Open Space Technology Groups
Building Bridges in Community
Bridges with external support, blending funding is difficult
Weak with those who are in same industry, i.e. pr, child care, & cch
Share-each give a little, what’s in it for me?
How do we build a relationship? Need a strategic plan, patience, funding
PD: Combining resources with all entities. Olive branch to provide PD by ERF resources
Motivating the Children
More choices
Enhancing interest areas
Teacher ‘sell’ the area with exciting descriptions
‘cast’ an interesting net
Info In: www.cecpd.org
Info Out: distribution list
Progress Monitoring Assessments
Key discussion points: ELQA-Early Literacy Quick Assessment-one on one assessment for teacher’s to use to measure scores vs benchmark. Expressive and receptive vocab, upper and lower case letters, receptive expressive rhyming and concepts about print
Challenges: Poor photos that were inherited; Teachers have had to hand score their own tests if they wanted these typed of reports; linking reports to curriculum; Find clear pictures w/o distractrs to the children
Strategies and Solutions: New photos were created and beta tested with actual children; Available in
September online or stand alone on disk; plans for individual and group instruction. *Need to address different methods of teaching similar concepts. (put links in manual)
Parental Involvement
Form Parental Advisory Committee (PAC)
Responsible to encourage other parents to help

2 representatives from each classroom
Community Advisement Committee in OKCPS
Talk to your CAC members re parental involvement—may be able to help classroom teachers get one or two parents involved in the class
YMCA application form (to be on PAC) – email this lady: tcoffee@ymcaokc.org
Parents as Teachers (PAT) program helps parents learn how to teach their young children (birth-3)
In-home assessment (ASQ)
Identifies kids who display development delays
Child Guidance Services offers parenting classes
How to get parents to show up at school for a Literacy Night:
Donations-to help pull parents into an after school program
Walmart-give them 30 days notice
Homeland
Buy For Less- 30 days notice
Restaurants
Church’s Chicken
Door Prizes
7-Eleven
Johnny’s
Get one parent involved and the other kids want their parents involved, too.