Liz Woody, Barbara Hammond, and Ray Oglethorpe travel the country to seek out best practices in literacy.
TLA becomes a non-profit organization.
Don Riefler and Ray Oglethorpe are the first two significant investors
Barbara Hammond and Liz Woody create a partnership with Sue Curtis and Fran Adams to support literacy learning in the district
Barbara meets Don Winkler, former head of Ford Financial, who connects TLA to Heidi Guber, co-creator of the Emergent Learning Process
Sonday, a foundational literacy skills intervention program, launches in response to teacher demand
First “breakthrough strategy” session (later becomes Emergent Learning) – breakdown leads to development of local Master Coach Program, rather than a partnership with University of Florida
Social venture capital model launches with five TLA Founders
TLA starts summer programs at Boys and Girls Club, GYAC, and Rosewood Magnet School to address “summer slide” learning loss as a key issue
Annie E. Casey Foundation visit - TLA is invited to apply to the national Campaign for Grade Level Reading
Fundations, a foundational literacy skills whole class program, launches at 3 schools
Sue Curtis, former SDIRC Director of Curriculum, retires and agrees to join TLA staff, forging a powerful alignment between the school district and a non-profit organization
Grant Team meeting for the National Campaign for Grade Level Reading leads to formation of Literacy Leaders
TLA and Fran Adams co-create aspirational Moonshot Moment Goal
IR Community Foundation convenes first Literacy Leaders meeting
With funding from Impact 100, Fundations is expanded to five additional schools
Community “Faces” campaign launches to engage business leaders, media, school district, and families with the Moonshot Moment goal
Jamie Vollmer, author of Schools Can’t Do It Alone, shares the message that community is necessary for the success of the Moonshot Moment goal
Professional facilitator is hired to manage Literacy Leaders
First Pacesetter Award from Annie E. Casey Campaign for Grade Level Reading gives Indian River County national recognition for summer programs
TLA re-imagines the Master Coach program with teachers to be a co-created model in a “breakthrough session” facilitated by Heidi Guber at United Way
Moonshot Visioning Session in support of the Moonshot Moment includes 70 organizations exploring the five key buckets of need as identified by the Literacy Leaders
Ed Foundation agrees to convene a coalition of partners to identify gaps and launch programs to address the challenge of K-Readiness
Fundations launches in 3 more schools
The re-imagined Master Coach program continues on school campuses with approximately 60 teachers
Ready for Kindergarten pilots parent classes at Dodgertown Elementary
Moonshot Sports launches to leverage the powerful relationship between coaches and athletes and to encourage reading and improved attendance with events such as the parade and Read Across the Field
TLA takes IRA Principal Diane Fannin on a best practices road trip to help create a new vision for the school
District restructures management team to initiate school reform and implement leadership training
District invests in SAT10, a nationally normed assessment for students in K-2
Ray Oglethorpe hosts school leadership visit to Vail Valley, Colorado to observe a successful afterschool/summer Power Hour program
Funders take an interest in supporting K-Readiness Pilot Programs
IR Community Foundation funds Moonshot Moment media campaign
Indian River Academy hosts first Community-School Summit led by Heidi Guber
Model Pre-K Classroom funded at Dodgertown – Collaboration of JICSL, JI Foundation, Ed Foundation, SDIRC
TLA & Treasure Coast Elementary co-create first accelerated professional development for educators at TCE
SDIRC and Ed Foundation launch pilot 4-year-old transition to kindergarten summer program (becomes STEP program).
