CLI Accomplishments. November 5, 2014

November 5, 2014

Dear Gov. Perry, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, Speaker Straus, Chairman Patrick, Chairman

Nelson, Chairman Zaffirini, Chairman Pitts, Chairman Aycock, Commissioner

Williams, Members of the Legislative Budget Board, and Members of the Texas

Legislature:

Since our inception as the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and

Education (CIRCLE), the Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) at The University of Texas

Health Science Center at Houston has developed and implemented the Texas School Ready!

(TSR) Project and served more than 400,000 at-risk children.

The Children’s Learning Institute is unique in the range of research and programs

represented and its philosophical commitment to ensuring real and lasting change for young

children and families. Since 2005, CLI has received competitive research grants to study and

implement various approaches to child development and played a critical role in reforming

how early childhood educational practice supports school readiness. None of this would

have been possible without the support and leadership of the Texas Executive and

Legislative branches.

It is with great pleasure that I share with you some exciting results pertaining to the Texas

School Ready! Project, for FY 2014. The Texas School Ready! Project is the result of ten

years of grant funded work from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National

Institutes of Health (NIH), United States Department of Education (USDOE), the Texas

Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to improve “school

readiness” for vulnerable children in Texas. Pursuant to Section 29.160, subsection (e), of

Senate Bill 76 of the 78th Legislative Session, and House Bill 1, General Appropriations

Act, Article III Rider No. 48 and Article VII Rider No. 28 of the 84th

Legislative session,

the Children’s Learning Institute is pleased to present the following annual report for your

review: The Texas School Ready! Project: Preparing Young Texans to Learn.

Should you have any questions about the details contained in this report, please contact the

Director of CLI State Initiatives, Dr. April Crawford at 713.500.3740 or

[email protected] Additionally, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Susan H. Landry, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Michael Matthew Knight Memorial Professor

Albert and Margaret Alkek Endowed Chair in Early Childhood

Accomplishments

439,000 at-risk children through the

Texas School Ready! Project (TSR) since 2003 by building workforce skills of more than 1,900 teachers. Developed and successfully scaled-up BEECH, Beginning Education: Early Childcare at Home, one of the nation’s first

research- based quality improvement

models for family child care. Family child care accounts for over 59% of

all child care providers in Texas. Lead development of

Texas’ first infant, toddler, and 3 year-old

early learning guidelines, known as

Little Texans, Big Futures and trained

more than 1,500 caregivers to apply

them.

Nationally recognized for advancing research

in brain behavior. CLI’s BRAIN lab is a

leader in the development of new techniques for imaging

young children with learning problems. Developing Act Early

Texas!, one of the nation’s first on-line developmental training and screening initiatives

in early childhood settings in order to improve the capacity of

providers to assist parents to understand

developmental disabilities and seek

The

Texas School Ready!

Project:

Preparing Young Texans to Learn

Fiscal Year

2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Overview……….………1

Texas School Ready! Project (TSR)…..……….………2

Project Improvements and Innovations………4

Future Project Goals………...9

Appendix 1: Texas School Ready! Project: Statewide Grantees

Appendix 2: Children’s Learning Institute: FY 2014 Financial Expenditures

Appendix 3: Texas School Ready! Project Results: Child Progress Monitoring

Appendix 4: Texas School Ready! Project Instructional Improvement: Performance

Measurement

Appendix 5: Texas School Ready! Project: Research Summary from the Journal of Educational

Psychology

Appendix 6: An experimental study evaluating professional development activities within a

state funded pre-kindergarten program. Research paper published in Reading and

Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 24(8). September, 2011.

Appendix 7: Effects of a brief tiered language intervention for prekindergarteners at risk.

Research article published in Early Education & Development, 24:3, 2013.

Appendix 8: Initial validation of the prekindergarten classroom observation tool and goal

setting system for data-based coaching. Research paper published in School

Psychology Quarterly, September 2013.

Appendix 9: Scaling up data-based mentoring in pre-kindergarten classrooms. Chapter

published in Mentoring Practices, Potential Challenges and Benefits, 2013.

Appendix 10: CLI Engage E-Learning Platform

Appendix 11: CIRCLE Professional Development Courses

Appendix 12: CIRCLE Assessment System

Appendix 13: CIRCLE Classroom Observation Tool

Appendix 14: CIRCLE Activities

Legislative Session, and House Bill 1, General Appropriations Act, Article III, Education, Texas

Education Agency Rider No. 48 and Article VII, Business and Economic Development, Texas

Workforce Commission Rider No. 28 of the 84th

Legislative Session, the Children’s Learning

Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is pleased to present the

following report:

The Texas School Ready! Project: Preparing Young Texans to Learn

Introduction and Overview

The Texas School Ready! Project is the result of more than ten years of grant funded work from

the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States

Department of Education (USDOE), the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas

Workforce Commission (TWC) to prioritize “school readiness” for disadvantaged children in

Texas. The Texas Early Education Model (TEEM), the original initiative associated with this

project, was developed to ensure this priority is realized throughout the state through a focus on

increasing children’s school readiness through research-based curriculum, classroom resources,

technology-driven child progress monitoring, teacher/staff professional development with

mentoring, and program evaluation. The project integrates public school programs with federal

Head Start programs and community-based child care (including for-profit, non-profit, faith-

based and federally subsidized settings) in order to support the school readiness of at-risk 3 and 4

year-old children.

The Texas School Ready! Project is driven by the following assumptions:

• Early childhood is a critical period for building school readiness skills in language,

literacy, mathematics, social, emotional and cognitive development.

• Cognitive readiness can be achieved in ways that support the whole child.

• Research-based, comprehensive curricula are essential classroom tools.

• Responsive teaching promotes social and cognitive development.

• Progress monitoring linked to changes in instruction better assures school readiness.

• Effective professional development with on-going mentoring for teachers assures goals

are achieved.

Working with these assumptions, and through the implementation and sustainability of quality

programs, the Texas School Ready! Project strives to ensure that disadvantaged children arrive at

kindergarten well prepared and ready to succeed.

We know that literacy is a prerequisite to full participation in

American society. Historically speaking, throughout the nation

and particularly in Texas, young children from disadvantaged

backgrounds read and write at levels so low when they enter

school that they become at-risk for educational failure. As a result,

achievement gaps between at-risk and non-at-risk student

populations start early and, as history suggests, continue

throughout the course of many of these students’ education

experiences.

