United Way

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• United Way
• Bright Beginnings
• Celebrating 10 years of success!

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• United Way Bright Beginnings has been a life
  changing experience for my child -
• UWBB Parent

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• United Way Bright BeginningsVisionEnsure that
  children from birth to age five in the Greater
  Houston area achieve developmental milestones
  through better quality child care.

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• Program Components
• Staff Training and Education
• Leadership Development for Directors
• Intensive Staff Training from nationally
  recognized experts
• Consultant Visits
• Wage Supplementation
• Educational Scholarships
• Indoor/Outdoor Equipment

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Bright Beginnings Structure

• United Way Bright Beginnings Volunteer Advisory
  Committee
• Program Administrator

• Overall coordination
• Outcomes determination
• Reporting/evaluation

• Oversight of training and program evaluation teams

• University of Houston
• Program Evaluator
• Baseline data
• Evaluation instrument
• Analysis of overall program results

• Childcare Centers
• Management commitment
• Directors and staff participation in training
• Evaluation participation
• Collaboration/shared best practices
• Ongoing commitment to higher standards, including
  NAEYC accreditation
• Mentoring by Tier I, II and III centers

• Collaborative for Children
• Curriculum/Training Team
• Develop and monitor classroom-customized action
  plans
• Training design and content
• Recommendations for developmental equipment
• Ongoing consultation at least twice per month for
  each classroom

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Training Philosophy

• UWBB Instills in Teachers and Directors
• Love of Learning
• Love of Self/Self-Awareness
• Sense of Professionalism
• Leadership Capacity for all
• Understanding their Importance and Impact on
  Children, Families and the Community

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18 Current Child Care Centers

• 5 Tier I Centers (2002)
• 5 Tier II Centers (2005)
• 2 Tier III Centers (2007)
• 4 Tier IV Centers (2009)
• 2 Tier V Centers (2011)

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• Alumni Performance
• In 2010/2011, UWBB alumni score better as
  compared to their peers
• On all TAKS Reading and Math Measures grades 3,
  4 and 5
• On all 10 Stanford Measures grades 1-5
• 3 out of 4 Aprenda Measures grades 1-2
• In Total, UWBB alumni scored better than their
  peers on 30 out of 32 standardized tests.

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• 10 Year Results on Classroom Quality
• Classrooms in Centers (Tiers I, II, III and IV)
  have over 100 increases in ITERS and ECERS
  scores
• Retention increases
• Teachers 38
• Directors 88

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• 10 Year Production
• Numbers Touched
• 36 Child Care Centers
• 71 Child Care Center directors
• 611 Child Care Center teachers
• Over 5,000 children
• Degrees Earned
• 288 Child Development Associate certificates
• 29 Associates Degrees in Early Childhood
• 15 Bachelors Degrees in Early Childhood
• 12 Masters Degrees in Early Childhood

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• United Way
• Bright Beginnings
• When I first got to the center it was pretty
  much child care, instead of child development. It
  was just day care. It has improved to where we
  have become a learning facility where children
  learn
• - UWBB Director