Leveraging PBS TeacherLine Local Innovation Funds
Partnerships for Early Childhood Educators
Early Childhood Project Partners• PBS TeacherLine• Qwest Foundation in Education• Olympic Educational Service District 114• ASSET-Eight Public Television
Right Now…• Partnership with the 9 WashingtonState Educational Service Districts.
• Forming 8 Cadres of early childhood educators.
• Cadre Leaders participating in OFT.
• Selected 5 PBS TeacherLine courses aligned with local needs.
• Collaborating with ASSET to design a pro-dev portal and test PD Assessment Tool.
Introducing… “The Neighborhood”
Roads Leading to “The Neighborhood”
• Local Innovation Project in Arizona
•Outside Foundation InterestLocal and National
• OESD PBS TL Goals
Local Innovation Project• AZ Early Childhood Cadres Launched
• “Let’s Get Ready” Workshops
• Eight Cadres Recruited
Outside Foundation Interest• Developed Relationship with Local Qwest Office
• Identified Common Goals
• Crafted ASSET Local Qwest Proposal
Qwest Partnership Expanded• Qwest National Foundation Interest
Project Now Includes AZ and WashingtonProject includes cadre and portal funding
• Proposal Process• 2007 Funding = Beta Test• 2008 Potential Opportunity to Expand
Next Steps…• Arroyo Research Services Evaluation
Reliability and Validity Testing for 360 Early ChildhoodEfficacy Study for Early Childhood Cadres
• 2008 Proposal to Qwest • Marketing –
Eight Program MagazineEight and KCTS 15 second Interstitials
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