Indian River Academy staff trained in Conscious Discipline over the summer at the request of Principal Diane Fannin, with the support of IRC Enrichment Fund
Teacher Training Lab launches at Gifford Youth Achievement Center (eventually becomes Moonshot Academy on school campuses)
First Community-District Summit held with over 200 participants
Fundations now in all 13 elementary schools
Ready for Kindergarten parent classes expand at Dodgertown Elementary
Schools apply to pilot Moonshot Academy after school programs
Second Pacesetter Award from Campaign for Grade Level Reading
Literacy and the Lagoon, an interdisciplinary literacy and science summer program, launches through a partnership with SDIRC, the Environmental Learning Center, and TLA, funded by private donors and Windsor Charity
Story Tapestries professional Teaching Artists lead professional development (PD) workshops with follow up embedded coaching that connects PD to practice
Master Coach program expands to 150+ participants and evolves into Literacy off the Page at the Museum as a partnership between TLA and the Vero Beach Museum of Art
District leadership training at VBMA
Ready for Kindergarten parent classes offered at Dodgertown and Fellsmere
Advocate to school board for a new superintendent that supports the Moonshot goal
Moonshot Academy launches at 3 schools and GYAC
Advocate to County Commission for early childhood funding
Doug Butler interviews community and school partners for a documentary to be released in 2016
PBS News Hour Special Report features TLA and the Moonshot Moment
K-Readiness Strategic Plan is developed from IRC Needs Assessment with support from JI Community Service League and other partners
Smart Baby Ambassadors group created with more than 20 community partners to advocate for kindergarten readiness
Big Brothers Big Sisters launch VPK program to catch kids up and engage parents
First Kindergarten Round Up held at Indian River Mall to register students for kindergarten and STEP program
First Kindergarten Readiness Summit held
K-Readiness successfully lobbies county commission to increase funding to support children through community match
Students demonstrate Literacy Off the Page strategies at Vero Beach Museum of Art during the TLA annual Gala
Third Pacesetter Award from the Campaign for Grade Level Reading
First Moonshot Principals Community Mentors meeting
Literacy Leaders engage more community and school programs to create a summer learning group, making literacy a part of every camp involved
Dr. Mark Rendell joins SDIRC as new superintendent
$200,000 raised from donors to match the $200,000 Commissioner challenge grant through Children’s Services Advocacy Committee to support early childhood initiatives.
Moonshot Moment celebrates National Summer Learning Day, reaching over 800 children to promote summer reading
TLA makes the commitment to expand PD team to be able to provide ongoing, embedded support
Kindergarten Readiness Collaborative is formed as a backbone infrastructure and hires two part time directors, applies for 501(C)3 status
Museum places Moonshot Masterpieces, reproductions of works of art with literacy milestones activities, in all elementary schools and GYAC
Parents as Teachers: new home visit program begins for families impacted by poverty to empower parents as their child’s first teacher
Moonshot Academy Kick off 3 day summit for 4 schools - new superintendent Dr. Rendell speaks and gives his support
Master Coach program and Literacy off the Page become Moonshot Institutes and continue to take place at the VBMA
Barbara Hammond, Marshall Adams, and Shanti Sanchez present Moonshot work at Florida Museum Conference in St. Petersburg
Moonshot Academy for students expands to a fifth school, despite growth constraints within schools
Literacy Leaders forms Advocacy Committee
Moonshot Moment focuses on early childhood providers and Pre-K teachers with Professional Development workshops and embedded coaching residencies throughout the year
Kurt Wootton is invited to present to SDIRC Principals and Assistant Principals - “UP Campaign,” a unit planning initiative co-created by TLA and SDIRC is launched across all schools, K-12
Moonshot Community Visioning Summit held at new SDIRC office, led by Heidi Guber, with Kurt Wootton and Don King, Creative Director and Event Producer
Moonshot Advocacy interviews all School Board & County Commission candidates
Moonshot Millions Pages Campaign launches, a community wide challenge to reach a million pages read as a community
Moonshot Moment launches a bookmobile to keep children reading over the summer
Moonshot Millions Celebration at the VBMA, a community wide celebration of our successful million pages goal completion
Public Library offers parent education program redesigned by Sue Curtis and Susan Roberts
First annual Moonshot Summer Institute funded by Impact 100 to be held third week in July for SDIRC educators
