Our school district will not fully achieve its goals unless we work to simultaneously expand the quantity and quality of early childhood education in Jeffco. Quality early childhood education is much more than just childcare. It is an academically and developmentally-focused experience that provides students with early literacy and numeracy skills, as well as other academic experiences, so they come to school ready to learn.
A system of early childhood education already exists in Jeffco, but (like most places in the United States), it is a patchwork of different government organizations, nonprofits, private providers, churches, family/friends, and neighbor care.
All of these options are important in our community and we must support them all toward working together as a system to expand access, capacity, and quality across the board.
Theory of Action
IF we increase the quality and quantity of academically and developmentally focused opportunities for Pre-K students THEN those students will enter kindergarten ready and will sustain academic proficiency.
SMART Goal
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By 2022, at least 70% of students will demonstrate school readiness, within the developmentally appropriate range, for all six domains of learning, based on the Jeffco Kindergarten Early Assessment.
Tactic Team
Dawn Odean (Tactic Lead) - Executive Director, Early Learning
Lisa Schell - Director, Early Learning
Angella Schroller - Assistant Director, Early Learning
Julie Chavez - Enrollment & Finance Coordinator, Early Learning
Kara Pancoast - P-3 Coordinator, Early Learning
Kelly Varney - Budget Analyst, Educational Research and Design
Diane Hamilton - Budget Analyst, Finance
Jentry Phelan - Human Resources Manager
Kathy Harrison - Coordinator, Home Visitation
Rachel Haney - P-3 Instructional Specialist, Curriculum & Instruction
Carly Moats - P-3 Instructional Specialist, Curriculum & Instruction
Susan Switzer - Specialist, Research and Assessment
Katie Lannan, Phd. - Analyst, Research and Assessment
Mary Greenwood - Director, Student Success
Jennifer Stedron, Phd. - Early Milestones, Colorado
Stocktakes
Early Childhood Stocktake BOE 4_05_18
Early Childhood Stocktake BOE 2_13_19
Early Childhood Stocktake BOE 1.30.20