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Applied in 2005

A Stepping Stone Foundation Preschool

A Stepping Stone Foundation

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 12
  • Program Participants Last Year: 240
  • Meets about 21 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 10 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 40

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Children will begin kindergarten ready for a successful experience.

Measure
PreK Success and Get Ready to Read Index are used to indicate progress and readiness

Outcome 2
Parents will complete ESL, Basic Adult Education or GED classes over the course of the year.

Measure
Sign-in sheets and competency tests (to show academic milestones have been attained)

Outcome 3
Parents will learn techniques for working with their children as their child's first best teacher.

Measure
Teacher observation at home visits and in the classroom during parent and child time.

Outcome 4
Children will demonstrate an understanding of community and team participation.

Measure
Teacher observation in the classroom.

Outcome 5
Children will be ready for the social aspects of kindergarten.

Measure
Teacher observation in the classroom.

Change Process: (self-reported)

There are two major processes at work in the Stepping Stone Foundation. The primary process is effecting a nurturing environment in which children may experience a quality preschool education which prepares them for success in kindergarten which they may not have otherwise been able to experience. Our children enter Kindergarten with the readiness skills that allow them to begin to read and social skills necessary to work meaningfully with their peers and adults. At the same time, their parents who are obligated to attend ESL/GED classes, spend 6-8 hours a month in the classroom with their child, and attend 4-6 hours of parenting classes tailored to their needs, are nurtured to be positive, supportive parents. It is our intent that when parents and children leave this program, they leave a learning team.