The Texas School Ready! Project was developed and implemented

to meet this reality head-on and find community-based solutions to

inequitable levels of school readiness. Since 2003, when TEEM

was initially piloted statewide, local communities have advanced

substantially toward collaborative efforts to address the need to

effectively prepare children for school success.

Since the project began, communities across the state have responded by rethinking the way

they prepare their youngest Texans for school. Community-based partnerships have been

developed and required to implement coherent, comprehensive, cost-conscious and

scientifically research- based approaches toward school readiness. In Fiscal Year 2004, the

first year of the project, there were 11 community-based grantees throughout the state

serving 2,140 children. In Fiscal Year 2014, through a combination of TEA Rider 48

and TWC Rider 28 funding, there were 27 grantees serving 2,500 teachers and 44,442

children. Since 2004, more than 439,000 Texas children have participated in classrooms

administering the Texas School Ready! program. During the 2014 implementation year,

TSR cost an average of $347 per student; a small investment for such tremendous returns

when children arrive at school ready to learn. A report of TSR expenditures for fiscal year

2014 is provided in Appendix 2.

Effectiveness

Success in early literacy is indicative and predictive of later literacy achievement; in

other words, what children learn early in their education makes school success possible. A

preponderance of research suggests that children who perform well in the following

literacy domains continue to do well into high school: Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary

Development, and Letter Knowledge. The Texas School Ready! Project emphasizes

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Cumulative Total of Children Served through

TSR Model

439,000 TSR Children

domains and has found that thousands of disadvantaged children across the state have

demonstrated substantial strides towards the goal of school readiness. Appendix 3 included

in this report depicts statewide child progress results on key literacy assessments

throughout the course of the pre-k year. These results indicate that children who

participate in TSR classrooms demonstrate significant gains on key predictors of early

literacy. Instructional quality is the most influential school based predictor of growth in

these child skills.

Appendix 4 included in this report depicts increases in observed instructional practices

from the beginning to the middle of the school year, across a broad range of

instructional areas that support early language, literacy, math, and social development.

These findings show that with a few months of participation in TSR, teachers improve

their ability to deliver quality instruction. The key to these gains is the TSR approach

which helps teachers and other early childhood professionals provide learning activities

that are age appropriate and effective for at-risk children. Teachers participating in TSR

recognize the benefits from the program; for example, in FY2014, 91% of teachers said

that suggestions and recommendations made by their TSR mentors helped them improve

classroom instruction. Additionally, 98% of TSR participants say that trainings and

professional development provided by TSR are very important to their classroom

instruction. (see Appendix 5 for a summary of a published research paper by the prestigious

Journal of Educational Psychology that describes the efficacy of the TSR model, and

Appendix 6 for a description and evaluation for scaling up a comprehensive early

childhood teacher professional development program).

FY 2014 Project Improvements and Innovations

During FY2013, the Children’s Learning Institute, designated the State Center for Early

Childhood Development in 2003 by the Governor of Texas, identified several project

improvement goals for the Texas School Ready! Project, based on emerging evidence from

research and stakeholder feedback. In FY2014, CLI was successful in accomplishing:

GOAL:

Increase our capacity to serve public school teachers by developing a

statewide professional development and child progress monitoring system

to include all TSR online learning resources developed over the past 10

years. This new web-based service model will allow TSR and the Texas

Education Agency to provide high-quality, research-supported, services to all

public preschool teachers and children in the state beginning Fall 2015.

RESULT:

Developed the CLI Engage web-based platform (see description in appendix

10), that hosts CIRCLE Professional Development (see description in

appendix 11), CIRCLE Assessment System (see description in appendix 12),

Classroom Observation Tools for coaches and administrators (see description

in appendix 13), CIRCLE Activities (see description in appendix 14), and

Collaborative Tools for coaching and professional learning communities (see

description in appendix 15). Development of CLI Engage will continue

Beginning in Fall 2014, more than 2,200 teachers enrolled in the CLI Engage

pilot, including all preschool teachers from Dallas ISD, Houston ISD, and

Fort Worth ISD. Through these TSR resources provided through CLI Engage,

pilot districts are already conducting child progress monitoring for more than

43,000 students, with teachers receiving the benefits of data-linked

suggestions for small group instruction and access to CIRCLE Online

Activities accompanied by exemplar video-demonstrations to reinforce best

practices and instructional behaviors. In Fall 2015, CLI Engage will be

open to all Texas public school pre-k teachers and will provide a critical

resource to teachers who educate young, at-risk children in Texas.

GOAL:

Increase access to the Texas School Ready! Project to more early

childhood programs in typically underserved rural communities. There

is considerable demand for access to quality improvement initiatives in

rural communities, yet there are critical challenges to providing services to

these schools, including: (a) difficulty recruiting highly qualified local

mentors, (b) too few teachers in rural communities to warrant hiring of

mentoring staff, and (c) increased travel expenses.

RESULT:

Scaled up the TSR remote service delivery model and provided coaching and

professional development to nearly 250 teachers across 74 Texas cities. In

2013 and 2014 many children and their teachers benefited from TSR through

a distance-learning approach that allows teachers new flexibility to

participate in eCIRCLE professional development coursework remotely, and

to receive individualized feedback and mentoring based on routine video

recordings of their own teaching. Communicating with teachers via Skype,

web-postings, and by phone, TSR coaches provide feedback on planned

video-recorded lessons, offer guidance, share videos of effective teaching,

and set goals for instructional improvement. By eliminating the costs

associated with mentor travel to schools in rural areas (e.g., fuel and driving

time) we improved the cost-effectiveness of the model, increasing CLI’s

capacity to serve additional

classrooms in communities with limited access to

quality improvement opportunities. TSR now operates one of the only

large scale data-based coaching approaches for teachers in the nation. In

summer of 2014 we received a 4 year federal research grant from the

Institute of Educational Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to

study the cost-effectiveness of this model for improving teaching quality and

child outcomes in language and literacy. Receipt of this federal research

grant is a testament to the innovation and rigor with which the TSR

project has been administered over the past 10 years; the results of this

TSR driven investigation will lead the way for technology-based

interventions across the country.

GOAL:

Improve continuity in quality across the early care system by training

caregivers working in family child care settings, and training infant and

toddler teachers working in TSR preschool sites. Birth to age three is a

While TSR is highly effective at building children’s literacy, math, and social

skills in the preschool year, language gains can be improved by providing

children with rich language facilitation even earlier.

