NEWS....The Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County
Wins Two Awards at the WEDU Be
More AwardsTM
The
Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County took home two WEDU
Be More AwardsTM January 14th at the 5th
annual WEDU Be More Awards ceremony. The Early Learning
Coalition of Sarasota County’s Executive Director proudly
accepted WEDU’s Be More Knowledgeable Award for its “Look
for the Stars” child care quality improvement program and
WEDU’s Be More Informed Award for its LEAF (Literacy
Empowers All Families) social marketing campaign to encourage
parents to Talk, Listen and Read to their children. Both of
these programs support the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota
County’s mission, which is to integrate leadership and community
resources to promote high quality early education and support.
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Early Learning Coalition Of Sarasota County
Mission: The Early Learning
Coalition will integrate leadership and community resources to
promote high quality early education and family support
Vision: We are a community that
strengthens families and nurtures the learning potential of every
child
The Early Learning Coalition of
Sarasota County was first established in 1999 by legislation and
currently administers a program of $11 million of local, state and
federal funds for the purpose of ensuring that all children enter
school ready to learn, with a solid foundation they need to grow and
develop. The Coalition is responsible for administering the local
School Readiness and Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten programs. To fulfill
its mission, the Early Learning Coalition oversees a broad range of
services to enhance the quality of child care and preschool
educational services for young children in Sarasota, serving over
4000 children and assisting over 225 child care providers each year.
- Parents are given
information and options for finding quality child care
- Children are provided age
appropriate developmental screenings and assessments
- Child Care providers are offered
a wide range of services to create and maintain high quality
child care and preschool learning environments
For Child Care Resource and Referral
services, that offers a customized listing of
child care sites and community resources or for information on
scholarships for child care,
please click here for the Coalition’s Child Care Connection office location and
contact information.
Click Here for a
Quality Checklist
for parents to use to assess their early care and education site.
Please contact us for additional tools to use for selecting a
setting.
Click here
for the
VPK information page
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