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A message from Bright Beginnings Central VA
BBCV staff are transitioning back to in-office operations. Staff will be in the office on Tuesday and Thursdays, and Friday mornings. The majority of meetings will continue to be held virtually, although some in-person meetings will also take place.
We are evaluating the possibility of in-person professional development programs, including our annual conference. No decisions have been made at this time.
We appreciate the Early Care and Education Providers who have contacted BBCV and expressed their willingness to help the community during this crisis, especially as the need for childcare has grown.
We at BBCV, along with our community, country and the world, look forward to the complete end of this crisis and the return to normal programming. Until then, please stay safe and healthy.
Karen
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library through Bright Beginnings CV at the United Way of Central Virginia, is offered to children from birth through age five who reside in the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford or Campbell.
Registrations are temporarily suspended in the counties of Amherst, Appomattox and Bedford due to limited funding. We hope to resume registrations in these counties as soon as possible.
Bright Beginnings extends its sincere gratitude to the Watt Foster Family Foundation for its generous support of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Campbell County!
Bright Beginnings CV is accepting applications for a Coordinated Enrollment Assistant.
Send letter of interest and resume to:
Director, Bright Beginnings CV
United Way of Central Virginia
1010 Miller Park Square
Lynchburg, VA. 24501
Bright Beginnings Central Virginia (SBCV) is a regional initiative, serving the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell, and the city of Lynchburg. BBCV is housed within the United Way of Central Virginia, which serves as its fiscal agent.
Our Vision: All Children are supported in getting ready for kindergarten, to lay the building blocks for third grade reading proficiency.
BBCV serves as a facilitator of conversation and action focusing on the needs of children.
The ExCELL program of the Literacy Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University brings together families, early childhood educators, community resources, and early literacy specialists with the goal of ensuring that children receive the learning opportunities (at home, at preschool, and in the community) necessary to develop critical early language and literacy skills known to predict later reading success.
ExCELL promotes the development of preschoolers' early language and literacy skills through four main program components:
Professional development and classroom based coaching.
Teachers and coaches attend monthly PD together and work to implement practices into the classroom.
High quality instructional materials and children's books.
Carefully selected materials and books support the PD subjects. Teachers and children are excited about new things in their classrooms!
Family literacy events and home literacy materials.
Families enjoy getting to know one another and learning about how they can help their children become better readers.
Evaluation.
A variety of tools are used to measure success including the CLassroom Assessment Scoring System, the Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.
ExCELL in Amherst County 2014-16
90 children and their families participated each year in ExCELL.
PALS-K results: 96% of children scored above the benchmark!!!
ExCELL in Bedford County 2017-18
10 VPI classrooms and 1 Head Start classroom participated in ExCELL.
PALS-K results: 95% of children scored above the benchmark!!!
ExCELL in Bedford County 2018-19
9 VPI classrooms and 8 Head Start classrooms are participating! We look forward to positive outcomes this academic year.
ExCELL in Lynchburg 2018-20
Ten Head Start classrooms are participating! We look forward to positive outcomes this academic year.
ExCELL in Campbell County 2019-22
14 VPI classrooms classrooms are participating!
Our goal is to bring ExCELL to all of Central Virginia's school districts and Head Start preschool classrooms! Please help us by donating. Click here :
Thank you to the following sponsors for their support:
