Investing in Florida’s Talent Pipeline: A Back to School Webinar

Webinar Agenda

Welcome and Opening Comments

Kim Reckley, Vice President Client & Community Relations Director, Office of the Regional President, PNC Bank

Vision for the Office of Early Learning

Shan Goff, Executive Director for the Office of Early Learning, Florida Department of Education

Legislative Briefing

Madeleine Thakur, Chief of Staff, The Children’s Movement of Florida

Update on Florida’s Grade Level Reading Campaign

Tony Carvajal, Executive Vice President, Florida Chamber Foundation

The audio recording of each speaker is available below. 

Complete the form below to get a complimentary copy of the Florida Chamber Foundation’s Business Alliance for Early Learning webinar presentation from August 29, 2019.

How Does Education in Your County Rank?

 

 

Research shows eighty-five percent of brain growth occurs by the time a child is three. As the child grows, research shows how access to early learning impacts their development.

•  By 18 months of age, differences in vocabulary size are evident between families with higher education and income and families with lower education and income
• A child should know 15-18 alphabet letters by the end of pre-K to have a strong chance of reading on grade level by the end of 1st grade.
• Children who are not proficient readers by 3rd grade are 4 times less likely to graduate from high school on time

For information on 3^rd and 8^th grade reading and math scores in your community, visit www.TheFloridaScorecard.org.  

Early Learning News That Matters to You

 

 

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Current News:

Chamber Welcomes Educators Back to School During Annual Breakfast

The Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce welcomed Delray principals and teachers back-to-school during the annual Champions of Education Breakfast.

This year’s key note speaker was Tony Carvajal, the executive vice president of the Florida Chamber Foundation.

His focus was on how to impact a child by third grade. There is a state-wide goal, which is supported in Delray, of working to get kids reading on or above grade level by third grade.

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Businesses Lead the Way in Providing Childcare Benefits for Employees

Four in five working parents think businesses need to lead the way in providing access to quality and affordable childcare, according to a survey by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Morning Consult. 

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More News for You

• Rosen invests in preschool; wonders why Florida and other businesses don’t do more as well | Commentary
  Orlando Sentinel

• When children go to school ready to learn, they’re ready to succeed, too | Opinion
  Miami Herald

• New Study Shows Investments in Low-Income Children’s Health and Education Yield the Highest Returns
  Opportunity Insights

• Why Florida’s kids are likely to be more successful than North Carolina’s
  Raleigh News & Observer
• Kindergarten predicts academic achievement across the primary grades
  Pennsylvania State University
• What’s Medicaid Got to do with Childhood Development
  Pacific Standard
• Measuring Results of Early Childhood Spending
  Route Fifty
• ‘The Single Biggest Risk Factor in Getting Expelled Is Being a Preschooler‘
  Governing
• Early Educators Looking at Laundries, Grocery Stores as Places to Bring Learning to Kids
  Chicago Tribune
  
• Could New Pre-K Campus  Be Secret Sauce for Attracting, Keeping Middle Class Families?
  Dallas News
• Most Kindergarten Students Not Ready for School, State Study Says
  The State Journal Register
• Initiatives From Pre-School to Third Grade: A Policymaker’s Guide
  Education Commission of the States
• MIT, Harvard and FSU Join Forces to Address Early Childhood Literacy
  MIT News
• Brain Matter Matters: Should we intervene well before preschool?
  Brookings Institute
• Children gain learning boost from two-year, full-day kindergarten
  Medical Xpress
• Workforce of today, workforce of tomorrow: The business case for high-quality childcare
  Katharine B. Stevens, AEIdeas
• Pre-K: Decades Worth Of Studies, One Strong Message
  Claudio Sanchez, NPR
• Place Greater Emphasis on Early Learning
  Gainesville Sun Opinion: James F. Lawrence
• Kids Who Suffer Hunger In First Years Lag Behind Their Peers In School
  The Salt — NPR
• Universal Pre-K Improves Kids’ Health in a Hidden, Powerful Way, According to a New Study
  Business Insider, by Rafi Letzter
• High Quality Early Education Linked to Stable Employment, Better Long-term Ties with Parents
  PsycheCentral, by Traci Pedersen
• When Does the Racial Achievement Gap First Appear
  The Atlantic
• One Year of  High Quality Early Education Impacts Low-Income Babies, Toddlers
  Society for Research in Child Development
• State Pre-K Funding 2016-17 Fiscal Year: Trends and Opportunities
  Education Commission of the States
• Early Literacy is Key to Reaching College Goals
  Jacksonville Times Union, By Susan Main, President/CEO of the Early Learning Coalition of Duval
• of Chicago Pilots Local Early Learning Project
  Pensacola News Journal, By Joseph Baucum
• Early Learning Centers Are New Schools for Duval’s Youngest Learners
  The Florida Times Union, By Denise Smith Amos

 

 

 

 

A Guide to Early Learning

Career and college readiness efforts frequently focus on ensuring high school students have the skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education or job training. However, the foundation of many skills needed for 21st-century jobs is established in the earliest years.

Early childhood education, particularly between ages 0-8, is essential for a child’s development of both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Preparing our youngest students to learn provides a foundation for future success and helps them develop important skills such as self-discipline, persistence and cooperation–skills that are essential to their future success and a quality workforce.

• Eighty-five percent of brain growth occurs by the time a child is three.
• Participants in early childhood learning programs are 80 percent more likely to attend college.
• High quality early childhood education programs increase employability by 23 percent.
• Adults who attended early childhood programs earn 33 percent higher average salaries.

Florida’s global competitiveness depends on a quality education system, and for us, this commitment must begin early. Investing in high quality early learning can result in significant benefits.

Children Educated in Their First Years Are:

• 50 percent less likely to need special education,
• 70 percent less likely to be arrested for a violent crime, and
• 50 percent less likely to become teen parents.

Resources

• No Small Matter is a feature-length documentary film and national engagement campaign that brings public attention to this vital question by sharing powerful stories and stunning truths about the human capacity for early intelligence and the potential for quality early care and education to benefit America’s social and economic future
  • No Small Matter Documentary – Trailer

Early Learning Fast Facts on Child Language and Literacy Development Include Information on: 

• • Brain Development
  • Language and Early Literacy Development
  • Book Access for Children

• The State of Preschool 2017
  The State of Preschool Yearbook comparing each state program’s policies against a checklist of 10 research-based quality standards benchmarks – The National Institute for Early Education Research.
• 2017 Home Visiting Yearbook
  The 2017 Home Visiting Yearbook compiles key data on early childhood home visiting on the national and state levels.  Developed by the Urban Institute and James Bell Associates.
• The State of Preschool 2016
  The State of Preschool Yearbook comparing each state program’s policies against a checklist of 10 research-based quality standards benchmarks – The National Institute for Early Education Research.
• The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects
  Pre-Kindergarten Task Force of Interdisciplinary Scientists Support for the consensus work was provided to Brookings by the Heising-Simons Foundation and the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Support for the larger volume to Duke University was provided by SAS.
• Economist James J. Heckman: Early Education Packs a High Return on Investment
  Committee for Economic Development
• Five Numbers to Remember about Early Childhood Development
  Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

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