1. Rick Donahoe, Grant Manager Children’s Reading Foundation Vice President, Richland School Board Erich Bolz, Assistant Superintendent Special Programs, RTI, Teaching Learning &Curriculum Richland School District

2.  What is the responsibility of the local school district in ensuring school readiness?

3.  These kids aren’t our problem  Our focus is K-12  The kindergarten teachers will fix them

9. “It is common to find within a kindergarten classroom a five-year range in children’s literacy-related skills...(some) may have skills characteristic of the typical three-year-old, while others might be functioning on the level of the typical eight-year-old.” ~ Dr. Jeni Riley, University of London as quoted in a joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the International Reading Association

10.  Partners for Early Learning (PFEL) http://partnersforearlylearning.org http://partnersforearlylearning.org  Communities in Schools (CIS) Initiative  National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS)  READY! for Kindergarten™  Reach Out and Read  International Reading Foundation

12.  Topics generated with participant input  The Road to Reading:  Engaging Parents in Their Children’s Learning  Early Math & Number Sense  GLAD-Guided Language Acquisition Design  Difficult People, Difficult Messages(2 sessions)  STEM: It’s Not Too Early –STEM Education Collaboration

14.  National Children’s Reading Foundation  Grant Director  2 year, $3.8M U.S. Department of Education  Second Literacy grant  Very High Poverty Communities

19.  Title 1  DEL grants  Basic Education  Levy  Grass Roots Funding  Grant Seeking

20.  Head Start  ECEAP  All Day Kindergarten  READY! for Kindergarten™  Reach Out and Read  Dolly Parton Imagination Library  Partnership with the Early Learning Community

21.  Direct funding to Early Education  Most Cost Effective Solution  Recognize your Kinder teachers cannot catch up all students to grade level  DD pre-schools in your schools  Parental involvement with their pre-k kids at your schools

22.  What is the responsibility of the local school district in ensuring school readiness?  Questions?