From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jul 9 16:17:25 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 23:17:25 +0000 Subject: [R2R-OR] Early Learning Council: new members Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431459F5D@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! As you know, sweeping education reform outlined in SB 909 and HB 4165 included the Ready to Read Grant program in the new early childhood system being managed by the Early Learning Council. Therefore, you may be interested to know the new members of the Early Learning Council. In addition to the original nine members, the following people will be joining the Early Learning Council to make a total of 19 members. These new members were selected to fulfill the requirements of the federal Head Start Act Sec. 642B. (b)(1)(A-C). Previously these requirements were fulfilled through the Early Childhood Matters Advisory Council, which expired June 15, 2012. New Early Learning Council members: 1. Vikki Bishop, Early Childhood Education Program Manager, Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde 2. Kim Williams, Director of North Central ESD Early Education 3. Harriet Adair, PhD, Regional Administrator, Portland Public Schools 4. Nancy Latini, PhD, Deputy Superintendent, Oregon Dept. of Education 5. Lynne Saxton, Executive Director, Christie Care-Youth Villages of Oregon 6. Jim Tierney, Executive Director, Community Action Team 7. Dana Hargunani, MD, MPH, Child Health Director, Oregon Health Authority 8. Eva Rippeteau Chavira, Political Coordinator, Oregon AFSCME 9. Dell Ford, Oregon Head Start Collaboration Director 10. Kara Waddell, Administrator, Oregon Child Care Division Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 If the hyperlinks don't work, try copying and pasting this URL in your browser: * Original nine ELC members: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/gov_john_kitzhaber_appoints_me.html * Head Start Act section pertaining the committee and its membership: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/legislation/HS_act.html#642B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From louise at ccrls.org Mon Jul 9 16:36:30 2012 From: louise at ccrls.org (Louise Meyers) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:36:30 -0700 Subject: [R2R-OR] Early Learning Council: new members In-Reply-To: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431459F5D@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> References: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431459F5D@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Message-ID: Still no library representation though! On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Katie Anderson wrote: > Hello! As you know, sweeping education reform outlined in SB 909 and HB > 4165 included the Ready to Read Grant program in the new early childhood > system being managed by the Early Learning Council. Therefore, you may be > interested to know the new members of the Early Learning Council. In > addition to *the original nine members > *, the following people will be joining the Early Learning Council to > make a total of 19 members. These new members were selected to fulfill the requirements > of the federal Head Start Act Sec. 642B. (b)(1)(A-C). > Previously these requirements were fulfilled through the Early Childhood > Matters Advisory Council, which expired June 15, 2012. **** > > ** ** > > New Early Learning Council members:**** > > **1. **Vikki Bishop, Early Childhood Education Program Manager, > Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde**** > > **2. **Kim Williams, Director of North Central ESD Early Education** > ** > > **3. **Harriet Adair, PhD, Regional Administrator, Portland Public > Schools**** > > **4. **Nancy Latini, PhD, Deputy Superintendent, Oregon Dept. of > Education**** > > **5. **Lynne Saxton, Executive Director, Christie Care-Youth > Villages of Oregon**** > > **6. **Jim Tierney, Executive Director, Community Action Team**** > > **7. **Dana Hargunani, MD, MPH, Child Health Director, Oregon > Health Authority**** > > **8. **Eva Rippeteau Chavira, Political Coordinator, Oregon AFSCME** > ** > > **9. **Dell Ford, Oregon Head Start Collaboration Director**** > > **10. **Kara Waddell, Administrator, Oregon Child Care Division**** > > ** ** > > Katie Anderson, Library Development Services**** > > * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator ***** > > Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301**** > > katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528**** > > ** ** > > If the hyperlinks don?t work, try copying and pasting this URL in your > browser:**** > > **? **Original nine ELC members: > http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/gov_john_kitzhaber_appoints_me.html > **** > > **? **Head Start Act section pertaining the committee and its > membership: > http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/legislation/HS_act.html#642B **** > > ** ** > > _____________________________________________________ > R2R-OR mailing list > R2R-OR at listsmart.osl.state.or.us > http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/r2r-or > Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for > content. > Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) > or the sender of the message, by phone or email. > Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800. > > -- Louise Meyers Library director Stayton Public Library 515 N. 1st ave, Stayton OR 503-769-3313 www.stayton.plinkit.