welcome summer champions
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Welcome Summer Champions
Shelly MasurPresident, Redwood City School Board
Gina QuineyLegislative Aide, Office of County Supervisor Carole Groom
The Inspiring Summer Co-Chairs
The goals for today
Explain The Big LiftExplore your roleBrainstorm how to
improve quality and increase access
Create a network
Agenda
Erica WoodVice President, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
A lead sponsor of The Peninsula Partnership Leadership Council
Introducing The Big Lift
Peninsula Partnership Leadership Council
San Mateo County
“The Big Lift”
Proud to call San Mateo County home
But many children struggle in school
One of most prosperous counties (top 1%) in the country A world leader in technology and innovation Stepped up to provide universal healthcare coverage for
children
The facts
42% of county 3rd graders, 3000 children, are not reading proficiently
• 60%+ for Latino, African American, and Pacific Islander children
Source: Dataquest
Those behind tend to stay behind 88% of dropouts could not read proficiently by 3rd grade
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Longitudinal Study of Youth
Why this matters: Before 3rd grade, children learn to read. After 3rd grade, they must read to learn.
The cost42% of the county’s kids will struggle academically or may drop outThey are likely to be under-employed or unemployed throughout their lives
The cost? • Lower productivity and
competitiveness• Lower tax revenue and higher
social costs• More crime and spending on
prisons
Costs will grow
Key trends:• Fewer children• Fewer people moving here• Surging numbers of retirees
Will trigger crises in:• Workforce replacement• Shrinking tax base
Source: Pitkin-Myers California Generational Projections
State population growth: 2010-30
Implication: We must educate every child because our future depends on it
65+
Why can’t the kids read?
Many assume it is the schools’ fault, but:• 50% of our children are not ready for kindergarten• Lack critical academic, social and emotional skills
Source: School Readiness and Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Santa Clara and San Mateo County Students
Key insight: There is no system from birth to 4.
Our education system has not changed
We compete globally, but the U.S. has a patchwork non-system from birth to 4,when critical learning must take place.
• U.S. ranked 26th in preschool participation
• 3300 county kids who qualify don’t have access
• 60% of county parents now work full-time
Key insight: If we were designing the school system today, it would start at age 3.
Sources: OECD; : School Readiness and Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Santa Clara and San Mateo County Students
100%
Kindergarten -
Ready for school
3rd grade -Reading
at grade level
12th grade – %
graduate from high
school
50%
Children from lower
income families
Children from higher
& middle income familiesopportunity
gap
Kindergarten
3rdtime
Birth
Children who did not attend
quality preschool
Children who attended quality
preschool
Opportunity gap
academic
progress
The opportunity gap
A systems response to a systems problem
Quality preschool for all 3 and 4 year-olds
All-day kindergarten, currently optional, should be standard
And children’s reading progress must be sustained by:• Addressing chronic absences• Providing quality summer
programs
The ROI on the right start
Research shows investment in early education returns more than $8 for every dollar spent
San Mateo County responds
Peninsula Partnership Leadership Council (PPLC)
• 80 organizations, a multi-sector collaborative
• Focused on collective action to improve 3rd grade reading
The Big Lift
Supporters
Now: 500By 2015:
25K
Our collaborative is strong & growing
50 members
30 members
4 active workgroups
135 members80 orgs.
250 nowBy 2015:
25K
Provide quality preschool for underserved 3- and 4-year-olds
Make big system policy
change
Greater readinessGoal: Increase kids ready for kindergarten from 50% to 80%
Better attendanceGoal: Reduce chronic absence by 50%
Inspiring summers Goal: 80% of kids reading below level attend a quality enrichment programs
Sustain progress through
The Big Lift Plan
Overall Goal: Go from 58% reading at grade level by 3rd grade to 80% by 2020
Overall Strategy: Pursue a “big lift” on educational outcomes via collaboration
The Big Lift Plan
Develop an awareness campaign on importance of reading well by 3rd grade
Conven community leaders to work together on this initiative
starting in communities that need them most
What the PPLC collaborative will do
Develop an awareness campaign
Convene Spread promising initiatives,
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At The Big Lift convening, 100 top SMC leaders said they would publicly support us• 50 of them volunteered to be our Strategic Advisors
Board of Supervisors allocated $10 million in Measure A funds• Contingent on developing detailed plans and raising
matching funds
Now working on the preschool model and raising matching funds
Also working on sustainable long-term public funding options
Results to date
• 42% of our 3rd graders aren’t reading proficiently due to an opportunity gap
• The cost of the opportunity gap is high: we needs the skills of every child
• We need a systems response to a systems problem
• The ROI? Better educational outcomes for all children; greater prosperity
It is a big lift, but we can do it
• Lose up to 2 months of reading achievement, while their middle class peers make gains
Source: Annie E Casey Foundation
• “Opportunity gap” in accessing quality summer programs contributes to achievement gap
• Only 18% from low-income households participate
Source: Summer Matters Campaign
Summer learning loss
During the summer, many lower income children fall behind in academic skills.
