Early Childhood Task Force Begins
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August 14, 2007
BUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES
EARLY CHILDHOOD TASK FORCE
Meeting Agendas
July27, 2007
Check in & light breakfast
8:30-9:00
I. Welcome & Introductions
9:00-9:45
A. Introduction to Building Bright Futures (BBF)
B. Charge to BBF-Early Childhood Task Force
C. Logistics
II. Framing the Issue of “Making the Most of Early Childhood”
9:45-10:30
A. Hopes & Fears for BBF
B. Desired attributes for all children
LUNCH: 11:30-12:00
C. Report from discussion of child attributes
12:00-12:15
D. What families need
12:15-1:30
III. Measuring success
A. Science of early development
1:30-1:40
B. Most important outcomes
1:40-2:20
C. Report out from success discussion
2:20-2:40
IV. Wrap-up
2:40-3:00
A. Assignments
B. Next meeting
C. Contact & Feedback Form
August 9, 2007
Check-in and Light Breakfast
8:00-8:30
I. Welcome and Introductions 8:30-8:45
II. Review 8:45-9:00
a. First meeting results
b. First meeting feedback
c. Today’s Agenda
III. Focusing our work 9:00-10:45
a. Identification of “what’s in/what’s out”
b. Identification of potential building blocks
c. Identification of what we know/what we need to know
IV. Engaging/involving the community 10:45-11:45
a. Smart Communities reading group report
b. Identification of strategies
c. Assignments
V. Wrap Up & Next Steps 11:45-12:00