This session explored ways states and communities are working with families to ensure that they both understand the strategies schools are using to teach their children to read and are familiar with tools they can use to help their children build their literacy skills...
In this inaugural Crucible of Practice Salon, we first heard from Jenny Bogoni, Executive Director of Read by 4th, the GLR community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began by giving an overview of Read by 4th — the concept that they are protecting every...
"We’ve built some really strong relationships. That has only happened because people trust that WAKE Up and Read is going to be there to provide the things that we say we’re going to provide. In order to do that, we prioritized communication throughout all the...
To start the session, Sheila Umberger, Director of Libraries for the Roanoke Public Libraries, discussed her experience with the library system being the lead of the GLR community in Roanoke. She encouraged coalition members and organizations to “stop” worrying about...
The treat that I think you are in for today is hearing the stories of how investments were catalytic to change that yielded tangible results for children and families and our rural communities. And I believe that this is how transformation happens. And I think that...
"One of the things that districts can learn is that you can benefit from this proactive collaborative partnership, with not only community-based early childhood programs, but also school-based programs, by aligning curriculum, sharing resources, sharing data and most...
This Crucible of Practice Salon highlighted the innovative work of the BOOST (Building Opportunities for Out-of-School Time) grant initiative in Georgia, developed in partnership by the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network...
Moderated by Liletta Jenkins with the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, this session explored the First 10 model in Maine, starting with how state leaders crafted their approach and including district and school leaders in Sanford, Maine, who talked...
Moderated by Barbara Hammond and Liz Woody-Remington from The Learning Alliance, this session explored how leaders...
This Crucible of Practice Salon explored a recently released brief developed by Philadelphia leaders, Philadelphia as a Literacy-Rich Environment: Unlocking Potential and Creating Change. Participants engaged with these leaders, along with CGLR community...
June CGLR Community of Practice
“We are getting books into the hands of children and families in Detroit. This isn’t something that we’re doing without community and without other organizations. It’s a partnership and it’s all of us working together to improve some of the outcomes here in our city...
“It's our mission to be that platform and place for educators, elevate practices, and grow professionally as they support students preschool through age 5 in our state. We do this because we truly believe that when schools and communities are well prepared to deliver...