RESULT:

Supported more than 300 family child care providers, and approximately 1,400

children, through access to the BEECH program and supplemental

developmentally appropriate materials to support early language and cognitive

development. The research-supported program is made available at no-cost to

all family child care providers in the state through TSR funding, allowing TSR

to provide professional development and training to a critical sector of the

Texas early education system. Additionally, TSR trained more than 1,200

early childhood caregivers in the effective use of the Texas Infant, Toddler,

and Three-Year-Old Early Learning Guidelines. By leveraging these Texas

resources, developed by the Texas Early Learning Council, TSR supports the

dissemination and utilization of high-quality, research-based tools, among

our child care partners through the expert training and support of TSR

staff in local communities statewide.

GOAL:

Develop a technical assistance strategy to improve the sustainability of

the model through targeted training and support for TSR school

leaders. School leaders play a critical role in driving instructional change,

and many leaders need training to better understand how to identify and

promote effective early childhood practices. Building early childhood

instructional leadership skills will improve involvement among school

leaders while actively enrolled in the program, as well as strengthening their

ability to sustain the model when participation ends.

RESULT:

In addition to offering our Leading School-wide Improvement professional

development online course and TSR-linked Administrator Classroom

Observation Tool (A-COT), we conducted administrator trainings in each of

our TSR communities to build understanding of formative assessments and

the role they play in program improvement. These trainings were focused on

increasing utilization of CIRCLE child progress monitoring results and

instructional data gathered through the Classroom Observation Tool. School

leaders learned to interpret CIRCLE Assessment data summaries and

charts to prioritize the needs of children and teachers across critical areas

including, print and letter knowledge, phonological awareness, written

expression, and social and emotional development.

GOAL:

Build the capacity of TSR teachers to support children’s development of

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills. Comparative

studies show that the U.S. lags behind other industrialized nations in

preparing children for jobs in science and engineering, and that little effective

instruction occurs in early childhood classrooms in these areas. Expanding

TSR professional development to include more STEM courses and materials,

and providing a STEM child progress monitoring tool with linked

Prekindergarten Guidelines and national STEM-based standards will increase

awareness and instruction in STEM during the early childhood period.

RESULT:

Designed and validated a new STEM progress monitoring tool in TSR

classrooms. The new tool is now available in all TSR classrooms. This brief

STEM assessment is integrated with the CIRCLE Assessment System already

used in TSR classrooms to monitor children’s progress and plan instruction in

language, literacy, math, and social emotional domains. Feedback reports

provide guidance for grouping children with similar needs, and recommend

specific scripted STEM activities and lessons. Combined with Science and

Math eCIRCLE professional development and mentor observational STEM

tools, TSR now has a strong, coordinated, STEM approach to address

this critical area of need.

GOAL:

Expand our online resource library to include hundreds of new video

demonstrations of high quality teaching practices aligned with the

CIRCLE A ctivities m a n u a l f o r t e a c h e r s a n d Classroom Observation

Tool (COT) for teachers, administrators, and coaches. This resource library,

which includes videos, articles, and activities, is critical to successfully

scaling-up online and remote participation in TSR.

RESULT:

Created a resource library with more than 80 high-quality full-length

demonstrations of teachers implementing CIRCLE Activities (see

examples in appendix 14). These online lesson resources include hundreds of

lessons spanning language, literacy, math, science, and social and emotional

development; a subset of these lessons include scripting that supply teachers

with specific language to use to provide optimal instructional support.

Annotated video demonstrations highlight key instructional moments during

the lesson to encourage high-quality implementation. Teachers, coaches, and

administrators also have access to more than 300 brief exemplars of targeted

instructional strategies aligned with the Classroom Observation Tool (see

examples in appendix 13). COT instructional strategies, aligned with early

childhood research and the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, build teaching

competency by showing teachers what good implementation looks like and by

helping teachers set goals for improvement and tracking progress over time.

developed several innovations to the project, including:

• Developed and employed new methods for recruiting schools in typically

underserved communities by using statewide geocoded data to identify schools that

were not in close enough proximity to TSR Lead Agents to receive face-to-face

services. Online access to professional development and remote coaching support

was extended to more than 100 teachers in these underserved regions.

• Extended the use of Developing Talkers, and its Spanish counterpart, Hablemos Juntos, a

series of read aloud lessons targeting language and literacy growth. These lessons,

embedded in a Pre-kindergarten Response to Intervention (P-RTI) framework, were

piloted in TSR classrooms with children receiving these supports showing significant

gains in vocabulary learning (see publication in Appendix 7).

• Improved and implemented the online Classroom Observation Tool (COT), to

strengthen TSR mentors’ reliance on data when working with teachers to increase the

use of positive instructional strategies and interactions with children (see publications

describing the TSR coaching approach in Appendices 8 and 9). In particular, the tool

has been expanded to include indicators of quality teaching in science, engineering,

and technology. New charts have been added that help mentors and teachers reflect

on progress and set goals for continued improvement. Refined our analysis of coach

goal setting practices to identify areas where TSR coaches need additional training in

order to better support teachers.

• Extended the use of video mentoring and reflection strategy where project mentors and

coordinators videotape teachers in their classroom environments to help them reflect and

improve their instructional strategies and understand how to better support and scaffold

children’s language and oral responses.

• Extended the use of video reflection as a TSR mentor professional development strategy

where mentors videotape themselves while working with a teacher and share their video

in collaboration with other mentors and CLI staff to receive feedback and guidance to

improve mentoring skills and program fidelity.

• Developed and conducted a high-level research and training institute to educate more than

1,000 early childhood administrators, practitioners and leaders about how to improve

school readiness outcomes for young learners. All participants received free registration

to the event, which featured both hands-on trainings and sessions with nationally-renown

early childhood experts, and attracted participants from across the state. 94% of

participants rated the institute as “Excellent” or “Very Good.”

• Developed and began implementing a new TSR communications strategy that improves

stakeholder engagement and allows TSR to quickly disseminate important reports,

announcements, and resources that support high quality implementation.

The Texas School Ready! Project has the following current and future goals:

• Begin enrolling state supported preschool programs in CLI Engage to increase statewide

access to research validated child progress monitoring and professional development.

Statewide outreach and open enrollment will begin January 2015, with all classrooms and

teachers being offered access to these resources in Fall 2015.

• Support statewide training and consumer education for the Texas Rising Star quality

rating and improvement system, administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.

