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Satellite Conference ENGAGING TEXAS LEADERS IN THE PRE-K MOVEMENT

Satellite Conference ENGAGING TEXAS LEADERS IN THE PRE-K MOVEMENT November 10, 2005 Today’s Goal: Have a community conversation about how to promote the value of pre-k to regular people and political candidates.

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Satellite Conference ENGAGING TEXAS LEADERS IN THE PRE-K MOVEMENT

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  1. Satellite ConferenceENGAGING TEXAS LEADERS IN THE PRE-K MOVEMENT November 10, 2005

  2. Today’s Goal: Have a community conversation about how to promote the value of pre-k to regular people and political candidates. Factoid from Pre-k Now: “Good parenting is enhanced by a high-quality pre-k program.”

  3. Pre-K programs in Texas include: • Child Care (including nonprofit and for profit, corporate sponsored, faith-based, and home-based) • Federal Head Start & Early Head Start • Public Pre-kindergarten in ISD’s • Private Pre-Kindergarten Factoid from Pre-k Now: “Providing voluntary, high-quality pre-k to all children is as much about economic development as it is a tool to improve educational outcomes.”

  4. WHY PRE-K Will Be THE Issue In 2006 and 2007 • National movement to promote school readiness of young children • Early childhood education has emerged as one of the few bipartisan issues in Texas Factoid from Pre-k Now: “We’ve underestimated young children for too long. If we want better students, we must begin by strengthening pre-k.”

  5. WHY PRE-K ? (continued) • Early care and education field is more unified than ever • Engaging Candidates in the 2006 Elections • Election year brings opportunities to educate the media Factoid from Pre-k Now: “We’ve underestimated young children for too long. If we want better students, we must begin by strengthening pre-k.”

  6. THE QUESTION TO ASK ELECTED OFFICIALS & CANDIDATES: Do you support expanded access to quality pre-k programs including Child Care, Head Start, and Public Pre-k? Factoid from Pre-k Now: “Pre-k is not about “those” children, it’s about “all” children.”

  7. City Council & County Commissioners Chambers of Commerce Texas State Representatives Texas State Senators US Senators US Representatives Other people of influence WHY PRE-K ? Who To Ask…Who To Talk To Who Represents Me? http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm

  8. Charge #1 How do we make pre-kindergarten a priority of candidates running for office? “About 1/3 of middle class children do not know the alphabet when they enter school.”

  9. Charge #2 How can we help candidates and the general public understand the link between pre-kindergarten and economic development? Factoid from Pre-k Now: “More than 40% of first-time kindergarteners cannot count beyond 10.”

  10. Charge #3 How can we make sure that our community’s leaders & power-brokers are working in support of pre-kindergarten? Factoid from Pre-k Now: “Pre-k has become just as necessary as kindergarten and first-grade.”

  11. Special Thanks TO YOU! For your commitment to our children’s early education

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