Webster Ready Start
2023 BlueprintThe Webster Parish Early Childhood Ready Start Network serves 8 Early Learning Centers, 5 school sites, and 3 Head Start centers. During the 2021-2022 school year, we served 514 publicly funded seats in public school PreK, Head Start and Early Learning Centers. After seeing the decline in enrollment during the 2020-2021 school year, we are beginning to see an increase in enrollment. Webster Ready Start Network’s 2021-2022 CLASS score, which measures quality teacher-child interactions, averaged (5.21), which is in the proficient range. Our Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Emotional and Behavioral Support CLASS scores are in the High Proficient/Excellent range for all site types, while our Instructional Support and Engaged Support for Learning CLASS scores fall in the Approaching Proficient/Proficient range for each site type for 2021-2022. This indicates a need for additional professional development in these two areas. In the Spring of 2020, we became a part of Cohort 3 Ready Start Network initiative. We have formed our Ready Start Network Advisory Council who works collaboratively to execute a bold local vision to improve opportunities and inspire change for children birth to age five. Council members focus on improving the quality, accessibility, and affordability of early childhood services throughout our network. The LDOE Birth to 3 seats initiative awarded Webster Ready Start these tuition free, high quality childcare seats to 48 families in our community.
Webster Ready Start Goals

Goal 1
Increase Birth-3 seats by 5% per year by 2024-2025 to insure families have access to affordable, high quality early childhood care and education in Webster Parish.

Goal 2
Increase the overall CLASS average by 0.05 points by the 2023-2024 performance profile release in the fall of 2024.

Goal 3
Increase community awareness of the Webster Ready Start Network early childhood programs and their opportunities for child development by 2024-2025.

Goal 4
Equip and empower families to boost their children’s early brain and vocabulary development by providing current research findings, books, educational materials, and hands-on opportunities to improve their children's kindergarten readiness by 2025.
Strategic Plan
Please select the purple plus circles in each section to learn more about each goal.
Goal 1:
- Promote Webster Ready Start website to develop and implement marketing strategies
- Collaborate with WRSN Advisory Council
- Utilize social media for Coordinated Enrollment, outreach, community involvement and
branding the Webster Ready Start Network
- Funds to support additional Birth-3 students, which include support for certified
personnel, Tier I curriculum, and professional development for teachers - Data from LDOE on unserved children in Webster Parish
- Funds to support additional Birth-3 students, which include support for certified
personnel, Tier I curriculum, and professional development for teachers - Data from LDOE on unserved children in Webster Parish
Goal 2:
- Professional Development on curriculum provided by vendors
- Local job embedded coaching provided twice per month
- Professional Development on Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) through
MMCI classes - Secure materials and resources needed through grant funds to help teachers and staff
promote high quality experiences for the children - Ensure materials are utilized and accessible to students in classrooms
- Implement high quality Tier 1 curriculum
- Maintain a strong working relationship with NSU Child Care Resource &
Referral Agency for training and coaching needs. - Use existing financial support through early childhood grants and Title I funds to
support quality professional development and training of teachers and
administrators in the Network.- Making the Most of Classroom Interactions (MMCI)
- Infant, Toddler & PreK (instructors from NSU Child and Family Network)
- CLASS Observer Reliability training
- Provide continued buy in from program partners to provide high quality
professional learning opportunities to staff - Analyze overall performance profile data to address current performance profile
needs of Webster Ready Start Network.
Goal 3:
- Promote Webster Ready Start website to develop and implement marketing strategies
- Collaborate with WRSN Advisory Council
- Utilize social media for Coordinated Enrollment, outreach, community involvement and
branding the Webster Ready Start Network
- Modified annual coordinated enrollment efforts with program partners
- Implemented a new digital plan to launch Online Registration
- Utilized Ready Start Network funds to hire a web designer to create and maintain
a webpage for the network - Formed an Advisory Council that meets quarterly and actively participates in
network events
- New strategies to market families
- Increased community support through local partnerships
- Distribute brochures to business partners & community members
Goal 4:
- Partner with Webster Parish libraries to plan & host family engagement activities
- Participate in “1000 books by Kindergarten” initiative.
- Host multiple Family Engagement activities at different times, such as Ready Start READ!
- Implement an ASQ family event to offer information and guidance on the Developmental Screener tool.
- Family engagement events/ partnership with Webster Parish libraries
- Funding from BELIEVE!
- ASQ training for all program partners
- Outreach to local pediatricians and medical facilities to assist in forming parental connections for early screening opportunities and proper/accurate interventions if needed.