TWC has partnered with CLI through TSR to develop an online training and certification

course for mentors and assessors throughout the state to promote quality and equity in the

implementation of the revised TRS standards. CLI will develop a rigorous web-based

course that ensure all users (e.g., TRS mentors and assessors, provider and caregiver

applicants) have an opportunity to build shared understanding of what constitutes a high

quality, star-rated, program. CLI will also support Local Workforce Development Board

assessors and coaches in establishing good reliability and TRS fidelity, and provide

statewide outreach support to educate parents and providers about the value and attributes

of high quality child care. Finally, TSR child progress monitoring, professional

development courses, and lessons will be aligned with the TRS standards and provided to

participating programs at no-cost through TSR.

• Beginning in January 2015, TSR participants will, on a voluntary basis, receive support

to apply the hours of training accrued through TSR participation to the Child

Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ for Center-Based Programs. This new

workforce improvement initiative will allow TSR to provide a professional development

opportunity and career pathway to the early childhood teachers already enrolled in TSR.

For the CIRCLE CDA Program, CLI will create new online training modules to ensure

that all of the content areas for the CDA™ are covered, providing 100% of the training

hours needed for teachers to qualify for the CDA™. This program will be offered for

free to all TSR Participants, following the pilot, through CLI Engage hosting supported

by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Workforce Commission.

• Enhancement of the family child care professional development series, Beginning

Education Early Childcare at Home (BEECH), through support from the Baxter trust.

The Texas Early Learning Council partnered with the Children’s Learning Institute to

develop and rigorously test this training series, which yields substantial gains in positive

caregiver behaviors and outcomes for children; the updated series will be hosted on CLI

Engage to increase visibility and uptake among family child care providers.

• Playing and Learning Strategies (PALS) parenting program that has been validated in

multiple federally funded research studies, and is included in three national What Works

Clearinghouses, is being adapted for hosting on CLI Engage and will be provided at

no-cost to parents with children enrolled in TSR or TRS classrooms.

classrooms, which does not reflect actual demand.

• Develop our capacity to conduct an initial needs assessment for grantees that assists CLI

in making decisions about optimal service delivery, and cost-effectiveness, for each

community.

• Continue to reduce the cost of the project per student through innovations, cost savings

and other measures.

• Continue to seek federal and private research grants to test and validate TSR

innovations.

For questions regarding information contained in this report, or questions about the work of the Children’s Learning Institute please contact Dr. April Crawford, Director of CLI State Initiatives, at 713.500.3740 or [email protected]; or Scott Forbes, VP of Government Relations at UTHealth, at 713.500.3289 or

Appendix 1:

Texas School Ready! Project: Statewide Grantees

7/31/14

Region Community ChildCare HeadStart Non-Profit PreK Grand Total

ESC 4 CLI Houston 62 20 5 87

Various Remote Classrooms 12 22 5 39

ESC 4 Aldine ISD 4 13 17

ESC 16 Amarillo College 36 26 1 63

ESC 5 Beaumont ISD 28 17 8 3 56

ESC 3 CAC Victoria 8 17 25

ESC 13 Community Action Inc. of Central Texas 24 11 3 19 57

ESC 20 Carrizo Springs Affordable Housing 4 22 7 33

ESC 11 Child Care Associates 37 46 19 102

ESC 10 Child Care Group 40 33 1 4 78

Various Collaborative for Children 27 9 2 38

ESC 12 EOAC Waco 30 41 71

ESC 20 Family Service Association 41 68 10 119

ESC 4 Houston ISD 16 185 201

ESC 20 Im Just a Kid 22 22

ESC 13 Kids R Kids LA 12 38 50

ESC 1 La Joya ISD 4 21 31 56

ESC 15 Mason ISD 21 16 3 30 70

ESC 9 North Texas United Way 16 14 30

ESC 1 Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD 34 59 93

ESC 14 Region 14 ESC 13 3 16

ESC 18 Region 18 ESC 37 6 4 28 75

ESC 19 Region 19 ESC HS 50 19 34 103

ESC 2 Region 2 ESC 8 21 13 5 47

ESC 20 Region 20 ESC 31 31

ESC 5 Region 5 ESC 22 22

ESC 6 Region 6 ESC 18 18

ESC 7 Region 7 ESC 73 13 5 40 131

ESC 8 Region 8 ESC 32 29 5 14 80

ESC 6 Sam Houston SU 19 20 12 51

ESC 4 San Jacinto College 36 2 1 39

ESC 6 Stephen F. Austin SU 14 10 4 23 51

ESC 4 Kaleidescrope DBA The Rhodes School 40 1 1 2 44

ESC 1 TMC Laredo 27 38 1 24 90

ESC 1 TMC McAllen 29 20 2 51

ESC 1 Workforce Solutions Cameron 38 51 1 106 196

ESC 12 Workforce Solutions for Central TX 50 12 7 69

ESC 17 YWCA Lubbock 30 16 46

Grand Total 980 760 84 643 2467

Appendix 2:

Community Expenditure Description

Community - A collection of public schools, Head Start programs, and licensed child care facilities participating in the TSR! project under the leadership of a local LEA or community agency (e.g. Austin ISD, Region 7 ESC, Family Services Association, etc.)

Project Managers – An early childhood expert employed by the University of Texas to provide leadership and support to the TSR! project; part of the role of the project manager is to:

Program Manager – An early childhood expert employed by the University of Texas (CLI) to provide field-based support for the TSR! project. Specifically, the eight Technical Assistance Specialists:

• act as liaisons between CLI and lead agencies

• provide technical assistance to lead agencies and LEAs in their assigned regions • train and support coordinators in their assigned regions

• train and support mentors in their communities

• provide training/professional development to classroom teachers • provide teachers with mentoring and support

• collect data and submit reports

Coordinators (Field Staff) – Employed by the University of Texas (CLI) to oversee the implementation of the TSR! project within a particular community. Coordinators for TSR:

• act as liaisons between the lead agency and local partners • train and support mentors in their communities

• provide training/professional development to classroom teachers • provide teachers with mentoring and support

• collect data and submit reports

Mentors (Field Staff) – Employed by the University of Texas (CLI) to work with an assigned group of early childhood teachers within a particular community to:

• provide training/professional development to classroom teachers • provide teachers with mentoring and support

• collect data and submit reports

Professional Services Agreement (PSA) –Professional Services Agreements are contracts between CLI and vendors who provide various services (e.g. reimbursement of coordinators/mentors’ salary/fringe and associated costs, consultants to provide training to teachers, etc.) in order to successfully implement the TSR! project.

Curriculum - Classrooms are equipped with a state-approved set of books, materials, and instructions, called a curriculum, to guide classroom teachers in lesson planning and activities to enhance students’ learning in all subject areas at the prekindergarten level.

