Support for children and their families before students arrive at school

15-16 May 2015

Kentucky Rising:Gap Analysis

Top Performing States

• Massachusetts – universal preschool, free community college for EC educators, curriculum and program standards for birth to 3 programs

• New Jersey – Pre-k guarantee, NJ Council on Young Children

• Shanghai, Singapore, Finland and Ontario offer

– at least 3 months of paid maternity leave

– meals and healthcare at preschools

• Singapore and Finland offer a child allowance

• Singapore, Finland and Ontario offer universal child care

subsidy

Support for Children and Their Families

• Kentucky

– Capped at 150 % of federal poverty level (as of June 2015)

• New Jersey and New Hampshire

– Capped at 250% of federal poverty level

• Massachusetts

– Up to state median income

• Finland, Singapore and Ontario

– Up to and including all middle income households

Subsidies for Child Care

• Finland

– 59% of 4-year-olds

– 68% of 5-year-olds

– 98% of 6-year-olds

• Ontario

– 48% of 4-year-olds

– 92% of 5-year-olds

– 99% of 6-year-olds

Proportion of Children With Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education

• Shanghai

– 98% of 0-6-year-olds

• Singapore

– 88% of 4-6-year-olds

Proportion of Children With Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education

• Massachusetts - 59% of 3-4-year-olds

• New Hampshire - 54.6% of 3-4-year-olds

• New Jersey - 63.1% of 3-4-year-olds

• Kentucky - 43% of 3-4-year-olds

Proportion of Children With Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education

Lead Teachers – IECE in Birth to Primary (Bachelors)

Associate Teachers – Associate degree, CDA or vocational diploma for preschool

Assistant or Aide – high school

Child Care – high school

“Ky requirements for child care workers lag behind those in (other states)… Salaries of child care workers

are lower than in the benchmark states…”

What are qualifications for Preschool Teachers

Where does Kentucky want to be in 10 years?

How do we get there?