Ionia County Great Start Collaborative Strategies & Objectives Planning Worksheet
GOAL 3: Children in Ionia County are prepared to succeed in school
Strategies
Proposed
Objectives
(in bold larger font are
recommendations from
the work committee)
In regular, smaller font are
from 2010 Strategic Plan
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as is
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different Goal
and/or Strategy
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Strategy # of
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Strategy 4.
1. Create affordable opportunities for
families to support their needs
a)
Welcome Home
Baby Packets
1. Training on social
emotional development
for parents
2. Promote current mental
health services for
families 0-5
3. Increase the one on one
mentoring opportunities
for families
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Ionia County Great Start Collaborative Strategies & Objectives Planning Worksheet
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4. Promote and support
literacy in the home
through Ionia County
Dolly Parton’s
Imagination Library
(DPIL) initiative and
playgroups
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2. Promote affordable, quality
preschool experiences in Ionia County
a) Common core support
activity for preschool
& kindergarten
teachers
1. Identify the number of
quality preschool slots
that are available in
Ionia County
2. Define and implement a
process for identifying
“quality” for Ionia
County
3. Develop campaign to
educate parents on the
importance of preschool
in school and life
success
4. Develop campaign to
build universal
preschool participation
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5. Advocate for number of
preschools needed to
meet demand
6. Identify a quality rating
system for Ionia County
child care providers
7. Implement quality
rating system in Ionia
County
8. Establish funding
sources for quality
rating system
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3. Increase free preschool opportunities
in Ionia
a) Starfish Preschool
Scholarship
1. Increase availability and
access for 4 year olds to
attend quality preschool
programs
2. Identify potential funding
sources & partners that
may be able to provide
preschool scholarships
3. Increase scholarship
opportunities throughout
Ionia County
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4. Build partnership to promote
educational opportunities for caregivers
a) Free trainings for child
care providers
b) Annual PD schedule
for parents and
providers
1. Offer training to early
childhood providers
regarding social
emotional health
2. Engage the faith based
and education
community as partners in
the expansion and
identification of family
support services
3. Support Chamber
Welcome Wagon
activities to include 0-5
information
4. Identify potential
agencies that provide
quality trainings as
partners
5. Promote web site
calendar as a training
calendar
6. Secure funding to keep
training at a minimum
cost for providers
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7. Partner with Central
Resource Center (CRRC)
to promote quality
training opportunities
and supports
8. Educate and train child
care providers and
parents on the quality
rating system
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