KRC
Community Summit
As part of the Kindergarten Readiness Collaborative’s commitment to building and expanding an emergent learning culture, KRC hosts a community conversation at least once a year.
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2017 KRC Community Summit
March 30th, 2017
As part of the Kindergarten Readiness Collaborative’s commitment to building and expanding an emergent learning culture, KRC hosts a community conversation at least once a year. Priority goals are to:
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understand the work accomplished in moving the goals of the KRC early learning strategic plan forward,
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gain consensus on next steps for both current strategies and new ideas to test, and
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provide open space for exploring opportunities, making connections and learning from leaders in the kindergarten readiness sector.
This is accomplished in a Summit-style setting, through story-telling, celebration, group learning and interactive discussion. The target audience is any individual or organization (for profit as well as nonprofit) interested and/or engaged in the early learning sector. KRC has hosted 6 community Summits over the last 3 years.
The group of over 65 leaders launched valuable conversations, reflected on learnings and explored opportunities to partner with other like-minded colleagues. We dialogued and brainstormed on burning questions around joint-funding opportunities, connecting families with community services, defining kindergarten readiness and communicating with families, and ways to empower community partners and share learning across the early childhood sector. The team-building activities created powerful insights about the working together, and attendees left feeling energized.
Special thanks to the 2017 Summit Planning Committee:
Kerry Bartlett, VNA of the Treasure Coast, co-chair
Andrea Berry, Healthy Start Coalition of Indian River County, co-chair
Sally Alkayaly, Little Rising Stars
Pat Blackburn, Beachland PTA
Meredith Egan, United Way of Indian River County
Katy Faires, Northern Trust
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