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Assistance League of Salt To serve the community by reading to, and Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Lake City: Book Bank distributing new books to, children and families to Kindergarten, 1st grade, Committee
encourage and support literacy and the love of 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ books.
6th grades, 7th -­‐ 9th grades
Volunteers go to Head Start classes in www.alslc.org
Salt Lake County to read and gift each Ranae Pierce, Chair
child with a book. In addition, books 801-­‐467-­‐2665
are distributed to several other [email protected]
agencies including Navajo Santa Project, YWCA, Road Home, Boys and Girls Club, Symphony Guild Outreach , and several local libraries with special literacy projects.
Track number of books distributed Salt Lake County
and number of different programs which receive our donations. The smiles and happy squeals of the children in Head Start classes who realize that they can keep a copy of the book that is read to them is our reward.
Children's Service Society
We work with child care providers and Stephen Tagliaferri, as a home visitation program. Work Executive Director
with families to provide educational [email protected] support. Offer 400 hours of training per 801-­‐326-­‐4368
quarter.
Encarni Gallardo,
Program Director, Child Care Resource and Referral-­‐-­‐Metro Children's Service Society
[email protected]
801-­‐326-­‐4380
Number of providers participating Salt Lake County, Tooele in the professional development County
program; number of families visited.
CSS is committed to the growth and Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, developmental needs of children, fostering quality Kindergarten, 1st grade, child care and promoting positive relationships in 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ biological, adoptive, and kinship families, without 6th grades
regard to ethnicity, race, income, gender, age or religion. We have four lending libraries which provide theme boxes for activities and resources (SLC, West Jordan, Sandy & Tooele).
www.cssutah.org
Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
Our mission is to inspire children of all ages to Ages 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Kindergarten, Our service is delivered through hands-­‐
imagine, discover and connect with their world to 1st grade, 2nd, 3rd grade
on activities, workshops and some of make a difference.
our exhibits at the museum. We have an exhibit called Story Factory that addresses the many ways to tell a story through animation, pictures and words, comics, sound, perspectives and theater. We also have a weekly literacy-­‐based workshop called Time for Tots, that is held each Tuesday at 11:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, and 3:00pm. Each class features a book with an extended activity. We collaborate with PBS Kids and their Super Reader Party and the SLC Public Library on some activities.
Tammy M Spicer,
Asst. Director of Operations
[email protected]
801-­‐456-­‐5437 ext. 112
www.discoverygateway.org
We measure success through attendance, repeat visitors, and face-­‐to-­‐face and written surveys.
Salt Lake County, in the museum
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
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Governor's Commission on Utah's children will read at least 20 minutes each Ages 3-­‐4, Literacy
day, emphasize that parents are the important Kindergarten, 1st grade, first teachers.
2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th-­‐6th grades Utah's children will read at or above the third-­‐
grade level by the end of the third grade.
Schools, libraries. Provide 300,000 Summer Reading calendars in English, 25,000 in Spanish.
Colleen Taylor, Executive Director,
Governor's Commission on Literacy 353 East Shamrock Drive Murray, Utah
801-­‐884-­‐2630
Increased reading scores and summer reading participants
Entire State of Utah
KSL: Read Today
Read Today is on a mission to help every child in the state of Utah learn to read. Raise reading scores through tutoring efforts. For the school year 2012-­‐2013, seventy-­‐two schools and 5,000 students are targeted.
Schools, on-­‐line, community partners, news stories and word-­‐of-­‐mouth; literacy events, family/parent nights & STAR program
www.readtoday.com
Lizzy Johnson
Managing Director
(801)323-­‐4225
[email protected]
[email protected]
State test scores, reach, books distributed, attendees at various literacy events, family and parent involvement
Entire State of Utah
KUED 7: PBS Ready To Learn
KUED’s Ready To Learn program seeks to increase Birth, ages 1-­‐2 , preschool parental engagement and involvement in schools ages 3-­‐4, Kindergarten, 1st and at home. grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Increase infancy and preschool literacy rates and grade, 4th -­‐ 6th grades, interest In STEM activities via PBS programs, on higher education, lifelong line, on air, digital media content, local events and learning.
parent resources. (Partners with UEA, PTA, USOE, City and State Libraries and government entities and nonprofits, including U of U, Dept of Workforce Services, Discovery Gateway, Thanksgiving Point and more.)
Schools, after school programs, online, on air, community events and classes, teachers at conferences and school presentations. Based on PBS programming. KUED's Reading Marathon program. Title One & Headstart programs and partnerships with state and county libraries.
