Early Development

instrument (EDI)

Education

The United Way of El Paso County is committed to

ensuring that every child has the best start in

achieving success in school.

State Partnership

The Texas Community Campaign for School Readiness (TCCSR)

is a 19 member state advisory council established by Gov. Rick Perry

in 2009.

TCCSR Aims to improve school readiness in Texas through targeted

strategies stemming from the Council’s four priority areas:• Parental Outreach and Communications• Early childhood workforce and professional development• Collaborations and standards• Data systems and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

National Partnership

UCLA – Center for Healthier Children, Families and

Communities—Uses the Early Development

Instrument (EDI)

Transforming Early Childhood Community Systems

(TECCS) system identifies local needs, helps generate

solutions in collaboration with local leaders.

TECCS involves three parts:• Mapping needs for community school readiness • Helps local leaders develop & implement solutions• Shares best practices across communities

Why Early Learning

Matters

• Children are born learning.

• The neurosystem is pre-programmed

to develop skills and neuropathways,

depending on the experiences it

receives

• Children’s earliest environments &

experiences determine the strength

or weakness of the brain’s

development

Early Development

Instrument• Monitors populations of children over time in different

communities. (On handout there is a map of other communities using EDI)

• Provides information about:• Developmental strengths /vulnerabilities• Ways to help improve service systems for children

• Results from the EDI enable us to: • Look forward to adjust school programs for incoming

students • Look backward to adjust service systems• Overall objective : Students are READY to LEARN

EDI is not intended to be used as a diagnostic tool to screen or identify children with special needs.

Early Development

Instrument

• Extensively validated, reliable, and an appropriate measure for children

• Based on a checklist completed by kindergarten teachers• For each child in the class

• 104 questions grouped into five domains• Physical Health and Well-being• Social Competence• Emotional Maturity• Language and Cognitive Skill Development• Communication Skills and General Knowledge

Anticipated Outcomes

• Increased community awareness of the importance of early childhood development

• Facilitates collaborative relationships

• Allows analysis—the impact of past investments &guides future investments

• Emphasizes prevention & focus on the population

• Effective approaches to improve early childhood systems

• Gains public support

• Helps to sustain resources dedicated to early childhood

Anticipated Outcomes

The EDI project provides:

•Each community with a Community Profile Report which is public information that contains EDI tables and maps (based on where children live-physical address) •Each district with a confidential district report that provides information on how children are doing developmentally.

•Each school with a confidential campus report that provides information on how children are doing developmentally.

EDI Maps

The EDI data maps allow stakeholders to compare

children’s development:

• By geography to identify areas of greatest need

• To socio-economic indicators

• Observed outcomes

• To identify service gaps

• (Handouts-less=vulnerability and dark=more vulnerable)

Developmental Domains with

16 Sub-Domains—(on your handout)

Physical health and well-being (3)

Child is healthy, independent, ready each day

Social competence (4)

Child plays, gets along with others and shares, is self-confident

Emotional maturity (4)

Child is able to concentrate, help others, is patient, not aggressive or angry

Language and cognitive development (4)

Child is interested in reading and writing, can count and recognize numbers, shapes

Communication skills and general knowledge (1)

Child can tell a story, communicate with adults and children, articulate themselves

Timeline-Now

January

• District uploads student rosters to central

database

• Distribute teacher training packets

• Begin Teacher orientation – One hour session

via web conferences

• Class lists /student rosters assembled

• Parent letters distributed

Timeline-Future

February

• Teachers complete the EDI

• Teachers fill out the feedback form

• Teachers are compensated

• UCLA begins analysis

August / September

• Share data with district

Teacher Compensation

Teachers will be compensated for their time while administering the

Early Development instrument. Teachers will receive a Wal-Mart gift

card determined by the following schedule.

Teachers that complete fewer than 10 surveys………$10.00 Gift Card

Teachers that complete 10 – 20 surveys………...……$20.00 Gift Card

Teachers completing 21 or more surveys………….....$30.00 Gift Card

All teachers with an 80% or higher completion rate will also be eligible

for one of three $100 Wal-Mart gift cards to be drawn for after all the

surveys have been completed.

Year One Schools

24 Northeast schools in

year one (2012)

All additional elementary

schools in year two (2013)

Barron

Bliss

Bonham

Bradley

Burnet

Cielo Vista

Collins

Crosby

Dowell

Fannin

Hughey

Tom Lea

Lee

Logan

Milam

Moye

Newman

Nixon

Park

Powell

Schuster

Stanton

Travis

Whitaker

Contact

Jason Brewer

VP, Marketing & Community Building

United Way of El Paso County

915-533-2434

jbrewer@unitedwayelpaso.org