Action Strategy DST Innovation Lab 07.20.2014
History Establishment of the Executive Office on Early Learning Establishment of the Early Learning Advisory Board The development of the Hawaii Early Childhood Action Strategy
Purpose Plan for the policies and programs that affect Hawaii’s children prenatal through kindergarten entry Opportunity for State departments to align policies Structure to provide input from community providers
Focus Areas Alignment and Alignment and Equitable Transition High-quality On-track Health Transition Healthy and Nurturing and Access to Support Early Learning Support and Welcomed Births Safe Families Programs and Between EC Between EC Programs Development programs and Services programs and into K-3 into K-3
Outcomes Key Indicators correlated with long-term positive child outcomes as measured by: Children’s health and development are on- track Children are ready for school when they enter kindergarten Children are proficient learners by third grade Pathways document framed actions that were incorporated into Hawaii’s planning [Schorr and Marchand, 2007]
The Process
Theory of Change
What does the theory of change feel and look like?
Want to see what happened?
Strengths and Challenges of Mapping Challenges Strengths Complexity of map and Public/private partners_____ scope of work Provided a picture that Too academic highlighted the Not enough time to interdependencies between the goals develop out fully Facilitator content Identified levers of change expertise Mapped flows of influence People/Orgs feeling Helped to identify first steps excluded Investment in process Director participation Opportunities to refine
Phases Phase 1 : Jan – July 2012: Development and vetting of indicator framework. Phase 2: July 2012- July 2013: Partnership Development on Strategies. Phase 3: July 2013-2014: Strategy Refinement. Phase 4: January 2014- Current: Implementation of Action Strategy.
Focus Area 1: Healthy and Welcomed Births Lin Joseph, March of Dimes and Terri Byers, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Department of Health Teams Focus Area 2: Nurturing and Safe Familes Marty Oliphant, Hawaii Chapter National Association of Social and Workers, Lynn Niitani, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Department of Health and Lani Sakamoto, Maternal and Child Co-Leads Health Branch, Department of Health Focus Area 3: On-track Health and Development Keiko Nitta, Family Health Services Division, Department of Health and Sharon Taba, Medical Home Works Focus Area 4: Equitable Access to Programs and Services Executive Office on Early Learning and Ka`ina Bornacorsi, Maui County Focus Area 5: High-Quality Early Learning Programs Kathy Murphy, Executive Director, NAEYC and Elaine Yamashita, UH Maui College of Education Focus Area 6: Alignment and Transition Support between Early Childhood Programs and into K-3 System Michael Fahey, Good Beginnings Alliance, Phyllis Ida, Department of Education (ret), Gayla Coloma, Department of Education (ret)
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Healthy and Welcomed Births First 1,000 Days
Metrics 2014-2018 Our Goals and Outcomes by 2020 Decrease Preterm Births by 8% (From 10% to 9.2%) Decrease Infant Mortality and Morbidity by 4% (From 4.8 to 4.6/1,000 births) 2012 2017 There were 18,997 births in 2012 Increase proportion of intended pregnancies 48.4% 53.2% Increase proportion of women at healthy weight at 59.1% 65% conception Decrease smoking during pregnancy (2011) 5.0% 4.5% Decrease proportion of low birthweight babies (<2,500 grams) 8.2% 7.4% Increase proportion of babies in back-sleep position (2011) 76.9% 84.6% Increase proportion of babies who are exclusively breastfed 16.0% 25.5% at six months (2010)
Safe and Nurturing Families Sharing the importance of the protective factors strong parents = safe homes = happy kids= bright futures
Goals and Metrics 2014 - 2018 ¢ 10% increase in # of licensed ECE centers that support and encourage training of protective factors ¢ 10% increase in # of families who received protective factors information from their ECE practitioner ¢ 10% increase in # of families who self-report that they understand and have used the protective factors at home with their families
On-track Health and Development
Goals and Metrics 2014-2018 10% increase in number of young children screened at AAP recommended ages. (keep the same) 10% increase in number of children identified and receiving support before entering kindergarten. 10% decrease in # of children overweight/obese at kindergarten. 10% increase in # of early childhood practitioners accessing training on social emotional supports for young children .
Equitable Access to Programs and Services
Goals and Metrics 2014-2018 Increase in eligible families that access public assistance programs to include: 10% increase in utilization of SNAP 10% increase in utilization of WIC 10% increase in utilization of TANF 10% increase in utilization of EITC 10% increase in utilization of childcare subsidies (dependent on scale changes) Increase awareness of early care and education options for families with young children Increase by ___% the number 4-year olds attending a state funded Pre-K program Increase by __% the total amount of State dollars invested in prekindergarten programs Increase by __# in total number of slots available in prekindergarten programs
continued Increase by __% the proportion of funds for Early Head Start and Head Start programs Increase by __% the number of Head Start programs that move from part-day to full-day Identify key barriers for dual language learning families with young children Build capacity to support more children in the following four early childhood settings: o Home Visitation by ____% o Licensed Family Child Care by ____% o Family-Child Interactive Learning Programs by ____% o Center-Based Programs by ___%
High Quality Early Learning Programs
Goals Improve quality of early childhood programs across all settings Create a functional Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) system for all settings by 2018
Metrics 2014-2018 For DOE-EOEL prekindergarten program: 60% of NIEER indicators met for Pre-K program For all ECE programs: Increase by 10% the number of teachers participating in 20 hrs of professional development annually. Increase by 10% the number of teachers w/ BA degrees
Metrics 2014-18 cont’d For all ECE Programs: Increase by 2% the number of directors with national administration credential 2% increase each year after 1 st baseline year of 2014 of EC educators completing a seminar series on HELDS 2% increase each after 1 st baseline year of 2014 of EC educators completing a seminar series on Hawai’i’s EC Family Partnership Guidelines. For all ECE Programs: Increase by 50% the number of children in DOE PreK classrooms observed using a formative assessment instrument.
Alignment and Transition Support to K-3 System
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