Classroom Kits (Kits) – Various kits of select instructional materials are provided to teachers participating in the TSR! project. These kits consist of a classroom start-up kit that focuses on classroom management and routines, a school readiness kit plus supplemental materials, PRTI kits, Early Learner Read Aloud kits, parent bags, etc, to enhance students’ literacy skills that are facilitated by classroom teachers and parents.

Travel - Community field staff and SCECD project management staff travel to various communities and classrooms within the community to support and mentor teachers.

participate in the eCIRCLE on line professional development sessions. Teachers have access to the course content, discussion platforms and supportive resources.

Progress Monitoring (PM) Licenses - CLI purchases PM licenses so target teachers can use CPALLS+ to assess students’ progress (in letter recognition, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and math) up to 3 times a year and use the results to guide classroom instructions in order to enhance student learning and be ready for Kindergarten Teacher Training – Teachers participating in their first year of the training model participate in three full days of teacher professional development and training; specifically, teachers attend the 2-day CIRCLE training and the 1-day progress monitoring training. Additionally, teachers in the first and second year of the professional development and training model attend up to 20, 2 hour eCIRCLE sessions throughout the year, usually after the work day has ended.

Substitute teacher reimbursement - Teachers who participate in the TSR! project are required to attend 3 full days of training – 2 days for CIRCLE training and 1 day for Progress Monitoring training. CLI reimburses up to $75/day to schools that provide substitute teachers so the teachers can attend the trainings.

Teacher Incentive- Teachers participating in the first and second year of the professional development and training model are eligible to earn up to $1,000 in incentive pay for participating in the eCIRCLE professional development sessions throughout the school year and working with the assigned mentor in implementing the TSR! project in the teacher’s classroom.

Expense Transfer – Removal of an expense from one project and placed on a different project.

Remote Classrooms- Remote Classrooms consist of 220 classrooms located in remote geographical areas in Texas. The TSR! Project is working to expand its capacity to serve all qualifying classrooms across Texas. As distance to and from a training location for face to face meetings has been prohibited by distance, a remote condition has been provided currently accommodating 220 classrooms located in geographically remote areas across Texas. These classrooms are grouped into a remote ‘community’, assigned a mentor who interacts with them online using the eCIRCLE professional development course platform and uploaded video from the teacher’s classroom. Teleconferencing connects the mentor and the teacher across distance to ensure the best practices of TSR! Are available to all teachers and children.

Texas School Ready! Project Infrastructure Expenditure Description

Directors — Serve as the leadership for the TSR! project and work closely with all stakeholders (legislators, TEA, TWC, etc.) to provide direction and oversight of the project’s implementation. Directors support project management staff in the overall management of the TSR! project.

Project Managers – An early childhood expert employed by the University of Texas to provide leadership and support to the TSR! project; part of the role of the project manager is to:

• create and provide training to enable the field staff to be more effective in mentoring teachers • create and provide training modules for field staff to deliver to teachers

• provide support and guidance to field staff and lead agencies • create appropriate materials for pre-K classrooms

• provide materials and equipment to field staff and classroom teachers • collect data and generate reports

• monitor and ensure financial accountability

Faculty Support – CLI faculty provide their knowledge and expertise to the TSR! Project in the design, creation, and delivery of high quality training and professional development for TSR staff; help in the interpretation of research data and findings toward improving the TSR project.

Research Assistant – Supports TSR management team and staff in the development and implementation of mentor and teacher training.

Data Analysis Group – Oversees the capture of progress monitoring data, ensure data reliability, manage multiple databases, provide data reporting, and assist in the development and enhancement to data systems and processes.

Texas School Ready! Online Monitoring System (TOMS) – TOMS is the online, web-based system for collecting/tracking school/classroom/teacher/student data from the participating TSR communities. The TOMS generates reports for the TSR! project.

Prekindergarten Summit – The TSR! summits bring together early childhood education practitioners, thought-leaders, policymakers and researchers to raise awareness of proven best practices in early childhood education. A unique feature of the TSR! pre-kindergarten summit sponsored by CLI is the partnership with Texas Association for Education of Young Children to host viewing sites regionally through their multiple affiliates across the state. All attendees are able to view the speakers and panels via remote feeds from a central location, and then are able to submit questions and be included in discussions in real time.

Indirect Costs – These expenditures reflect costs associated with the support and oversight provided to the project by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Workforce Commission allow a maximum of 15% or 5% in indirect charges, depending on the program and funds source. These expenditures are used to recapture costs such as office space, equipment, contract services, legal services, human resources, information technology, procurement, and accounting.

Expenses by Community

COMMUNITY NAME TEA - 8710 TEA-9107 TEA-9722 TWC-9168 TWC - 9754 TOTAL Aldine ISD $ - $ 3,493.84 $ 6,424.82 $ 9,344.37 $ 153,184.38 $ 172,447.41 Amarillo College $ - $ 9,630.36 $ 8,474.06 $ 24,019.65 $ 264,380.84 $ 306,504.91 Beaumont ISD $ 14,721.60 $ 8,979.03 $ 14,834.27 $ 36,096.18 $ 183,055.00 $ 257,686.07 Carrizo Springs Affordable Housing $ - $ 2,175.91 $ 11,290.97 $ 20,548.01 $ 110,768.94 $ 144,783.82 Child Care Associates $ - $ 13,736.84 $ 34,901.40 $ 54,828.56 $ 343,537.83 $ 447,004.62 Child Care Group $ - $ 12,746.78 $ 2,356.52 $ 54,505.71 $ 375,568.13 $ 445,177.14 Collaborative for Children-Asso. w/ Remote Group $ - $ 7,687.74 $ 19,217.73 $ 25,121.26 $ 213,215.65 $ 265,242.37 Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas $ - $ 4,210.38 $ 13,349.73 $ 10,500.82 $ 131,513.85 $ 159,574.77 ESC 12-Associated with EOAC Waco $ - $ 26,651.18 $ 12,239.63 $ 48,553.20 $ 201,159.01 $ 288,603.02 Family Service Association $ 744.00 $ 32,482.93 $ 25,151.53 $ 84,697.61 $ 502,839.43 $ 645,915.50 Houston ISD $ 8,113.21 $ 7,023.12 $ 7,441.83 $ 2,660.86 $ 169,545.31 $ 194,784.32 I'm Just a Kid $ 248.00 $ 2,753.89 $ 8,398.51 $ 10,597.49 $ 198,627.56 $ 220,625.46

Kaleidescope Youth Development Services, Inc DBA The Rhodes

School $ 809.58 $ 12,314.98 $ 25,157.75 $ 28,496.72 $ 257,284.54 $ 324,063.56 Kids R Kids Learning Academy $ 2,844.47 $ 16,179.11 $ 3,958.31 $ 84,604.54 $ 300,677.36 $ 408,263.79 La Joya ISD $ - $ 9,068.65 $ 8,388.82 $ 14,827.38 $ 191,089.06 $ 223,373.91 Mason ISD $ 758.30 $ 14,107.83 $ 58,540.96 $ 17,382.44 $ 187,213.63 $ 278,003.15 North Texas United Way $ - $ 6,387.64 $ 4,095.74 $ 17,931.56 $ 194,150.82 $ 222,565.76 Pharr,SanJuan-Alamo ISD $ 53,304.61 $ 57,121.12 $ 114,911.51 $ 21,634.06 $ 74,725.50 $ 321,696.80 Region 2, Education Service Center $ 962.74 $ 9,006.41 $ 18,715.41 $ 13,974.78 $ 252,525.92 $ 295,185.26 Region 5, Education Service Center $ - $ 2,598.61 $ 7,348.80 $ 2,327.70 $ 145,783.35 $ 158,058.45 Region 6, Education Service Center $ 521.00 $ 2,256.63 $ 7,478.68 $ 9,962.42 $ 177,112.24 $ 197,330.98 Region 7, Education Service Center $ 1,202.00 $ 20,191.97 $ 10,277.94 $ 86,915.97 $ 392,376.05 $ 510,963.93 Region 8, Education Service Center $ 491.00 $ 25,846.74 $ 73,700.19 $ 29,360.23 $ 335,526.55 $ 464,924.71 Region 14, Education Service Center $ - $ 2,139.41 $ 293.16 $ 2,233.23 $ 126,214.02 $ 130,879.81 Region 18, Educaction Service Center $ 3,783.19 $ 40,119.14 $ 70,592.43 $ 38,046.14 $ 174,885.36 $ 327,426.27 Region 19- HS, Education Service Center $ 25,553.92 $ 28,841.03 $ 90,017.69 $ 65,209.39 $ 241,837.48 $ 451,459.52 Region 20, Education Service Center $ - $ 9,293.26 $ 14,743.44 $ 5,984.22 $ 267,504.57 $ 297,525.49 Sam Houston State University $ - $ 7,873.08 $ 13,462.59 $ 38,582.17 $ 279,466.06 $ 339,383.91 San Jacinto College $ - $ 8,488.99 $ 6,485.57 $ 30,338.15 $ 227,412.46 $ 272,725.17 Stephen F. Austin $ - $ 13,947.24 $ 59,823.03 $ 8,178.29 $ 136,419.44 $ 218,367.99 Texas Migrant Council-Laredo $ - $ 7,617.44 $ 16,232.87 $ 61,446.58 $ 276,571.50 $ 361,868.39 Texas Migrant Council-McAllen $ - $ 13,909.41 $ 13,951.73 $ 56,821.34 $ 276,735.58 $ 361,418.06 CAC Victoria $ - $ 2,716.72 $ 1,167.63 $ 14,654.41 $ 165,517.24 $ 184,056.00 Workforce Solutions Cameron $ 25,086.67 $ 105,473.26 $ 205,221.27 $ 101,974.08 $ 470,118.01 $ 907,873.28 Workforce Solutions of Central Texas $ 150.00 $ 19,177.28 $ 10,826.04 $ 83,202.59 $ 298,677.03 $ 412,032.95 YWCA Lubbock $ - $ 6,891.92 $ 11,951.55 $ 27,389.70 $ 223,170.75 $ 269,403.93 CLI Houston $ 300.00 $ 1,101.40 $ 683.96 $ 29,193.92 $ 271,401.33 $ 302,680.61 Remote Classrooms $ - $ 35,023.78 $ 21,144.94 $ 282,568.35 $ 253,769.46 $ 592,506.53 Community Expenses $ (5,570.11) $ 29,236.51 $ 12,035.90 $ 57,947.29 $ 269,163.37 $ 362,812.96 Sub - Total $ 134,024.17 $ 638,501.56 $ 1,045,288.89 $ 1,612,661.38 $ 9,314,724.59 $ 12,745,200.59

Description TEA - 8710 TEA-9107 TEA-9722 TWC-9168 TWC-9754 TOTAL Salaries and fringes $ - $ 80,640.78 $ 729,002.70 $ 142,594.30 $ 1,153,883.03 $ 2,106,120.81 Professional and Contracted Services $ - $ 2,680.32 $ 127,445.10 $ 5,946.24 $ 23,128.96 $ 159,200.62 Supplies and Materials $ - $ 37,948.87 $ 10,379.54 $ 10,884.24 $ 48,095.18 $ 107,307.84 Other Operating Costs $ - $ 6,846.17 $ 13,360.28 $ 374.45 $ 70,903.75 $ 91,484.65 Sub-Total $ - $ 128,116.14 $ 880,187.62 $ 159,799.23 $ 1,296,010.92 $ 2,464,113.92

TOTAL Direct Costs $ 134,024.17 $ 766,617.71 $ 1,925,476.51 $ 1,772,460.61 $ 10,610,735.51 $ 15,209,314.50 TOTAL Indirect Costs $ 34,978.90 $ 86,440.46 $ 228,413.82 $ 61,027.75 $ 431,138.12 $ 841,999.05 TOTAL $ 169,003.07 $ 853,058.17 $ 2,153,890.33 $ 1,833,488.36 $ 11,041,873.63 $ 16,051,313.55

COMMUNITY

TEA - 8710 TEA-9107 TEA-9722 TWC - 9168 TWC - 9754 Sub-Total Total

-$ $ 3,493.84 $ 6,424.82 $ 9,344.37 $ 153,184.38 $ 172,447.41

Salaries - Project Managers - - 235.42 2,726.32 2,961.75 Salaries - Program Managers - - - - -Salaries - Field Staff - - - - -Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 5,975.31 5,741.98 60,272.43 71,989.72

Curriculum: Big Day for Pre-K 3,010.65 3,010.65

Curriculum: Early Childhood Study 41,094.58 41,094.58

Kit: Classroom Start Up 1,050.00 1,050.00

Kit: PRTI Kit 2,631.65 1,806.54 4,438.19

Kit: School Readiness 20,855.40 20,855.40

Professional Development Licenses 1,386.42 3,537.95 4,924.37

Progress Monitoring Licenses 681.40 681.40

Teacher Materials 79.39 276.78 117.53 1,174.24 1,647.93

Postage and Shipping 105.81 105.81

Professional Development 5.69 172.73 113.01 1,266.69 1,558.12 Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 750.00 375.00 1,125.00

Teacher Incentives 14,790.00 14,790.00

Teacher Training 1,750.00 1,750.00

Travel 27.12 437.38 464.50

-$ $ 9,630.36 $ 8,474.06 $ 24,019.65 $ 264,380.84 $ 306,504.91

Salaries - Project Managers 12.54 274.75 1,029.98 8,020.20 9,337.47 Salaries - Program Managers - 2,227.93 7,409.93 82,724.74 92,362.60 Salaries - Field Staff - 1,141.93 5,033.34 55,949.41 62,124.68 Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 16.67 474.96 316.66 2,858.24 3,666.53

Curriculum: Doors to Discovery 6,004.97 6,004.97

Curriculum: Early Childhood Study 9,013.38 9,013.38

Curriculum: Let's Begin 2009 Complete w/ BB Science 3,173.50 3,173.50

Curriculum: Pre-K Texas 3,046.14 3,046.14

Kit: Classroom Start Up 1,225.00 1,225.00

Kit: PRTI Kit 5,835.40 4,005.80 9,841.20

Kit: School Readiness 2,852.04 23,775.92 26,627.96 Professional Development Licenses 212.34 3,736.40 11,184.78 15,133.52 Progress Monitoring Licenses 1,220.35 2,681.45 5,293.86 9,195.66 Teacher Materials 2,116.79 905.96 260.62 2,676.62 5,959.99 Training Materials and Supplies 4.72 2.04 99.77 106.53

Office Supplies 89.74 89.74

Postage and Shipping 142.75 9.42 358.14 510.31 Professional Development 23.04 383.02 3,461.53 2,808.74 6,676.33

Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 1,126.50 1,126.50

Teacher Incentives 30,690.00 30,690.00

Teacher Training 2,565.87 2,565.87

Travel 45.77 202.01 7,779.25 8,027.03

14,721.60

$ $ 8,979.03 $ 14,834.27 $ 36,096.18 $ 183,055.00 $ 257,686.07

Salaries - Project Managers - - 1,419.44 17,473.65 18,893.09 Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 14,655.96 13,763.29 29,756.05 110,894.28 169,069.58

Kit: PRTI Kit 6,178.66 4,241.43 10,420.09

Professional Development Licenses 3,379.40 8,623.76 12,003.16 Progress Monitoring Licenses 65.64 66.81 15.61 2,208.04 2,356.10 Teacher Materials 186.38 649.82 275.95 2,756.90 3,869.06 Postage and Shipping 233.81 530.99 764.80 Professional Development 13.36 405.55 265.34 2,973.96 3,658.21

Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 1,050.00 1,050.00

Teacher Incentives 1,250.00 1,000.00 31,725.00 33,975.00

Travel 1,626.99 1,626.99

-$ $ 2,175.91 $ 11,290.97 $ 20,548.01 $ 110,768.94 $ 144,783.82

Salaries - Project Managers 7.69 159.37 421.63 3,698.24 4,286.92 Salaries - Program Managers - - - - -Salaries - Field Staff - - - - -Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 1,000.66 11,131.60 15,679.23 77,252.17 105,063.66 Professional Development Licenses 231.64 1,996.44 5,094.65 7,322.74 Progress Monitoring Licenses 796.94 2,167.20 2,960.69 5,924.82 Postage and Shipping 138.98 202.81 341.79

Teacher Incentives 20,550.00 20,550.00

Teacher Training 283.51 283.51

Travel 1,010.38 1,010.38

-$ $ 13,736.84 $ 34,901.40 $ 54,828.56 $ 343,537.83 $ 447,004.62

Salaries - Project Managers 16.30 677.68 1,082.65 11,111.36 12,887.99 Salaries - Program Managers - 4,465.74 8,114.55 77,627.17 90,207.46 Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 1,092.02 17,290.50 22,177.76 109,291.86 149,852.14 Curriculum: Pre-K Texas 3,303.30 9,628.05 12,931.35 Curriculum: Teaching Strategies System for Pre-K 6,316.36 6,316.36 Curriculum: Texas Pre-K Opening the World of Learning 15,894.87 15,894.87 Kit: Classroom Start Up 522.50 175.00 409.94 525.00 1,632.44

Kit: PRTI Kit 5,263.30 3,613.07 8,876.37

Kit: School Readiness 8,516.14 9,395.75 29,266.77 47,178.66 Professional Development Licenses 796.26 5,433.03 13,864.35 20,093.64 Progress Monitoring Licenses 2,290.69 1,801.98 10,196.44 14,289.10 Teacher Materials 158.77 553.55 235.07 2,348.47 3,295.86 Postage and Shipping 20.09 18.70 1,003.81 1,042.60 Professional Development 11.38 345.47 2,426.13 2,533.38 5,316.35 Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 300.00 375.00 675.00 Teacher Incentives 3,562.50 706.00 44,180.00 48,448.50 Teacher Training 11.44 179.29 190.73 Travel 3.03 2,141.18 148.39 5,582.59 7,875.19

-$ $ 12,746.78 $ 2,356.52 $ 54,505.71 $ 375,568.13 $ 445,177.14

Salaries - Project Managers - - 1,231.98 10,897.91 12,129.89 Salaries - Program Managers - - 7,891.03 89,368.21 97,259.24 Salaries - Field Staff - - 10,970.79 123,999.36 134,970.15 Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 492.07 683.67 1,384.22 5,354.47 7,914.43 Curriculum: Big Day for Pre-K 3,000.94 17,792.62 20,793.56

Curriculum: Pre-K Texas 3,188.58 3,188.58

Child Care Associates

Child Care Group

Carrizo Springs Affordable Housing

COMMUNITY

Aldine ISD

Amarillo College

TEA - 8710 TEA-9107 TEA-9722 TWC - 9168 TWC - 9754 Sub-Total Total

COMMUNITY

Description

Kit: School Readiness 16,912.35 33,861.65 50,774.00 Professional Development Licenses 4,765.82 12,161.71 16,927.53 Progress Monitoring Licenses 3,572.74 6,021.76 9,195.95 18,790.45 Teacher Materials 238.16 830.33 352.60 3,522.71 4,943.80 Office Supplies 9.29 172.67 54.62 236.58 Postage and Shipping 52.57 508.66 561.23 Professional Development 17.07 518.20 339.04 3,800.06 4,674.37 Teacher Incentives 1,000.00 42,553.00 43,553.00

Travel 324.32 7,271.40 7,595.72

-$ $ 7,687.74 $ 19,217.73 $ 25,121.26 $ 213,215.65 $ 265,242.37

Salaries - Project Managers - 226.81 463.79 4,530.81 5,221.40 Salaries - Program Managers - - - - -Salaries - Field Staff - - - - -Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 2,988.44 10,855.67 14,590.58 66,318.26 94,752.95 Curriculum: Pre-K Texas 6,606.60 28,283.23 34,889.83 Curriculum: Texas Pre-K Opening the World of Learning 35,763.46 35,763.46

Kit: Classroom Start Up 2,450.00 2,450.00

Kit: School Readiness 5,357.58 32,545.28 37,902.86 Professional Development Licenses 521.19 2,932.28 7,482.77 10,936.24 Progress Monitoring Licenses 615.08 3,081.56 3,696.64 Teacher Materials 2,466.55 785.92 183.97 1,925.90 5,362.33 Postage and Shipping 46.39 212.98 259.37 Professional Development 21.48 270.37 344.04 1,982.64 2,618.54 Teacher Incentives 1,075.00 1,675.00 28,012.50 30,762.50

Travel 626.26 626.26

-$ $ 4,210.38 $ 13,349.73 $ 10,500.82 $ 131,513.85 $ 159,574.77

Salaries - Project Managers - 754.17 485.33 5,454.81 6,694.30 Salaries - Program Managers - 3,713.96 3,042.86 32,327.54 39,084.36 Salaries - Field Staff - - - - -Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 7,365.39 2,116.12 4,651.22 14,132.73

Curriculum: Big Day for Pre-K 8,425.80 8,425.80

Curriculum: Early Childhood Study 2,990.69 2,990.69

Curriculum: Pre-K Texas 3,188.58 3,188.58

Kit: Classroom Start Up 1,233.81 1,233.81

Kit: PRTI Kit 3,661.43 2,513.44 6,174.87

Kit: School Readiness 26,418.95 26,418.95

Professional Development Licenses 4,245.91 10,834.98 15,080.89 Teacher Materials 110.45 385.08 163.53 1,633.72 2,292.78 Postage and Shipping 205.58 237.50 443.08 Professional Development 7.92 240.33 447.08 1,762.35 2,457.67 Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 225.00 75.00 600.00 900.00

Teacher Incentives 22,960.00 22,960.00

Travel 815.80 6,280.45 7,096.25

-$ $ 26,651.18 $ 12,239.63 $ 48,553.20 $ 201,159.01 $ 288,603.02

Salaries - Project Managers - - 821.32 9,852.54 10,673.86 Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 15,187.39 11,301.52 21,102.69 117,664.30 165,255.90 Curriculum: Pre-K Texas 9,909.90 9,565.75 19,475.65 Kit: Classroom Start Up 1,881.00 1,475.80 528.78 3,885.58

Kit: PRTI Kit 5,492.14 3,770.16 9,262.30

Kit: School Readiness 5,637.45 7,516.60 13,154.05 Professional Development Licenses 3,032.79 8,189.27 11,222.07 Progress Monitoring Licenses 3,384.25 4,250.10 8,559.70 16,194.05 Teacher Materials 165.68 577.62 245.29 2,450.58 3,439.16 Postage and Shipping 378.86 62.76 441.62 Professional Development 11.87 360.49 235.86 2,643.52 3,251.74 Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 150.00 75.00 225.00 Teacher Incentives 1,842.00 27,740.00 29,582.00

Travel 2,540.05 2,540.05

744.00

$ $ 32,482.93 $ 25,151.53 $ 84,697.61 $ 502,839.43 $ 645,915.50

Salaries - Project Managers - - 1,981.64 17,998.21 19,979.85 Salaries - Program Managers - - 7,866.39 89,518.67 97,385.06 Salaries - Field Staff - - 5,727.60 65,054.61 70,782.21 Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 11,930.78 20,945.40 22,028.91 164,651.90 219,556.99 Curriculum: Big Day for Pre-K 10,502.81 5,819.25 16,322.06 Curriculum: Texas Pre-K Opening the World of Learning 3,973.72 3,973.72 Kit: Classroom Start Up 3,448.50 2,705.63 6,154.13

Kit: PRTI Kit 12,700.57 8,718.50 21,419.07

Kit: School Readiness 1,670.35 7,516.60 24,674.70 33,861.65 Professional Development Licenses 7,971.91 20,343.23 28,315.14 Progress Monitoring Licenses 3,301.56 12,605.45 13,004.98 28,911.98 Teacher Materials 383.12 1,335.74 567.23 5,666.96 7,953.06

Postage and Shipping 1,003.31 1,003.31

Professional Development 27.46 833.63 1,203.20 6,113.14 8,177.43 Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 744.00 690.00 213.50 1,647.50 Teacher Incentives 150.00 69,220.00 69,370.00 Travel 0.94 216.40 46.52 10,838.47 11,102.33

8,113.21

$ $ 7,023.12 $ 7,441.83 $ 2,660.86 $ 169,545.31 $ 194,784.32

Salaries - Project Managers - - 235.42 2,726.32 2,961.75 Professional Services Agreement (PSA) 8,113.21 5,327.43 56,559.74 70,000.38

Curriculum: Pre-K Texas 51,515.71 51,515.71

Kit: Classroom Start Up 627.00 491.93 2,800.00 3,918.93

Kit: PRTI Kit 2,288.39 1,570.90 3,859.29

Kit: School Readiness 30,066.40 30,066.40

Professional Development Licenses 1,733.02 4,422.44 6,155.47 Progress Monitoring Licenses 4,033.75 369.31 4,403.06 Teacher Materials 69.03 240.67 102.20 1,021.07 1,432.98

Training Materials and Supplies 51.37 51.37

Postage and Shipping 23.19 23.19

Professional Development 4.95 150.20 98.27 1,101.47 1,354.89

Substitute Teacher Reimbursement 2,019.75 2,019.75

Teacher Incentives 15,349.00 15,349.00

Teacher Training 1,672.15 1,672.15

248.00

$ $ 2,753.89 $ 8,398.51 $ 10,597.49 $ 198,627.56 $ 220,625.46

Salaries - Project Managers - - 252.98 2,660.10 2,913.08

Family Service Association

Houston ISD

I'm Just a Kid

Collaborative for Children-Asso. w/ Remote Group

Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas