PARTNERS

HeadsUp! Reading Partners

HeadsUp! Reading is a project of the National Head Start Association in collaboration with the Council for Professional Recognition and RISE Learning Solution.

HeadsUp! Reading is generously funded by AT&T, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Heinz Endowments, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, the A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, the Park Foundation, the states of Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee , and the California Children and Families Commission.
. For more information contact:

HeadsUp! Reading
1651 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 1 (800) 438-4888 Fax: 1 (703) 739-0878
hurfeedback@nhsa.org.

HeadsUp! Reading is a project of the HeadsUp! Network , a department of the National Head Start Association

To sign up for the HeadsUp! Network, go to http://www.heads-up.org/headsup/htdocs/signup.html

RISE Learning Solutions(tm)
RISE Learning Solutions is a leading national, non-profit organization that produces educational programming for adults who work with children. Since 1994, RISE Learning Solutions has utilized research-based information, broadcast technology, and adult learning methods to affect adults' and children's attitudes and behaviors.

Council for Professional Recognition
The Council works to improve the professional status of early childhood workers and helps to meet the growing need for qualified child care staff. Founded in 1985, the Council for Professional Recognition (the Council) is a nonprofit corporation in Washington, D.C. The Council’s mission is to increase the status and recognition of early care and education professionals who care for children from birth through 5 years of age in child care centers, family child care homes, and as home visitors.

PARTICIPATING STATES

HeadsUp! Reading, a groundbreaking college course on early literacy delivered live via satellite television, is the cornerstone of early literacy initiatives in eight states: California, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Each state has committed to contributing to the overall production of the course, installing a satellite network system of 25 sites or more, and assigning a staff liaison to direct the project and integrate it into the state's existing systems.

In addition, participating states agree to:

• Oversee the selection of facilitators and training sites for the course.
• Sponsor a two-day in-depth training for all facilitators in the state.
• Form a statewide team (or advisory committee), drawn from diverse early childhood groups and organizations, to oversee the start-up and implementation of the initiative.
• Provide stipends for HeadsUp! Reading facilitators, which builds the state infrastructure for early literacy.
• Inform the state's 2 and 4-year colleges offering undergraduate programs in child development or early childhood about the opportunity to include HeadsUp! Reading in their early childhood curriculum.

Each state tailors the project to the needs of their children. Below are the key contacts in each participating state.

If your state is interested in offering HeadsUp! Reading on a state-wide basis, please call 1-800-438-4888

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