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School Readiness
In 1999, the National Institute for Innovative Leadership was asked to
take the leadership role in the development of a partnership with United
Way of Miami-Dade County and the South Florida Annenberg Challenge in the
creation of the 3 year project “ South Florida Annenberg
Challenge United Way of Miami-Dade /Success by 6 Initiative”.
With the strong collaboration and partnership of the National Institute
for Innovative Leadership, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Center for Research
on Sport in Society, University of Miami , YMCA of Greater Miami and Big
Brothers and Big Sisters of Miami emerged a design focused on positive child
outcomes by connecting programs to schools
The National Institute focused on school readiness and
connecting over 100 early childhood community programs to 11 elementary schools
in order to begin the initial steps for creating smooth transitions as children
entered kindergarten. A second focus was to align curriculum and assessment
practices with emphasis on language and literacy with over 50 early childhood
programs and 210 primary grade classrooms that would yield positive child outcomes
and incorporated practices that are respectful of a child’s language
and culture.
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