Early Childhood Impact: SAM’s Early Development Instrument Project
This week’s blog was written by Beth Thompson, Director of Collective Impact, Spartanburg Academic Movement
Digging Deeper
We look at the domain and sub-domain data to determine opportunities for community building. For example, when we see that fine and gross motor skills in the physical health and well-being domain show the greatest need for support, we know that opportunities for age-appropriate play needs support. That translates into local funders prioritizing grants for playgrounds in specific communities, or certain types of activity stations at the Children’s Museum. All of the results can be found at www.learnwithsam.org/the-early-development-instrumentIn Light of Covid-19
During these unprecedented times, SAM’s work with the EDI is especially critical as we seek to understand the impact of Covid-19 on our youngest learners. New for this year, SAM is able to use the power of parent/caregiver knowledge including the Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (CHEQ) to compliment the EDI. This parent/caregiver completed questionnaire has already been answered by over 250 families of kindergartners and will provide valuable new information to guide our work.