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Educational First Steps

Educational First Steps. Orientation for Board Members September 7, 2017. Welcome! Today’s Agenda. 4:00 to 4:10pm Welcome and Opening Remarks Jane Taber, Chair of the Governance Committe e 4:10 to 4:30pm EFS Then & Now John Breitfeller, Executive Director

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Educational First Steps

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  1. Educational First Steps Orientation for Board Members September 7, 2017

  2. Welcome! Today’s Agenda • 4:00 to 4:10pm Welcome and Opening RemarksJane Taber, Chair of the Governance Committee • 4:10 to 4:30pm EFS Then & Now John Breitfeller, Executive Director • 4:30 to 5:15pm Non-Profit Boards in the 21st Century Suzanne Smith, Social Impact Architects • 5:15 to 5:35pm Questions & Answers • 5:35 to 5:40pm EFS of the Future Carolyn Westberry, Chair of Strategic Initiatives Committee • 5:40 to 5:50 Complete and turn in administrative forms and notecards for suggested topics of interest Happy Hour at 6pm at Local, 2936 Elm St, Dallas

  3. Increase the Availability of Quality Early Childhood Education for Economically Disadvantaged Children

  4. So, It’s All About Children!& families & teachers & small businesses & women & workforce & ISDs &… • Harvard:Just about all the neurological & behavioral foundation for healthy sensing, language, social-emotional well-being, character and cognitive thinking happens in the first five years • Perry Study: A 50-year longitudinal study shows that a strong early childhood means a better life: academics, secondary education, civic activity, family stability, career and need for social/economic intervention • James Heckman: A Nobel laureate shows that the social return on investment is highest (12%-15%) for early childhood years • Dallas ISD: Students from quality pre-k programs are 350% more ready for kindergarten, itself correlated to critical third grade achievement • EFS: Children from accredited facilities show a significant, growing advantage over peers in literacy/math through third grade

  5. A Little EFS History:27 Years of Unique, Positive Impact • Founded in 1989/90 by a small group well ahead of their time (and largely still involved with our organization) • Originally, made grants to improve teaching at Dallas child care centers, but found that accountable results were hard to come by • By the mid-1990s, began to build an expert mentoring staff and a defined program (Four Steps to Excellence) aimed at an extraordinary goal in at-risk neighborhoods: national accreditation! • In 2010, piloted an expansion into Tarrant County • By 2011, had accredited over 20 Dallas centers; those remaining in quality served just under 1,000 children from birth to age 5 • At that time, community support was growing, but 2/3 of EFS’ funding came from a single founding donor

  6. 2012-2017:An Acceleration of Impact Four Steps 2.0 Introduced & Crystal Charity Ball Gift Enrollment Services & Child Care Bridge Fund Introduced Permanent Partnership w/Accredited Centers Step Up! Campaign Begins: Raises $6MM in Dallas Leadership Roles @ EMD, ELA & w/Major Foundations

  7. “The rewards can change EFS’ image, approach, economics and impact substantially” - May 2012 EFS Board Presentation

  8. Some Strategic MusingsFor You, the Board • Will early childhood stay a hot topic? • Supporting ISDs in their backward integration into the pre-k years, while mitigating economic consequences to quality providers of 0-3 care • Optimizing impact within a Texas subsidy system that is underfunded, discourages quality and makes the youngest children unprofitable to serve • Continuing an aggressive scaling of EFS’ program impact while emerging community “umbrella organizations” find their feet • Leveraging apparently higher Tarrant innovation/growth opportunities vs. our traditional Dallas base • Emphasizing neighborhood saturation amid wider geographic reach

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