Achievement Gap
Summer learning lossIf we provide quality preschool for all SMC 3- and 4-year olds, but don’t provide enriching summers, they may end up losing ground and falling below reading proficiency at 3rd grade
Key insight: These investments in early learning
work best in tandem
Quality summer programs for kids K-3 Goal: 3rd grade reading proficiency in SMC
2 years of quality preschool for 3- and 4-year olds
Evidence that summer learning helps
Rand Corporation
Students who attended high-quality summer
programs performed better
in school
• The positive effects last for at least 2 years
Johns Hopkins Univ.
Library reading programs
improved reading scores & prevented summer learning
loss • Higher scores on
reading tests• More books in
homes• More summer
reading • Greater readiness
to learn in the fall
Annie E. Casey Fdn.
Summer experiences during early school years
yield higher achievement
• Higher placement in college prep track
• More high school completion
• More attendance at a 4-year college
• Many serve low-income students, many do not
• Some operate full-day programs that provide a safe space when parents work; some operate shorter hours
• Some provide academic support and enrichment, some just enrichment, some just academic support
• Some are affiliated with schools, some are not – many districts rely on partners to provide summer programs
What is happening in San Mateo County
Sent a questionnaire, received 10 replies. We need your input…
The big picture
State budget cuts have hit school summer programs hard
Where you live makes a difference in access to quality summer programs
We estimate 6000 SMC children in grades K-3
lack access to quality summer programs
Over long-term, raise money to support added quality and access to summer programs
What we propose for San Mateo County
In short term, raise awareness of role of summer learning in children becoming proficient readers
• Engage you in enriching your program & working on access
• Encourage collaboration to share best practices and find creative solutions
on importance of summer learning in reading well by 3rd grade
summer providers and create network to collaborate on summer learning challenge
starting in communities that need them most
Support preschool roll by making sure the children have quality summer experiences in their K-3 years
Key strategies
Develop an awareness campaign
Convene Spread best practices
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Support preschool rollout4
Goal: Have 80% of children reading below level
attend a high quality summer program by 2020.
“Once you can read, you can learn anything”
But how do you learn to read?
1. You have to match sounds to letters2. And you have to learn vocabulary
What you do already
You also need to have context to read well, and context is created by knowledge and experiences…and that’s where all of you come in
6 signs of a great program:1. Broadens children’s
horizons: Exposure to new experiences -- nature walks, museums, games
2. Includes a wide variety of activities: Reading, writing, math, science, arts – made fun and engaging
3. Helps youth build mastery: Improving in activities they enjoy -- creating a garden
Defining quality summer programs
4. Fosters cooperative learning: Working with friends or in teams
5. Promotes healthy habits:Healthy food, physical recreation, outdoor activities
6. Lasts at least one month: A long enough time to benefit kids
You have two green dots and two red ones in your folder
Put each of your green dots next to the two quality elements that your program is strongest in
Put each of your red dots next to the quality elements that are most challenging for your program to deliver
Directions for quality mapping
Brainstorm on improving quality
Brainstorm ways to improve the quality of your program that don’t involve incremental funding
Example: Improve quality through joint programming, like Park & Rec working with libraries
Pick one person at each table to
write down ideas and report for the group
Brainstorm on improving access
Brainstorm ways to improve access to your program that don’t involve incremental funding
Example: Create a list of programs in your area, including emails, so you can refer families on your wait list to other options.
Pick one person at each table to write
down ideas and report for the group
Justina CrossProgram Officer for Children, Families, and Communities;the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Packard Foundation and summers
Are you in?
• I will publicly support this initiative
• I will meet once or twice a year with this group…
• I will look for ways to improve the quality of my program….
• I will explore ways to increase access to my programs…
• I will work with other summer providers to support the rollout of quality preschool…
• I will fill out the questionnaire so we can map all the SMC resources….
It is a big lift, but we can do it
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