The Teachers College Literacy Center Effectiveness
The Teachers College Literacy Center Effectiveness, 2016-2021
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Providers and educators completing KDHE-approved professional development modules
228
Hours of KDHE-approved training provided through The Growing Brain Course.
2556
Number of counties across Kansas benefitting from The Growing Brain Course
65
After 4.5 years of the 10-year proposal, over 29,000 of the 50,000 Kansans (58%) have already had direct impact in literacy.
INFLUENCE
Funding from Kansas Health Foundation to support Barber and Linn Counties in expanding services for birth to age 5.
$25,000
Preschool Development Grant: Early Childhood Champions funding over three years to support professional development in "Frontier and Rural Counties"
$53,909
Connect Families with Early Childhood Services over three years to support Greeley, Wichita, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton and Stanton Counties
$211,070
767 children received books from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library every month.
Parent Survey Results
Parents reported the Imagination Library had a positive impact on their families.
94%
Parents said their children asked them to read more often.
70%
Parents reported spending more time reading to their children because of the Imagination Library.
78%