Schedule of Events
Monday - Thursday, July 26-29
The No Small Matter Documentary will be available for a free public screening 24/7 between July 26-29! Share with anyone wanting to view this powerful film on the importance of early learning.

Viewing Link: https://vimeo.com/514063687 PW: GLRweek2021
Tuesday, July 27 -- 11am - 12pm ET
Florida Representative Roundtable Discussion
Florida GLR Campaign will welcome several Florida House of Representatives members to a conversation moderated by our Florida Children's Council CEO, Michele Watson. Discussion will include the details of the early learning/early grade success, book distribution, and student literacy bills passed in the 2021 Legislative Session, plus guidance on how to become more involved in the implementation of these bills.

Register here: https://bit.ly/GLRTuesday
Thursday, July 29 -- 10:30 - 11:45am ET
Engaging Elected Officials and Business Leaders in Florida GLR Campaigns
GLR campaign communities, business leaders and elected officials are joining forces to help advocate for early learning, early grade success and third grade reading proficiency. Collaboration among local leaders is expanding across Florida as joint visions allow for strategic reading intervention strategies, outcome evaluation, as well as advocacy and policy development. Join us as our panelists discuss their early learning/early literacy goals and the ways business executives and elected officials can engage to support local GLR campaign efforts.

This webinar will be moderated by Jenn Faber, Florida GLR Campaign Director and include the following panelists:
• Broward County Commissioner Beam Furr, District 6
• Florida Representative Fred Hawkins Jr, District 42
• Alachua School Board Member Tina Certain, District 1
• Florida Chamber Foundation, Kyle Baltuch, Sr VP Equality of Opportunity
Thursday, July 29 -- 1:00 - 2:00pm ET
Strategic Use of the Florida Gap Map in Supporting Third Grade Reading Proficiency
Join Dr. Jerry Parrish, Chief Economist & Director of Research and Kyle Baltuch, Sr VP of Equality of Opportunity, Florida Chamber Foundation, as they walk us through the newly expanded Florida Gap Map. The Gap Map brings together the important work of the Florida Prosperity Project and the Florida Business Alliance for Early Learning Project. This online tool gives business and community leaders throughout Florida important information on the schools in their community by providing the poverty rate for children under 18 and under 12 in each zip code, as well as identifying all public elementary schools third grade reading scores and the number of individual children meeting that benchmark. Learn how your GLR community can utilize this helpful tool in supporting third grade reading efforts across Florida!
Friday, July 30 -- 1:00 - 2:00pm ET
The Importance of Good Attendance: Local, State and National Data & Strategies
Join Florida GLR Campaign as we host Hedy Chang, Executive Director and President of Attendance Works, and Indian River Schools Superintendent, Dr. David Moore, as they share current attendance data along with outreach and engagement strategies necessary for promoting good student attendance as we return back to school this fall. Florida GLR Campaign will also be debuting our new Attendance Awareness public service announcement during this webinar and sharing more on our collaboration efforts with the Florida PTA Florida Attendance Campaign for Student Success.

Register here: https://bit.ly/GLRFriday
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