Thank you to the following Reading Success Summit Sponsors:
Reading Success Summit Recap
On Wednesday, October 5, 2022, Achieve Brown County partnered with the Brown County Library and many supporting organizations (full list below) to host a Reading Success Summit where nearly 200 community members attended to learn and convene around a reading proficiency crisis in our community.
County Executive, Troy Streckenbach, spoke about reading proficiency as a workforce and economic issue.
We heard about the importance of Getting Ready to Read from Jane Danowit, M.D. and Cory Mathieu, Ph.D. and how this starts at an early age through brain development with proper nutrition, exercise, and sleep, and socially, through reading the world with things like labeling, categorizing, describing, and matching.
Our own Evidence Based Decision Making Manager, Christian Roovers, highlighted county data including The State of Brown County 3rd Grade Reading Scores, 3rd Grade Equity Data and provided highlights from the release of an Executive Summary and Full Report on community voice that was collected from nearly 130 parents, grandparents and guardians who are raising young readers in our community.
We closed the event with a Keynote Presentation from Scott Hall of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce who spoke on building Kansas City’s workforce of tomorrow through kindergarten readiness reference data from heckmanequation.org and the Perry Preschool Study.
What’s Next?
As our Reading Success Summit comes to a close, the real work begins as we look to create a long-term vision and plan to change the trajectory of 3rd grade reading proficiency in Brown County. If you would like to be involved in the work ahead in any capacity – volunteering with kids, volunteering on a committee or coalition, financial support – please scroll to the bottom of this page to sign-up to support reading success in our community. You can also reach out to Achieve Brown County’s Director of Collaborative Action, Sarah Wylie, at swylie@achievebrowncounty.org to share ideas or express your interest in partnering with us in the long-term work that is ahead. We have also provided links below to view 3rd grade reading proficiency data on our website and the historical Reading Success Summit Page.
| 3rd Grade Reading Proficiency Data | Reading Success Summit Event Page |
Listening Session Reports Released
From April-August of 2022, Achieve Brown County staff and Reading Success Summit committee members facilitated community listening sessions and spoke with nearly 130 parents, grandparents and guardians of kids in our community to understand and learn about their experiences with raising young readers. Below are the Executive Summary and Full Reports from this community listening session work.
We would like to thank Waterford Upstart for providing a grant to make this work possible.
| Executive Summary | Full Report |
Questions about either of these reports can be directed to Achieve Brown County’s Evidence Based Decision Making Manager, Christian Roovers, at christian@achievebrowncounty.org.
Thank you to our Reading Success Summit Supporting Organizations!
| Achieve Brown County Barnes & Noble (Ashwaubenon) Bellin Health The Brain Center of Green Bay Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay Bright Young Dyslexics Brown County Library Casa ALBA Melanie – La Escuelita The Children’s Museum of Green Bay Community Services Agency, Inc. (COMSA) Dreambuilt Books Dyslexia Reading Connection Empowered Tutoring Encompass Early Education & Care, Inc. Friends of the Brown County Library – Give-A-Kid-A-Book Family & Childcare Resources of N.E.W Green Bay Area Public Schools Growing Resiliency Kumon Math and Reading Center of Green Bay Greater Green Bay YMCA Literacy Green Bay |
Northeast WI Technical College North Central Community Action Program On the Mark Dyslexia Clinic Inc. Oneida Nation Packers Hall of Fame – Tundra Tales Reading Connections, Inc. St. Norbert College The Traveling Tutors, LLC University of Wisconsin – Green Bay University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh – Project Success Volunteer Center of Brown County – Reading Coaches for Kids Waterford Upstart We All Rise African American Resource Center Wisconsin Dept. of Children & Families – Family Foundations Home Visiting Program Wisconsin Literacy, Inc. Wisconsin Reading Corps Wrightstown Community School District YWCA Green Bay |