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anndo at wccls.org Tue Jul 10 11:24:10 2012 From: anndo at wccls.org (Ann Dondero) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:24:10 +0000 Subject: [R2R-OR] Early Learning Council: new members In-Reply-To: References: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431459F5D@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Message-ID: <235DD0A8C499A0489B6492857B7C56E40E633CDD@WCCLSEXC10.wccls.lib.or.us> My sentiment and observation also. Ann Ann Dondero Youth Services Librarian Forest Grove City Library 503 992-3281 anndo at wccls.org ________________________________ From: r2r-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:r2r-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Louise Meyers Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:37 PM To: Katie Anderson Cc: r2r-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: Re: [R2R-OR] Early Learning Council: new members Still no library representation though! On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Katie Anderson > wrote: Hello! As you know, sweeping education reform outlined in SB 909 and HB 4165 included the Ready to Read Grant program in the new early childhood system being managed by the Early Learning Council. Therefore, you may be interested to know the new members of the Early Learning Council. In addition to the original nine members, the following people will be joining the Early Learning Council to make a total of 19 members. These new members were selected to fulfill the requirements of the federal Head Start Act Sec. 642B. (b)(1)(A-C). Previously these requirements were fulfilled through the Early Childhood Matters Advisory Council, which expired June 15, 2012. New Early Learning Council members: 1. Vikki Bishop, Early Childhood Education Program Manager, Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde 2. Kim Williams, Director of North Central ESD Early Education 3. Harriet Adair, PhD, Regional Administrator, Portland Public Schools 4. Nancy Latini, PhD, Deputy Superintendent, Oregon Dept. of Education 5. Lynne Saxton, Executive Director, Christie Care-Youth Villages of Oregon 6. Jim Tierney, Executive Director, Community Action Team 7. Dana Hargunani, MD, MPH, Child Health Director, Oregon Health Authority 8. Eva Rippeteau Chavira, Political Coordinator, Oregon AFSCME 9. Dell Ford, Oregon Head Start Collaboration Director 10. Kara Waddell, Administrator, Oregon Child Care Division Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 If the hyperlinks don't work, try copying and pasting this URL in your browser: * Original nine ELC members: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/gov_john_kitzhaber_appoints_me.html * Head Start Act section pertaining the committee and its membership: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/legislation/HS_act.html#642B _____________________________________________________ R2R-OR mailing list R2R-OR at listsmart.osl.state.or.us http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/r2r-or Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content. Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) or the sender of the message, by phone or email. Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800. -- Louise Meyers Library director Stayton Public Library 515 N. 1st ave, Stayton OR 503-769-3313 www.stayton.plinkit.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jul 10 14:26:33 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:26:33 +0000 Subject: [R2R-OR] Early Learning Council: new members In-Reply-To: <235DD0A8C499A0489B6492857B7C56E40E633CDD@WCCLSEXC10.wccls.lib.or.us> References: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431459F5D@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> <235DD0A8C499A0489B6492857B7C56E40E633CDD@WCCLSEXC10.wccls.lib.or.us> Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA243145A56C@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> The State Librarian has asked for library representation on the Early Learning Council, but we haven't heard back. If you are concerned about this and the opportunity arises, you may want to remind your legislators that the Ready to Read Grant program for public libraries is part of the Early Learning Council and that there is no library representation among Early Learning Council members. You can create your own opportunity by inviting your local legislators to your library-see the press release below to learn how West Slope Community Library is doing that this summer! When talking with legislators, it may be helpful to provide them with a one-page handout of your Ready to Read Grant project's statistics, quotes from research, and a personal story of a child in their district who benefited from your Ready to Read Grant project. Attached is a template you can use to create your own one-page handout. If you want to adapt this template for your Ready to Read early literacy project such as a storytime, my favorite source for early literacy research quotes is America's Early Childhood Literacy Gap by JumpStart from 2009. Please let us know if you have any questions, Thank you, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD5DBF.32A36C40] MEDIA RELEASE - For immediate release Date: July 6, 2011 Contact: Jodi Nielsen, Senior Program Educator Washington County Cooperative Library Services www.wccls.org 503-846-3235 State Legislators Featured Storytime Guests at Local Library West Slope Community Library Features July 10 - Representative Tobias Read July 17 - Senator Mark Hass Washington County, Oregon: On Tuesday, July 10th Oregon State Representative Tobias Read will visit the West Slope Community Library as a guest "storyteller" for the Toddler Storytime and Oregon Senator Mark Hass will be the featured storyteller on Tuesday, July 17th. Toddler Time is held from 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in the children's area of the library. Both Read and Hass represent the residents of the surrounding West Slope area and have been invited to visit the library to learn about the latest offerings in early literacy services provided by the library, and to witness first hand how public libraries utilize Oregon Ready To Read funds (the only state funding allocated for public libraries). According to Eva Calcagno, Director of the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS), the West Slope Library primarily uses state Ready To Read funds to administer their annual Summer Reading program. Calcagno reports, "as we continue to educate the public about the importance of introducing both pre-readers and young readers to the rich resources available in the public library, we felt this offered a wonderful opportunity to showcase the libraries' services to the Senator and State Representative during their legislative recess. Reading through the summer months is vital to helping children prepare to enter school ready to read and