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Janel Jamerson (FGLN) and Ilka Walkley
(RLG)
Working together : the Campaign for Grade Level Reading and RBA
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INTRODUCTION
The Campaign for Grade Level Reading (www.gradelevelreading.net)• 200+ communities across the US – RLG
working with 75 of these communities
• Local Campaigns within a national framework brokering technical assistance, communications, resources – not funding
• Set of shared progress indicators for school readiness (inc. health), attendance, summer learning loss and grade level reading proficiency
3 BIG LESSONS
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“More children from low-income families ready for school and developmentally on track”
“Fewer children from low-income families entering kindergarten with undetected, undiagnosed and untreated conditions and developmental delays that can impede learning”
Community ownership of ‘problem’ – and solutions Need common language and shared measurement
‘fall in love with the problem’ (the story), not the solution
FLINT AND GENESEE LITERACY NETWORK
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A community plan for collective impact to improve literacy
The power of a common language
RBA - a new way of working to address causes, not ‘business as usual’
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