What are the positive factors that are contributing to you reaching your desired result?

• Pre-existing education background: Pre-School, Day Care Attendance, etc.
• Involvement in and Early Childhood Intervention Program
• Access to virtual education and tools to teach their children: easy to find resources that weren't out there many years ago like ABC Mouse or PBS. 

What are the negative factors that are restricting you from reaching your desired result?

• Language Barriers: More resources available to families that speak English
• Socialization: Children staying at home, little to no social interaction with children outside the family
• Limited Resources: No internet, lack of transporation, rural disadvantages, etc. 
• 19% of children in Texas live with parents who did not complete a high school degree

What populations are the most disadvantaged and what causes these disparities?

• Low-Income and/or Single Parent Households
• Non-english speaking households
• Grandparents raising children

Are there foreseeable factors that will affect your work over the next few months to a year?

• COVID-19: Unforseeable School situations, Spike in active cases, etc. 
• Levels of Unemployment: Uncertainy of goverment assistance, continued job loss, etc. 
•  Lower levels of response: We can only assess students who attend school in-person. 

What additional research is needed to better understand the factors that influence the slope of the curve and related disparities? 

• What will our results look like? 
•  How many students will we be able to assess due ot COVID-19?
•  How detailed will be get to be? What will our boundaries look like? 
• How can we use this data to empower our surrounding rural communities?

Who are the partners who can help you reach your desired outcome? List partners and their roles.

• Navarro County Early Childhood Coalition
• ISDs in Navarro County, Schools
• Community Programs: Salvation Army, Compassion Corsicana, The Boys and Girls Club, and the YMCA
• Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Growing Together, New Life, The Hope Center, etc.
• Local Day Cares
• Parents
• Churches

Research/Evidence-Based Practices:

• Early Childhood Intervention: Works with families at an early age to work with any developmental issues or delays
• Parent Education/Skills Programs: TBRI/the READY Method, The Incredible Years
•  Enrollment in some sort of school: daycare, PreK, Headstart, etc.

Low Cost/No Cost Solutions:

• Using Social Media to advocate and educate parents in the community on school readiness
• Educating Parents on the importance of brain development and reading to your children 
• Involvement with Parks and Recreation (add to existing events and activities): Socializing children and preparing them for social readiness and peer relationships 

Innovative/Out-the-Box Solutions: 

• Little Libraries being placed around Navarro County: wider access to books and reading at an earlier age
• Early Childhood Education Fair: Provide information for parents of young children and have all programs who support them available to talk with families (similar to Back to School Rally)
• Help Me Grow
• Bright by Text

Additional Research:

•  How do programs/groups support cognitive readiness?
•  What will the impact of COVID-19 be on social/emotional readiness of children?
•  How do parents rate their children's readiness for school versus how they actually are assessed?