ready to learn." Parents of young children, Read and Hass will be right at home reading and engaging the active and curious minds of toddlers. When the Legislature is not in session, Read enjoys coaching youth basketball and mentoring for the Greenway Elementary SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) program. Hass is currently Chair of the Senate Committee on Education and General Government. And while in the House of Representatives, Hass was a key player on tax and education policy. His first bill passed into law (HB2421) created tax incentives for businesses to set up college scholarship programs for their employees. Hass has also served as board member on the Beaverton Library Foundation. We invite parents and care givers with toddlers ages one and a half to three to attend one or both of the guest storyteller appearances. It offers the opportunity to meet and speak with your state and federal legislative representatives. The Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) includes the Banks Public Library, Beaverton City Library, Beaverton City Library @ Murray Scholls, Cedar Mill Community Library (and Bethany branch), Cornelius Public Library, Forest Grove City Library, Garden Home Community Library, Hillsboro Public Libraries (Main and Shute Park), North Plains Public Library, Sherwood Public Library, Tigard Public Library, Tualatin Public Library, West Slope Community Library, WCCLS Outreach to Homebound, Oregon College of Art and Craft and the Tuality Health Resource Center. # # # P Please consider the environment before printing this email. This message has been sent by an employee or official of the City of Tualatin, Oregon. This may be a public record, but may also contain information deemed confidential or privileged by state or federal law and for that reason, exempt from disclosure. 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The State Library recommends that all public libraries seek advice from their legal counsel regarding the newly amended Oregon State Statutes 338.115, 339.370, 339.372, 339.374, 339.378, 339.388, 339.392, 339.400 and 419B.005. Depending on the advice from your legal counsel, your library may consider creating a policy, procedure, or training requirement around mandatory reporting. If your library is already working on something along these lines, please consider helping other libraries by sharing what you're doing via this listserv. A couple libraries have asked the State Library for assistance identifying mandatory reporter training opportunities in order to comply with the law as advised by their legal counsel. I have worked with a Child Welfare Analyst at the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) to develop a short, but valuable list of resources libraries may use to educate themselves around mandatory reporting: * *Watch this 25 minute mandatory reporting video, * *Read this mandatory reporting guide, and/or * Contact your local DHS Children, Adults, and Families Division to inquire about face-to-face mandatory reporting training. *The video and guide are a little out-of-date, but still provide reliable content. Please keep in mind that they will not define mandatory reporters as broadly as the new language. If you have questions about mandatory reporting, first ask your local DHS Children, Adults, and Families Division. If they are not able to assist you, then contact the state DHS office by calling 503-945-6116. Thank you, Katie Anderson Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 If the hyperlinks don't work, try copying and pasting the following URLs into your browser or doing an internet search on 'Oregon mandatory reporting DHS' HB 4016: http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4016.intro.pdf Video: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/abuse/mandatory_report.shtml Guide: https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/de9061.pdf Local DHS contact information: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/localoffices.shtml -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Jul 25 12:39:30 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:39:30 +0000 Subject: [R2R-OR] Ready to Read Grant: help for outcome planning Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24314701C2@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! As you know, Ready to Read Grant applications are due August 31, 2012. Applications are available online at: http://cms.oregon.egov.com/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/aboutready.aspx#Forms. Last week one of you asked me for examples of outcomes and how to evaluate whether or not those outcomes were met. I thought many of you may have the same question so here you go... First of all, I have created a sample of a completed Ready to Read Grant application that will provide examples of how to answer all the questions on the application and fill-out the budget. You can view the sample online at: http://cms.oregon.egov.com/osl/LD/youthsvcs/ReadytoRead/r2rApplication2012-2013example.pdf. Our website is slow because the State is changing content management systems so you will likely have to wait a minute or two for the page to load. Q: Can you give some examples of outcomes and how to measure them? A: First identify one or two outcomes you want to achieve, then plan as many or few activities designed to achieve your desired outcome(s). You don't need to have an outcome for every single activity funded by your grant. Here are some examples: Storytime: * Outcomes: Parents will understand why songs and rhymes are important to early literacy development. Preschoolers will be able to sing and rhyme in storytimes. * Activities: Develop music CD collection, develop collection of picture books with songs and rhymes, create and print handouts of storytime songs and rhymes for parents to practice at home, create and print a songs/rhyme book list, purchase CD player for storytime, contract with a performer for boogie babies event, purchase shakers for storytime, and other storytime supplies. * Measures: Library staff will observe whether or not parents and children increase their ability to sing and rhyme along with them during storytimes, and collect anecdotal evidence from parents