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- 1. The Georgia Campaign for Grade Level Reading B.J. Walker, Senior Fellow Annie E. Casey Foundation Former Commissioner of Georgia Department of Human Services Scaling Up
- 5. The BATTLES ORAL LANGUAGE & VOCABULARY ACQUISITION TEACHING CHILDREN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEANING, PRINT AND SOUND ADULT RESPONSIVENESS TO INDIVIDUAL CHILD NEEDS Battle #2 Battle #3 Battle #1
- 17. What the Campaign Looks Like on the Ground State Agencies School Districts Community-Based Organizations Partners GLR
- 19. State Agencies DCH/DPH/Maternal and Child Health Rhonda Simpson LAG MEASURE II Increase the number of Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) trainings by ASQ certified trainers for staff, community partners and parents from 0 to 6 by June 30, 2011 LEAD MEASURE Conduct one ASQ training per month starting January 2011 by ASQ certified trainers for staff, community partners and parents Responsive Adults
Editor's Notes
- What is the Georgia Campaign for Grade Level Reading? NOT another new literacy program – We already know enough and there are enough evidence based practices to ensure that virtually every child can learn to read at or above grade level by the end of 3rd grade NOT another major collaborative effort to bring everybody touching young children to the table to talk and plan and then implement – everybody stays in their lane and agrees to fight the same WAR and BATTLES NOT another opportunity to win a special grant where the work stops when the grant ends – this work is being embedded in the existing infrastructure of schools, community organizations, and government, linking new money with local funds
- The Georgia Campaign IS: a multi-sector effort, using the science of reading to identify the transactions most likely to move the grade level reading needle and then recruiting and engaging major public and community stakeholders to assume responsibility for moving key indicators that fall within their sector.
- How are we overcoming those challenges? Being explicit about what the WAR is and what BATTLES need to be fought to win the War The War: Increase the percentage of children reading at or above grade level (by NAEP standards) by the end of 3rd grade from 30% to 60% by 2015 and Increase the percentage of children exceeding standards on Georgia Reading CRCT from 31% to 61% by the end of 2014.
- Who are the Partners? Public sector agencies (Public Health, Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Early Care and Learning) Community Based Organizations (United Way, YMCA, Family Connection Partnership School Districts (Pilots = Atlanta Public Schools, Dublin City Schools, Laurens County, Savannah Public Schools, Polk County)
- What are some Challenges to Scaling Up? Historic and enduring division between research and practice = lots of knowledge, very little implementation based on what we know Multiple sectors in the Birth to age 8 world -- not focused on same goals and not tracking the same measures Death by a 1000 collaborations (and a 1000 meetings)
- What are some Challenges to Scaling Up? Not sure what to do so we try to do it all – not sure what matters the most Fear of scale (We know we can reform a school or a program/not so sure about a system) Lots of what – not enough how – no theory of execution that moves what we know consistently to the frontline of the work New leaders almost always mean new programs – the frontline waits it out Plenty of good reasons/excuses why we cannot get this done: money, poverty, bureaucracy, … Not sure about the impact of our efforts until the end (plenty of lag measures, not enough lead measures)
- What are some Challenges to Scaling Up? Not sure what to do so we try to do it all – not sure what matters the most Fear of scale (We know we can reform a school or a program/not so sure about a system) Lots of what – not enough how – no theory of execution that moves what we know consistently to the frontline of the work New leaders almost always mean new programs – the frontline waits it out Plenty of good reasons/excuses why we cannot get this done: money, poverty, bureaucracy, … Not sure about the impact of our efforts until the end (plenty of lag measures, not enough lead measures)
- How are we overcoming those challenges? Having a Very specific Execution Strategy Name the WAR and BATTLES – What are we trying to get done by when? Ratify the WAR and BATTLES with Sectors and Leaders Establish Lag Measures by Sectors, for each of the BATTLES Determine Lead measures that have the “power” to move the Lags – Ask the “How” question Expand the number of statewide partners and deepen their commitment to these WARS and BATTLES
- How are we overcoming those challenges? Having a Very specific Execution Strategy Name the WAR and BATTLES – What are we trying to get done by when? Ratify the WAR and BATTLES with Sectors and Leaders Establish Lag Measures by Sectors, for each of the BATTLES Determine Lead measures that have the “power” to move the Lags – Ask the “How” question Expand the number of statewide partners and deepen their commitment to these WARS and BATTLES
- Tracking the execution with data and scoreboards Break up the work into ‘bites” that can be tracked and measured regularly Track commitments from the frontline on what they are doing to move the score (lead measures) Start publishing results long before lag measures (test scores) are due to come in
- Emerging Principles of Scale Up in the Grade Level Reading Campaign– What are we learning? Engage the right sectors but let them stay in their “lanes” Be intentional about the Goal and the measures to be tracked in the different sectors The Goal has to be a deal breaker – wildly important enough to present itself as a moral imperative The Goal has to be on the lips of leaders (and dynamic enough to enter the political fray) People who need to execute on the Goal have to believe and see how they can win
- Emerging Principles of Scale Up in the Grade Level Reading Campaign– What are we learning? Engage the right sectors but let them stay in their “lanes” Be intentional about the Goal and the measures to be tracked in the different sectors The Goal has to be a deal breaker – wildly important enough to present itself as a moral imperative The Goal has to be on the lips of leaders (and dynamic enough to enter the political fray) People who need to execute on the Goal have to believe and see how they can win
- Our Scale-Up Bet: Pick a Goal that is hard to say No to/Pick a WAR that must be fought Use Science to figure out what matters most Ask: Who needs to do what differently? Let the partners stay in their lane (but attack the same goal) Measure the work regularly on the frontline, not wait on lag measures to tell you whether you are winning or losing Keep a visible scoreboard so you can quickly make needed changes Keep recruiting new partners to the WAR
- Our Scale-Up Bet: Pick a Goal that is hard to say No to/Pick a WAR that must be fought Use Science to figure out what matters most Ask: Who needs to do what differently? Let the partners stay in their lane (but attack the same goal) Measure the work regularly on the frontline, not wait on lag measures to tell you whether you are winning or losing Keep a visible scoreboard so you can quickly make needed changes Keep recruiting new partners to the WAR
- Doesn’t change the ASQ report from the field, but does requires districts to submit reports monthly rather than quarterly. First reports due Feb. 15, 2011
- Pre-K Report for the GLR counties will be able to compare to state averages