because while we have hired additional staff for the CCR&R we lost .5 of someone’s time that was focused on early kinder enrollment and transition.
Objective 1
Two-Year Target
10% increase on the average score on the Kindergarten Assessment for the region.
The number of kindergarten students complete early enrollment (June 1) increased by 20%.
540 children participate in Kinder Camp and Preschool Promise through early learning Hub (50% increase).
10% increase in the number of children who receive the Ages and Stages screening.
Increase the number of QRIS star rated childcare providers to 21. List, include how many more students, staff etc the increase actually means (i.e. Rob’s math)
Strategies:
Identify all children 0-5 in region in an effort to coordinate early learning services. [Rick, Dorothy]
Fund mixed delivery preschool and mobilize staff [Dorothy]
Increase Kinder Camp enrollment and health/education events participation through improved recruitment efforts [Dorothy, Service Center Administrators]
Increase the number of children who receive the Ages and Stages

5. NWRESD KA Total Population Averages
Objective #1.1: Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Kindergarten Assessment Scores – Two year target 10% increase
NWRESD KA Total Population Averages
Approaches to Learning (1-5)
3.7
Self Regulation
3.5
3.6 ↑
Interpersonal Skills
3.9
Early Math (0-16) 8
8.4
8.6 ↑
Early Literacy
Letter Names (0-100)
17.9
18.2
English Letter Sounds (0-100)
6.5
6.9
8.5 ↑
Spanish Letter Names (0-100)
2.7
n/a
Spanish Letter Sounds (0-100)
2.1
2.5 ↑
Upper Case Letter Names (0-26)
15.1
Lower Case Letter Names (0-26)
12.6
English Letter Sound Recognition (0-26)
8.5
Spanish Letter Sound Recongition (0-26)
2.5
Increases in Self Regulation, Early Math, English Letter Sounds
No movement in Interpersonal skills or APL overall
Changes in some of the early literacy KA assessment so some categories can’t be compared because they changed.
KA data come out in January or February. The special pops flags don’t come out until late August/Sept.

6. *both CCOs also cover Multnomah & Clackamas
Objective #1.1: Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Developmental Screening Rates – Two year target 10% increase
Tillamook, Clatsop & Columbia - Columbia Pacific CCO
Baseline – 41.0% (2014 OHA Final Report)
OHA CCO Metrics 2015 Final Report – 50.4%
OHA CCO Metrics 2016 Final Report – 58.6% ↑ Target exceeded
Washington County – FamilyCare & Health Share of Oregon
*both CCOs also cover Multnomah & Clackamas
Baseline (2014 OHA Final Report)
Health Share of Oregon – 44.2%
FamilyCare – 53.6%
OHA CCO Metrics 2015 Final Report
Health Share of Oregon – 57.3%
FamilyCare – 59.5%
OHA CCO Metrics 2016 Final Report
Health Share of Oregon – 61.1% ↑ Target exceeded
FamilyCare – 64.8% ↑ Target exceeded

7. Objective #1.1: Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Spark (formerly QRIS) star rated programs
79 Spark star rated programs across region
In the pipeline (C2Q, Committed to Quality) – 132 programs
Clatsop, Columbia & Tillamook Spark Star Rated Programs
Two year Target – 21, Currently - 16
5 star
4 star
3 star
C2Q
Columbia 5 4 11
Clatsop 3 1 6
Tillamook 2 7
Washington 31
108

8. Objective #1.1: Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Killer facts:
High Quality Preschool Experiences for All Kids
Early Learning PLC with participation from 5 school districts, Head Start providers in Washington County, and staff from ESD preschools in Washington County, to support expanded implementation of high quality preschool programs in schools, with a particular focus on serving ECSE children in these programs.
We successfully advocated for continued state funding to serve & 4 year olds through Preschool Promise slots, increasing access to high quality preschool experiences across all four counties.
Accessible, High Quality Professional Development for Early Childhood Providers
NWRESD is now serving as the Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) agency for Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook County. This work focuses on supporting providers, children and families in these communities by: recruiting, training and supporting early educators to remain in the profession and provide high quality child care programs;  collaborating with Early Learning System partners; and providing guidance and referrals for parents seeking child care through referrals to 211info.
Since July , provided 212 scholarships for early childhood providers to access community college classes, statewide early learning conferences, and advanced trainings that will support their work to advance on the Oregon registry and enhance their instruction and support for children and families.

9. Objective #1.1: Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Killer facts:
Meaningful, Family Centered Kindergarten Transition
For the second year, Northwest Early Learning hub spent $130,000 during summer 2017 to support 11 school districts with implementing kindergarten transition camps that served over 250 children and their families. While we are still collecting exact numbers, we had 2 more districts this year opt to participate and spent an additional $20,000 for two districts who will be implementing evidence based parent education classes over the course of the school year.
Northwest Early Learning Hub spent $13,000 to support 10 school districts in Spring 2017 to implement early kindergarten transition engagement opportunities for children and their families. 204 children and their families receive kinder ready backpacks and participated in an event at their school district to get to know the school and for their child to spend time in a kindergarten class.
In NW EL Hub region Increased from 1 to 8 the number of school districts who are utilizing appropriate fields in synergy to track children who register for kindergarten prior to 6/30. For those districts that are utilizing the field:
50.9% of families register before 6/30 (does not include Astoria, Jewell, Seaside, Clatskanie, Nestucca Valley)
We can also utilize another field (Enrollment creation date) to approximate baseline for all districts – 56.7% of families register before 6/30
Enhanced Pathways from Developmental Screening to Services
Awarded $250,000 from Columbia Pacific CCO for a two year project to enhance referral pathways and ensure families are connected with services that meet their needs and the needs of the child. The project will develop, implement, and evaluate improved follow-up processes from medical providers to early learning services, including referral to and coordination of processes meant to ensure early receipt of services that help at-risk young children to be ready for kindergarten.
The number of kindergarten students complete early enrollment (June 1) increased by 20%. This year is the first year we have this data so we likely won’t meet this target due to lack of data source previously.
540 children participate in Kinder Camp and Preschool Promise through early learning Hub (50% increase).
Total participation – 495 received PP and Kindercamp in 2016 through Spring 2017, collecting kindercamp nubmers for summer 2017 and anticipate being able to reach 540. If we include the 204 children who participated in the backpack/kindergarten preview event we are at 699 kids (but this is not de-duplicated, it’s likely some of these are the same children).

10. Objective #1.1: Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
For Discussion:
For our districts that aren’t in the NW Early Hub how do we get them to use synergy for early registration?
It’s unlikely to get a 10% point increase in KA data. Responses?
What do we want to do around our amber red capacity?
And an even larger capacity question is our support for WA Cty.
Objective
Lead
Planning
Capacity
Evidence
Likelihood of success
Summary Rationale
Objective 1 : Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Dorothy AG AR
Early enrollment and KA data moving up but not by 10% across all categories. AR for capacity because while we have hired additional staff for the CCR&R we lost .5 of someone’s time that was focused on early kinder enrollment and transition.

11. Let’s review and agree on our next steps from this stocktake
Objective
Lead
Planning
Capacity
Evidence
Likelihood of success
Summary Rationale
Objective 1 : Increase early learning opportunities for children 0-5.
Dorothy AG AR
Early enrollment and KA data moving up but not by 10% across all categories. AR for capacity because while we have hired additional staff for the CCR&R we lost .5 of someone’s time that was focused on early kinder enrollment and transition.
Next Steps:
Dorothy will meet with Early Learning Washington County to discuss their early registration campaign and collection of data
Rick is working on student level data agreements with our districts.
Rick will connect with Beaverton about the online registration portal
Dorothy will work with new CCR&R staff to look for opportunities to support kindergarten transition work in their roles to backfill staffing capacity lost with transition of staff from NWEL Hub to CCR&R work