about their child's improvement in phonological development (singing, rhyming, and playing with the smaller sounds in words) through informal conversation before/after storytimes. Collection Development: * Outcomes: Children will develop print awareness and print motivation. Parents will provide high-interest, developmentally appropriate books for their young children. * Activities: Develop board book and picture book collection and create and print new age-specific book lists for parents that promote these new titles along with old favorites. * Measures: circulation staff will observe whether or not parents are checking out developmentally appropriate books for their young children and whether or not those children are patting, chewing, and/or trying to turn the pages of board books and able to hold picture books correctly and turn pages the right direction. Summer reading: * Outcome: Children and teens will maintain or increase their reading level over the summer. * Activities: All sorts of summer reading events, activities, collection development, outreach, prizes, etc. * Measure: Conduct a parent survey at the end of the summer to find out whether or not their children are reading at the same, higher, or lower reading level than at the beginning of summer. Q: Are participation numbers an acceptable measure of effectiveness? A: Participation numbers usually do not indicate whether or not an outcome was achieved. An outcome is something that happens as a result of an activity or process (Merriam-Webster). An output is the amount of something that is produced by a person or thing (Merriam-Webster). A familiar example is an election. The outcome of the election is WHO wins. The output is HOW MANY votes people cast in the election. Using our summer reading example outcome from above: You might have 100 people participate in your SRP, but that number (100) does not indicate how many of them maintained or increased their reading level over the summer. To measure this outcome you will likely have to conduct a survey at the end of your summer reading program asking parents ?Is your child reading books that are easier, the same, or more difficult than the books they were reading before they participated in the summer reading program?? and ?Does your child spend more, less, or the same amount of time reading each week now than they did before they participated in the summer reading program?? Numbers of people attending programs are outputs and are essential for planning and reporting. Outputs (numbers) are important for determining how much time, money, and other resources to invest in a program. The State Library will continue to collect participation numbers via the Ready to Read Grant because outputs (numbers) used with outcomes (results) are essential for advocating for more resources! Please let me know if you have any more questions. Thank you, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jul 31 13:22:29 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:22:29 +0000 Subject: [R2R-OR] Early Learning Council - Early Learning Service Design Manager hired Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431471C1D@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hi! I just received the following announcement regarding the hiring of a new staff person for the Early Learning Council. Christa Rude will be responsible for leading the transition from our current early childhood systems to the new model of Community Based Coordinators (a.k.a. local/regional hubs for accessing and delivering early childhood services to families). Once Christa gets up-to-speed with her new job, she will hopefully be able to provide guidance to your local early childhood groups around how the transition will happen. As I've mentioned before, if you are not already a member of your local or regional early childhood group, this is an important time to join because your library will be at the table during the planning of and transitioning to your local early childhood hub. This could mean new partnerships with your school district or Child Care Resource & Referral, stronger partnerships with Healthy Start or Head Start, and ensuring that all the early childhood professionals in your community know who you are and what your library has to offer. Thanks, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: ALLEN Seth * GOV [mailto:seth.allen at state.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:45 AM Subject: Early Learning Council - Community Based Coordinators Announcement TO: Early Learning Council and interested parties FROM: Duke Shepard, Office of Governor Kitzhaber I'm pleased to announce that Christa Rude has been added to the Early Learning Council staff. In the position of Early Learning Service Design Manager, Christa will be the primary staff person leading the work and process for developing "Community Based Coordinators" for Early Learning Services as defined in HB 4165. This is the key deliverable for the 2013 legislature and for achieving the Governor's vision of a truly integrated and accountable early learning system that will adequately prepare children for kindergarten. In addition, Christa will serve as the lead contact for the 36 County Commissions on Children and Families during this last year of their existence, providing advice and support during this time of transition. Christa will ultimately report to the Early Learning Systems Director once that position is filled. Christa comes to the Early Learning Council and the Governor's Office from the Wasco County Commission on Children and Families, where she has served as the Commission Administrator for the past four years. In her time at the Commission, she has built a strong reputation for collaboration, community engagement, and a focus on the needs of children. Her background also includes development and operations work for the Mid-Columbia Health Foundation and three years working with Head Start and Migrant Head Start as Child Care Partnership Program Manager in Yakima, Washington. Christa has a bachelor's degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia Union College in Tacoma Park, MD. Christa's first day with the ELC will be August 7. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: