Cradle to Career Operations Team Meeting

Goal 1: Every Child Enters Kindergarten Ready to Succeed

• Increase access to quality preschool
• Increase percentage of parents reading to their children every day
• Increase percentage of early care educators participating in professional development
• Increase percentage of schools completing a common kindergarten readiness assessment

Goal 2: The Academic Success of Every Child is Supported In and Out of School

• Increase access to quality in and out-of-school time opportunities
• Support the development of systems for sharing data related to all cradle to career outcomes
• Enhance understanding of college and career readiness requirements and opportunities for long term success
• Promote awareness of the impacts of ACES on learning and development

Goal 3: Every Young Adult is Prepared for and Completes the Highest Level of Postsecondary Education or Training to Achieve their Career Goals

• Promote and expand work-based learning opportunities by strengthening connections between education and industry
• Increase the use of comprehensive education plans beginning in middle school that lead to career paths