NOEEN Steering Committee

The New Orleans Early Education Network (NOEEN) is a collaborative partnership between every publicly funded early education provider in the city. NOEEN is managed by Agenda for Children.

Strategic Plan

Over the course of the past fall and winter, NOEEN Steering committee members worked with early childhood stakeholders and Bellwether Education Partners to develop a vision for NOEEN's future. Click here to read the Strategic Plan.

NOEEN and Early Childhood in the News

• President of Entergy New Orleans calls for high-quality early care and education
• NOLA schools can move from C to A if they have more kids kindergarten-ready
• OPSB makes quality early childhood education a top priority
• First Louisiana Early Ed Week

Steering Committee Members

Every sector (centers, Head Start, public schools and private schools) and funding sources (CCAP, LA4, Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG), NSECD, Early Head Start and Head Start) are represented on the steering committee. Current members include:

2017-2018 Meeting Schedule

All Meetings will be held from 11:30 am-1:30 pm at the Agenda for Children Office (8300 Earhart Blvd., Suite 201) unless otherwise notified. All meetings are open to the public. Please sign up for our newsletter, New Orleans Early Education Network (NOEEN) News to be informed of any changes to the meeting schedule. Note that it is the last option on the sign-up form.

• Tuesday, August 29, 2017
• Tuesday, September 26, 2017
• Tuesday, November 28, 2017
• Wednesday, January 31, 2018
• Wednesday, March 21, 2018
• Wednesday, June 13, 2018

June 13, 2018 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from March 21, 2018 Meeting
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• CLASS Observation Presentation

March 21, 2018 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from January 31, 2018 Meeting
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• NOEEN Tuition Requests Presentation
• City Council Funding Presentation

January 31, 2018 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from November 28, 2017 Meeting
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• Coordinated Funding Request Presentation
• CLASS Observation Presentation

November 28, 2017 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from September 26, 2017 Meeting
• Coordinated Funding Request Recommendations
• Coordinated Funding Request Presentation
• Revised Coordinated Enrollment Framework
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• 2016-17 Performance Profile Orleans Parish Information
• 2016-17 Performance Profile Presentation

September 26, 2017 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from June 13, 2017 Meeting
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• Needs Assessment Presentation
• CLASS Observations Presentation

June 13, 2017 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from March 21, 2017 Meeting
• 2016-17 CLASS Results
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• Coordinated Enrollment Framework Update
• Legislative Update

March 21, 2017 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Strategic Plan
• Draft Minutes from January 24, 2017 meeting
• Coordinated Enrollment Update

January 24, 2017 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft minutes from November 29, 2016 meeting
• Draft Coordinated Enrollment Plan
• Strategic Planning Update Presentation
• Performance Profile Presentation
• Coordinated Funding Presentation
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• 2017-18 Early Childhood Allocations (Pending Legislative Allocations)

November 29, 2016 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Strategic Planning Update
• Coordinated Funding Request Recommendations (for Steering Committee Review and Approval)
• Coordinated Funding Presentation
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation (revised 12/1)
• Coordinated Enrollment Framework (revised)
• NOEEN DRAFT Performance Profile
• Minutes from September 27, 2016 meeting

September 27, 2016 Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Presentation on the Proposed Coordinated Funding Request Process
• Draft Coordinated Funding Request Scoring Rubrics
• Draft Presentation on Changes to Coordinated Enrollment 
• Draft minutes from August 23, 2016 meeting

August 23, 2016

• Meeting Agenda
• Minutes from April 5, 2016 meeting
• 2016-2017 Steering Committee Handbook 
• NOEEN Updates and CLASS Observation Plan
• Needs Assessment Presentation
• Coordinated Enrollment Update
• PK Funding Letter of Support

April 5, 2016

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from March 1, 2016 meeting
• Coordinated Enrollment Update
• Draft PK Tuition Policy
• Stand for Children presentation on Increasing Funds for High-Quality ECE Programs in New Orleans
• Legislative Update

March 1, 2016

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from January 14, 2016 meeting
• Presentations (NOEEN Coordinated Enrollment and Coordinated Information Campaign, NOEEN Theory of Change, NOEEN CLASS Summit, and BESE and Upcoming Legislative Session Update)
• Draft Theory of Change

January 14, 2016

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from November 18, 2015 meeting
• Coordinated Funding Request Recommendations to the NOEEN Steering Committee (Excel)
• Coordinated Funding Request Presentation
• CLASS Scores Presentation
• Update on Coordinated Enrollment Presentation

November 18, 2015

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes from September 3, 2015 meeting
• October 1, 2015 Child Count Summary
• Coordinated Enrollment Plan
• Final Coordinated Enrollment Plan
• Revised Observation Plan

September 3, 2015

• Meeting Agenda
• Revised Minutes from August 4, 2015 meeting
• Revised Coordinated Enrollment Framework

August 4, 2015

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes
• NOEEN Overview Presentation
• Coordinated Enrollment Presentation
• Coordinated Enrollment Framework

Public comments (including those related to coordinated enrollment) can be submitted via email at publiccomments@agendaforchildren.org.