Jacqui Voland
Community Outreach and Education Services Manager
KUED 7
801-­‐585-­‐3523
[email protected]
www.kued.org/kids
www.facebook.com/kuedkids
www.pbslearningmedia.org Parent surveys-­‐-­‐each occurrence
viewing numbers
online utilization
event attendance
Wasatch Front (all relevant counties), entire State of Utah
Outreach to teachers and daycare providers to increase utilization of quality PBS educational resources in the classroom that include lesson plans, digital learning objects and inter-­‐actives from PBS Learning Media, PBS Teachers and KUED’s own programming.
1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ 6th grades
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
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reachoutandreadutah.org
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Reach Out and Read Utah Reach Out and Read Utah prepares Utah’s Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, youngest children to succeed in school by Kindergarten, 1st grade
partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together.
Reach Out and Read Utah trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric checkups from 6 months through 5 years of age, with a special focus on children growing up in poverty. By building on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers, Reach Out and Read Utah helps families and communities encourage early literacy skills so children enter school prepared for success in reading.
Pediatric healthcare providers (including pediatricians, family physicians, and pediatric nurse practitioners) are trained in the three-­‐
part Reach Out and Read model to promote early literacy and school readiness.
Salt Lake City Mayor's To involve community organizations involved in Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Early Childhood Education early childhood education, including Salt Lake Kindergarten, 1st grade, Initiative
School District, Discovery Gateway Children's 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th Museum, Head Start personnel, preschool grade
teachers, early childhood university educators and USOE staff, to share concerns, successes, curriculum, and other elements that contribute to successful programs. Through educational presentations at Joanne Milner, Director,
monthly meetings, awareness of Education/Community
different services and shared research as well as conferences for school district Salt Lake City Mayor's Office
patrons. Many members helped City/County Building develop the new USOE Early Childhood [email protected]
Core Standards adopted this June by the State Board of Education.
Informal discussions of how Salt Lake City
committee members perceived impact of committee work, and perhaps Salt Lake District will analyze beginning kindergarten data for any reasonable change in school success.
Salt Lake City Public Library: Best Beginnings
The City Library includes Ensuring Early Literacy as Birth
a focus of its strategic plan. Our early literacy program seeks to provide young children and their families with expansive early learning opportunities, both through internal and outreach programs.
Best Beginnings-­‐-­‐parents of newborns www.slcpl.org
in SL hospitals are given a book and literacy information.
Liesl Johnson
Early Literacy and Children's Program Manager
[email protected]
801-­‐322-­‐8100
Number of internal and outreach Salt Lake City
programs
Number of books donated to low-­‐
income children
Number of early literacy family workshops presented
A pre-­‐ and postsurvey for parents and teachers that shows increase in five best early literacy practices-­‐-­‐
in development
Salt Lake City Public Library: Buddies of the Library
The City Library includes Ensuring Early Literacy as Kindergarten (Title I)
a focus of its strategic plan. Our early literacy program seeks to provide young children and their families with expansive early learning opportunities, both through internal and outreach programs.
Buddies of the Library-­‐-­‐the Friends of the Library sponsor this program, in which each Title I Kindergarten class is invited to their local library to talk about libraries and reading, and go home with a book to keep.
Stephanie Collinsworth,
Coalition Director
801-­‐810-­‐7323
[email protected]
Gains in language and literacy skills; Entire State of Utah
scores on vocabulary tests and school readiness assessments, and level of home literacy environments.
P.O. Box 521327
Salt Lake City, UT 84152
www.slcpl.org
Liesl Johnson
Early Literacy and Children's Program Manager
[email protected]
801-­‐322-­‐8100
Salt Lake City
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Salt Lake City Public Library: Earl E. Literacy
The City Library includes Ensuring Early Literacy as Kindergarten, 1st grade, a focus of its strategic plan. Our early literacy 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th-­‐
program seeks to provide young children and their 6th grades
families with expansive early learning opportunities, both through internal and outreach programs.
Earl E. Literacy, our City Library www.slcpl.org
spokespuppet, interviews children’s book authors (e.g., John Flanagan, Marc Liesl Johnson
Brown, Gail Carson Levine) about their Early Literacy and Children's Program writing and how to work on their Manager
writing skills. These are shown on [email protected]
YouTube. In partnership with the 801-­‐322-­‐8100
Utah State Library and UEN, we are filming early literacy PSAs to be shown on UEN.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City Public Library: Libraries Go 4th
The City Library includes Ensuring Early Literacy as 4th grade
a focus of its strategic plan. Our early literacy program seeks to provide young children and their families with expansive early learning opportunities, both through internal and outreach programs.
Libraries Go 4th-­‐-­‐this program is our www.slcpl.org
effort to reach older children, all the 4th grade classes receive either a tour of Liesl Johnson
the library or a visit from a librarian, in Early Literacy and Children's Program which they receive an overview of Manager
libraries, a booktalk about age-­‐ and [email protected]
interest-­‐appropriate books, and get to 801-­‐322-­‐8100
choose a book to keep from these titles.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City Public Library: Start Smart
The City Library includes Ensuring Early Literacy as Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Kindergarten
a focus of its strategic plan. Our early literacy program seeks to provide young children and their families with expansive early learning opportunities, both through internal and outreach programs.
Start Smart-­‐-­‐an outreach program www.slcpl.org
targeting children 0-­‐5 and their parents, this includes monthly storytime visits to Liesl Johnson
all Title 1 pre-­‐k classes in the Salt Lake Early Literacy and Children's Program City School District and most Head Start Manager
classes in the City. At the end of the [email protected]
school year, each child receives a book 801-­‐322-­‐8100
to keep. We also offer Early Literacy parent workshops (based on Utah Kids Ready to Read information) at the schools.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City School District: Early Childhood Program
The Salt Lake City School District offers Early Prenatal, birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, 5; Childhood programs to support children and their family members
families. Programs are designed to give students the assistance they need to prepare them for school success. Parents also are provided information and support.
Preschool for students 3 years old, with parent attending;
Preschool for students 4 years old;
Kindergarten readiness summer classes;
Family home visits;
Family Connection events;
Family referral system
Robyn Giovacchini Early Childhood Specialist
Salt Lake City School District
[email protected]
801.578.8242 Student participation
Student assessment 3 times per year (data collected and tracked through third grade)
Family participation
Family surveys
ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire)
Salt Lake City
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
Salt Lake County Library Services
What is the group's focus or mission?
Help parents to get children wanting to learn to read
What age(s) do they serve?
How is service delivered to target groups?
Group/Organization Contact Information
Salt Lake County residents Parent workshops, storytimes Susan Hamada, of all ages
(preschool, toddler, bilingual, music and Associate Director, movement, and sensory), summer [email protected] reading, reading materials, online LuCinda Gustavson, resources
Senior Librarian for Youth Programming and Outreach [email protected]
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Participation, attendance, usage. Currently exploring methods to determine school/reading preparedness.
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Salt Lake County
801-­‐943-­‐4636
Salt Lake County Library Provide library and literacy services to clients of Services: South Main Clinic the South Main Clinic
Children and parents, all ages
Clients of the Clinic come to the library in the clinic and each child is given a new or gently used book to take home. We provide access to literacy information and Internet access.
Susan Hamada, Associate Director, [email protected] Success is measured by patron Salt Lake County
count, books provided and Internet use sessions.
Salt Lake Head Start
The mission of Head Start is to provide health, education, and self-­‐sufficiency to young children and families facing adversity.
Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4 (low income Early learning, preschool, home visits, ages 0-­‐5) and families
family service workers, health clinics, parent engagement activities in the classroom, conferences and trainings. Our literacy focus is to provide children with We have a literacy week in our books, educate parents on appropriate ways to classrooms each year. We partner with read with their child, teach all literacy skills in the community agencies to provide classroom to prepare children for Kindergarten, additional information about websites educate parents on literacy topics to teach at and other resources. We have the home, and connect families with community community agencies attend our resources. "Full family support"-­‐-­‐ food, homes, workshops for parents and provide school readiness and parent engagement. Also handouts to send home. We provide provide Kindergarten readiness workshop for lending libraries in classrooms and parents.S
family resource centers.
www.saltlakeheadstart.org
Kelly Noorda [email protected]
801-­‐743-­‐6450 Ext. 205
Assessment and outcomes, parent Salt Lake County
interviews and surveys
Salt Lake Valley Health Dept.: WIC (Women, Infants and Children)
WIC promotes literacy of enrolled clients by Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, up to child's Online education, library collaboration, collaborating with Salt Lake County Library 5th birthdate and any group education during clinic visits
Services to provide approved books. Clients can pregnant women and receive nutrition education credit for the program. breastfeeding women
Circle of Reading by County staff at certain clinics, also promotes literacy.
www.slvhealth.org/programs/wic/
Family surveys
801-­‐943-­‐4636
Iliana MacDonald
[email protected]
Phone: 385-­‐468-­‐4143
Salt Lake County
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
Success in Education: Keys to Success What is the group's focus or mission?
Keys to Success drives academic improvement through incentive and rewards, with a strong emphasis on scholarships and post-­‐secondary school attendance and graduation.
What age(s) do they serve?
10th -­‐ 12th grades How is service delivered to target groups?
Group/Organization Contact Information
The Keys to Success progam is managed www.ktsutah.com
by participating schools and coordinated through the full-­‐time Rick Folkerson employees who work at the 801-­‐633-­‐7106 Foundation. Schools are required to [email protected]
sign contracts, committing to participate and use the resources being provided. Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Increase in standardized test Entire State of Utah
scores, enrollment in honors and AP courses, ACT scores and post-­‐
secondary enrollment rates. We are working with several school districts to provide us with data that helps us track progress of key card winners.
Through the Keys to Success program, high school students set academic goals with teachers and administrators. When students achieve those goals, they receive key cards which can be redeemed online for valuable prizes. The Keys to Success program also works with several colleges, universities and trade schools to provide almost 400 scholarships every year to qualified students.
Success in Education: The Road to Success The Road to Success is a program that encourages Kindergarten, reading beginning at an early age by partnering 1st grade, 2nd grade, with local sponsors to reward reading efforts of 3rd grade,
students at local elementary schools. The program 4th -­‐ 6th grades
encourages improvement in literacy, which will help develop daily and lifelong reading habits—specifically by consistent reading each day to improve vocabulary, proficiency, and communication skills. Our goal is for 90% of all Utah students to be reading at or above grade level.
The Road to Success program is administered by a public charity, the Success in Education Foundation, but is implemented on a local level by each participating school. The program currently has 241 participating elementary schools, with 165,000 students and 11,000 faculty and staff. The Success in Education Foundation’s commitment is to provide a framework with tools for educators to help students, and incentives to motivate students to read every day.
Megan Ware
[email protected] 801-­‐ 257-­‐3482
Rick Folkerson [email protected] 801-­‐633-­‐7106
Reading and Language Arts test Entire State of Utah
scores (DIBELS, CRT, AR, and End-­‐of-­‐
Level) are the basic criteria upon which we measure progress. However, as literacy rates affect all subjects, we are also interested in test scores across the board. In addition, other factors, such as library circulation rates, teacher evaluations, and individual student and parent testimonials also help us know the impact of our programs and where we need to make adjustments.
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
Treehouse Children's Museum: Head Start and Children's Program
What is the group's focus or mission?
What age(s) do they serve?
Mission: Treehouse Children's Museum in Ogden, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Kindergarten, 1st Utah, has a unique focus on family litracy and grade, 2nd grade, 3rd children's literature. Treehouse exhibits invite grade, 4th -­‐ 6th grades. children, parents, and school children to step physically into the world of stories and books. Its interactive exhibits and programs promote the development and practice of emerging literacy and reading skills and dramatic play. Recognizing that there are many kinds of literacy, from geographic to mathematical to technical literacy, and that children need a variety of ways in which to respond to stories, including music, theater, and deep imaginative play, Treehouse offerings are diverse and yet unified by our mission. How is service delivered to target groups?
Group/Organization Contact Information
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Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Treehouse has a large sponsored-­‐
www.treehousemuseum.org
admission and membership program that provides more than 300 Lynne Goodwin memberships annually to families in the [email protected]
downtown and more than 6,000 free 801-­‐528-­‐4708 admissions to ensure access for our neighbor families. The Head Start 347 22nd Street, program that serves our city and county Ogden, UT 84401
has seen sharp increases in families applying for services and they expect this trend to continue because of the economy. Many of the 734 children in the Ogden/Weber Head Start program currently are from bilingual homes.
Participation in interactive Weber County & visitors programs and exhibits at the from the entire State of Utah
museum; number and scope of the unique spaces we plan and create that encourage longer and deeper dramatic play experiences, scaffolded by apropriate adult participation. Outputs include attendance that exceeds 150,000 annually, attendance by 23,000 school children and leaders coming on two-­‐hour tours, and near-­‐
capacity attendance at programs, special events, and workshops and classes. Teens are trained by Weber State www.treehousemuseum.org
University students to help provide the museum's services on site to families Lynne Goodwin and children. SPY Program is sponsored [email protected]
in part by IMLIS grant
801-­‐528-­‐4708 Applicants, participants and continuing participants as well as the overall services provided to museum patrons
Goal: Instill in every child, ages 1-­‐5, a desire to read. (Treehouse partners with Weber County and Davis County Head Start.) Goal: Fill gap between those families who qualify for Head Start and those who cannot afford preschool.
Treehouse Children's Museum: Teens at the Treehouse and SPY Program
A “Teens at Treehouse” initiative goal is to involve Ages 12-­‐19
youth, between the ages of 12 and 19, in volunteer projects that encourage the teens' own learning as they assist families and schools visiting the Museum. The Teens at Treehouse program was named the outstanding volunteer program in Utah in 2000 by the Governor’s Volunteer Commission. The Museum’s SPY Program, which is a part of the Teens at Treehouse effort and which stands for “Special Participating Youth,” is geared for the youngest teens, ages 12 to 15. The SPY Program attracts more than 70 applicants from all over Northern Utah each year. The SPY Program has met a goal of keeping as many as 18 young teens involved in the activities of the Museum over the course of the summer for the last 15 years.
347 22nd Street, Ogden, UT 84401
Weber County & visitors from the entire State of Utah
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United Way of Salt Lake: Promise Partnerships
To improve age-­‐appropriate development of Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, 1st grade, Through collective impact partnerships infants and toddlers, increase kindergarten 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ in "community learning centers" in readiness, improve grade-­‐level reading and close 6th grades, 7th -­‐ 9th grades, schools and other neighborhood the achievement gap in targeted communities 10th -­‐ 12th grades, post locations. These centers align the (South Salt Lake, Kearns, Park City) as well as high school
efforts of the school with those of schools in Clearfield (Wasatch Elementary), West community-­‐based after-­‐school and Valley (Granger Elementary), Salt Lake (Guadalupe enrichment opportunities, as well as School and Horizonte). Exploring partnerships services and resources for parents and with Magna and Midvale. Also: to organize and the family that remove barriers to align all service groups in the area. A designated learning.
STRIVE partner.
United Way of Utah County: Help Me Grow
To connect parents and caregivers to community Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, 1st grade, resources for children, ages birth-­‐8 years, to 2nd grade, families
ensure proper childhood development.
Group/Organization Contact Information
Bill Crim
United Way of Salt Lake
801-­‐736-­‐7771
[email protected]
www.uw.org
Through a parent information hotline (2-­‐ Help Me Grow
1-­‐1), family events for providers; United Way of Utah County
pediatric outreach to connect families 148 North 100 West
to the resources
Provo, Utah 84603
[email protected]
Phone: dial 2-­‐1-­‐1 and ask for Help Me Grow or dial 801.691.5322
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Infant and toddler development Salt Lake County, Davis measured by the Ages and Stages County (Clearfield), Summit Questionnaire (ASQ), Peabody County (Park City)
Picture Vocabulary Test, etc.;
Kindergarten readiness by scores on kindergarten entrance evaluations;
Reading scores measured by language arts CRT and DIBELS
Number of enrolled, active families; South Salt Lake County, Utah number of developmental County
screenings performed Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ); growth in services and/or information received by families
Barbara Leavitt
Community Impact Director
[email protected]
Talia Strong
Help Me Grow Community Liaison
[email protected]
UPSTART Program
UPSTART is an in-­‐home program that provides Year before child enters preschool children (the year before they enter Kindergarten
Kindergarten) with an individualized reading, math, and science curriculum, with a focus on reading instruction. With research-­‐based programs and a unique User Support team, UPSTART forms a partnership with parents to start children on the path to success in school. Qualifying low-­‐income families without computers and Internet receive them from the program.
Waterford Institute provides in-­‐person training as well as ongoing technical and curriculum support via written materials, dual-­‐language websites (www.utahupstart.org), emails, and phone calls.
Claudia Miner, Vice President, Waterford Company, [email protected]
Children are assessed before and at Entire State of Utah
the end of the UPSTART program using a computer-­‐adaptive test that measures ten pre-­‐literacy and early literacy skills. An external evaluator selected by USOE also assesses the program. Results are presented to USOE annually.
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
What is the group's focus or mission?
Utah After-­‐school Network UAN is a catalyst for building strong, safe, and healthy out-­‐of-­‐school time programs to support youth, families, and communities.
UAN achieves this by:
• Fostering and promoting high quality programs that meet the needs of our diverse communities;
• Serving as the statewide resource for data collection, information, and technical assistance and ensuring policies and resources exist to support out-­‐of-­‐school time programs;
• Advocating for best practice programs that support youth in discovering pathways to excellence; and
• Bringing together the right partners at the right time.
What age(s) do they serve?
How is service delivered to target groups?
Group/Organization Contact Information
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Afterschool (i.e., before school, after www.utahafterschool.org
grade, 4th -­‐ 6th grades, 7th -­‐ school, interim weekend, summer) and 9th grades, 10th -­‐ 12th community school programs
Anneli M. Segura, Executive Director
grades
801-­‐359-­‐2722
[email protected]
Increased particpation, quality tool Entire State of Utah
assessment and improvement tool, increased academic achievement
1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th-­‐6th grade
Utah Americorp Literacy Initiative
To get Utah students reading on grade level through one-­‐on-­‐one tutoring.
Utah Department of Workforce Services: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program
The WIA Youth Program serves at-­‐risk youth, ages 10th -­‐ 12th grades, post 14-­‐21, by preparing them for post-­‐secondary high school, higher education and/or employment, finding effective education
connections to the job market and employers, and understanding the links between academic and occupational learning. The focus of the program includes improving basic skills in reading, language/writing and math, assistance in obtaining a HS diploma or GED, post-­‐secondary training opportunities in industries and careers that are in demand, assistance in finding and keeping a job and becoming a successful adult. Volunteers do STAR tutoring through schools.
Gloria Skanchy Ogden School District
[email protected]
Track reading scores throughout the students' tutoring, primarily using DIBELS
Entire State of Utah
Customers must be eligible for the program. They can apply online or in any of the Department of Workforce Services Employment Centers throughout the state. Customers work with an employment counselor to develop and reach goals. Rachael Stewart, Program Manager, Utah Department of Workforce Services
[email protected] 801-­‐526-­‐9257
The federal measures for the program are placement in employment or education, attainment of a degree or certificate and literacy/numeracy gains. Entire State of Utah
http://jobs.utah.gov/services/training.ht
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What is the group's focus or mission?
Utah Education Network: UEN networks to create educational Preschool Pioneer opportunities, connect citizens, and collaborate with partners, serving Utah communities.
Utah Family Partnership Network: Advisory Board
First created with funding from the State Legislature, the Board supports family involvement with family centers research related to effectiveness. Current focus on low income families, Parents as Teachers (PAT), and other community agencies, as well as working with USOE to assist in implementing parent engagement programs in local schools. Pre-­‐
Kindergarten preparation.
What age(s) do they serve?
How is service delivered to target groups?
Group/Organization Contact Information
Ages 3-­‐4, parents, UEN connects all Utah school districts, caregivers, and teachers of schools, and higher education preschool children
institutions to a robust network and quality educational resources. UEN is one of the nation's premier education networks.
Lisa Cohne, Community Partnerships Manager
Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Primarily through PIRC (Parent Kindergarten, 1st grade, Involvement Resource Centers) and 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ other funded agencies such as PAT. 6th grades, 7th -­‐ 9th grades, Twenty interactive activities for 10th -­‐ 12th grades, post Kindergarten readiness.
high school, higher education, lifelong learning. State, local, and federal agencies.
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Entire State of Utah
[email protected]
801-­‐581-­‐5176
Barbara Smith, Director
[email protected]
Number of participants in different Entire State of Utah
programs, informal measurement of student/family success, analysis of most used materials, participation of ELL and low income families, general research for program revisions.
Utah Family Partnership Kindergarten-­‐readiness activities for parents to do Parents of children Network: ReadySetSchool with their children ages 3-­‐4
Activities available online.
Barbara Smith, Director
[email protected]
Number of participants using resources
Utah Futures
To provide a full-­‐service education and career 7th-­‐9th grades, 10th-­‐12th planning system for Utah residents. Partnership of grades, post high school, state agencies including: Department of higher education, lifelong Workplace Services, Utah State Office of learning, job seekers
Education, Utah System of Higher Education, GEAR UP, Utah State Library, Utah Education Network, UCAT, Department of Technology Services , etc.
A web-­‐based system, it is delivered as part of the SEOP process in schools and in state agencies. It is available to all Utah residents.
Kimberley Bartel, Work Group Chair
[email protected]
801-­‐824-­‐7524
We are in the process of defining Entire State of Utah
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Utah Humanities Council
The Utah Humanities Council enriches our cultural, Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Primarily through partnership with intellectual, and civic life by providing Kindergarten, 1st grade, schools, libraries, and non-­‐profit opportunities for all Utahns to explore life's most 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ organizations.
engaging questions and the wonders of the human 6th grades, 7th -­‐ 9th grades, experience.
10th -­‐ 12th grades, post high school, higher education, lifelong learning
www.utahhumanities.org Since we are still looking for Wasatch Front (all relevant partnerships on literacy programs, counties); entire State of these techniques are not yet Utah
defined.
Michael McLane
[email protected]
801-­‐359-­‐9670 ext 104
Entire State of Utah
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
Utah PTA
What is the group's focus or mission?
Focus Areas of the Education Commission:
1) Encouraging family engagement in education;
2) Boosting literacy; and
3) Supporting implementation of the Utah Core State Standards.
What age(s) do they serve?
How is service delivered to target groups?
Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, 1st grade, Through local schools and annual State 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ PTA Conferences, local PTA Councils, 6th grades, 7th -­‐ 9th grades, local and state media, state agencies, 10th -­‐ 12th grades, post and sharing community partner high school, higher information.
education, lifelong learning, family education
Group/Organization Contact Information
National PTA website for general information:
www.pta.org/
Utah PTA Education Commissioner 801-­‐261-­‐3100
www.utahpta.org Utah State Library
The Utah State Library, created in 1957, works to All ages
develop, advance, and promote library services and equal access to information and library resources to all Utah residents.
USL supports statewide library services 250 North 1950 West, Ste A by providing critical funding, training, Salt Lake City, UT 84116-­‐7901 and consulting to Utah's Community (801) 715-­‐6777 (State Library) Library Enhancement Funds, which (801) 715-­‐6767 (fax) provide mission-­‐essential additions to (801) 715-­‐6789 (Library for the Blind) the traditionally inadequate local public (800) 662-­‐9150 (In-­‐State Toll Free)
library budgets, and rewards those libraries that meet established service requirements, and demonstrate a strong local financial commitment. Lender Support funding helps promote libraries lending their resources to other libraries across the State and nation that would not otherwise be available to their local customers. USL administers special grant programs that provide funding for valuable partnership projects that encourage technology advancements in services.
Utah State Library: Utah Kids Ready to Read
To prepare young children to be ready to read by Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, Kindergarten Through libraries and parent education. www.utahkidsreadytoread.org
age 5.
There is a 45-­‐minute class available to Matt McLain
communities. Additionally, libraries [email protected]
share the Utah Kids Ready to Read content in Storytimes and other programs with parents so they can incorporate those principles into daily activities. The USL delivers the Ready to Read "star" to all libraries in the state.
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Research on effectiveness is yet to Entire State of Utah
be developed and assigned to appropriate local and state agencies.
Entire State of Utah
Number of librarians trained on the Entire State of Utah
program. Number of libraries who use the program with their patrons.
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
What is the group's focus or mission?
What age(s) do they serve?
Utah State Library for the The Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled All ages
Blind & Disabled
provides special public library services for people who are blind, visually disabled, physically disabled, and reading disabled. We are part of the Library of Congress network, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, which has 56 regional and 93 subregional libraries throughout the United States. Includes resources for dyslexia.
Utah State Office of Education: Literacy K-­‐12
Elementary: To help every child read on grade level and love doing it. How is service delivered to target groups?
Group/Organization Contact Information
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Mail service delivery, outreach services Website: blindlibrary.utah.gov
Participation
Email: [email protected]
801-­‐715-­‐6789 in the SLC area 800-­‐662-­‐5540 Inside Utah 800-­‐453-­‐4293 Outside Utah TTD 801-­‐715-­‐6721
1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd In schools, grade 6-­‐12; and after-­‐school grade, 4th -­‐ 6th grades, 7th -­‐ programs.
9th, 10th -­‐ 12th.
Secondary: To support Utah educators who teach USOE provides professional English Language Arts, Grades 6-­‐12, and to development to teachers that supports support high quality instruction in Grades 6-­‐12 the implementation of the Utah Core English Language Arts.
Standards, which include reading and writing skills.
Tiffany Hamilton Hall
Elementary Language Arts Specialist
[email protected]
Office: 801-­‐538-­‐7893 Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Entire State of Utah
Elementary: Student performance Entire State of Utah
on state assessments. Secondary: Increased graduation rates and increased scores in English Language Arts.
Dr. Christelle Estrada, Ph.D.
Secondary Language Arts Specialist
[email protected]
Office: 801.538.7616
USOE also supports schools and districts by helping disseminate research and Utah State Office of Education
information about programs such as the 250 East 500 South
Early Intervention Program for P.O. Box 144200
Kindergarten students, which provides Salt Lake City, UT 84114-­‐4200
additional funding to districts for extended-­‐day or enhanced Fax: 801.538.7769
Kindergarten offerings; Early Intervention software for grades K-­‐1 to promote the use of effective reading software; and the K-­‐3 reading program, which provides funding for personnel and materials to support literacy development.
Utah State Office of The purpose of the Utah Early Childhood Core Ages 3-­‐4
Education: Early Childhood Standards is to help public preschools make Core Standards
informed decisions regarding curriculum in order to prepare children for kindergarten. The Standards may also serve as an optional resource for families and other educators in the community.
The Early Childhood Core Standards will Susan J. Okroy
be used in public preschools, but other Early Childhood Specialist/Literacy community early childhood programs Tutoring Specialist
are also planning to use them.
Utah State Office of Education
801-­‐538-­‐7765
[email protected]
The Early Childhood Core Standards Entire State of Utah
will provide a critical foundation for successful learning in kindergarten and life. The Standards will also help improved performance on district kindergarten assessments.
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
Utah State Office of Education: Special Education
Utah State Office of Education: STAR Reading Tutoring Program
What is the group's focus or mission?
What age(s) do they serve?
How is service delivered to target groups?
Group/Organization Contact Information
To ensure that all students with disabilities, ages 3 Ages 3 through 21
through 21, have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services as specified on an Individualized Education Program (IEP), designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment and independent living. Training alligned with the Utah Core Standards for Literacy is provided in collaboration with general education.
The focus of the STAR Reading Tutoring Program is Kindergarten, 1st grade, to provide elementary grade students who are 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th -­‐ reading below grade level with additional reading 6th grades
practice. The STAR Program is aligned with the Utah Core Standards, research-­‐based practices, and classroom instruction. Children reading below grade level benefit from increased reading time, targeted practice, and a rewarding reading experience. The purpose of the STAR Reading Susan J. Okroy
Tutoring Program is to provide Utah State Office of Education
elementary grade students with Early Childhood Specialist/STAR Reading additional reading practice through the Tutoring Specialist
schools. Trained adult tutors meet with 801-­‐538-­‐7765
students twice weekly for 30 minutes. [email protected] Tutors support students as they practice http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/star/
reading from appropriately leveled texts and use skill lessons that enhance classroom instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary.
The Utah State Office of Education offers four reading tutoring programs (STAR, STAR Advanced, Cross-­‐age, and STAR Parent).
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Kim Fratto A variety of measures are used to Entire State of Utah
801-­‐538-­‐7716
determine progress toward IEP [email protected] goals in the area of literacy, http://www.schools.utah.gov/sars/Resou including those administered by rces/Instructional-­‐Services.aspx individual schools, districts and the State.
Connie Nink 801-­‐538-­‐7948
[email protected]
http://www.schools.utah.gov/sars/Presc
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School, district, or state formative Entire State of Utah
and summative assessments (e.g., CRTs, DIBELS, DRA, Fountas and Pinnell) are used to determine which students are reading below grade level and in need of additional reading practice and also to determine reading growth.
Name of Group, Organization or Agency and/or Project
Voices for Utah Children
What is the group's focus or mission?
What age(s) do they serve?
Voices for Utah Children works to make Utah a Birth, 1-­‐2, 3-­‐4, place where all children thrive. We start with one Kindergarten, 1st grade, basic question: "Is it good for kids?" 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th-­‐
6th grades, 7th-­‐9th grades, At Voices for Utah Children, we believe that every 10th-­‐12th grades
child deserves the opportunity to reach his or her full potential. And to achieve this vision, we focus on five key areas that benefit the healthy development of all children: Health; School Readiness; Safety; Economic Stability; and Diversity. For Early Care and Education, our goal is to create an early learning system in Utah that supports families by making sure they have high-­‐
quality options for their children's early care and learning....
How is service delivered to target groups?
Raising awareness: Through research, Karen Crompton, President and CEO
media campaigns and advocacy work, [email protected]
we continue to communicate the most vital needs of Utah’s children; Voices for Utah Children
747 E. South Temple, Suite 100
Influencing policy: By having a voice in Salt Lake City, UT 84102
decisions made by legislators and other policymakers, we help ensure that the 801-­‐364-­‐1182
best interests of children are always our Fax: 801-­‐364-­‐1186
state’s number one priority;
Uniting our community: By bringing the power of a community together -­‐-­‐
legislators, business executives,
private funders, government agency representatives, nonprofit directors, and ordinary citizens-­‐-­‐we can help identify and resolve the tough problems facing our kids and youth.
Literacy Continuum Committee
Group/Organization Contact Information
February 2013
Which measures are used to define success? Outcomes?
Geographic location of literacy services delivery?
Today, more Utah children have Entire State of Utah
access to health care, quality childcare and income security than in any other time in our state’s history. These big wins for kids and families happened because of changes in government policy and because of advocacy—when skilled professionals backed by thoughtful funders show policymakers that government can and should act to keep kids safe and help them grow.