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.
Job Announcement: Founding Executive Director of NOEEN
Later this year, NOEEN will become an independent, intermediary organization with the capacity to bring together stakeholders across the ECE sector, identify opportunities for improvement, attract new supports and funds, and work aggressively towards a unifying vision for ECE excellence citywide.
The search for the founding Executive Director of NOEEN is now open. Initial priorities for the Executive Director will be to:
• conduct a landscape analysis and assessment of ECE programs and services for families
• gather and lead a high impact group of individuals to launch NOEEN
• expand supply of and access to high quality early childhood education (ECE) programs; and
• carry out the key provisions for lead agencies required by the State’s Act 3 legislation.
To learn more about the executive director position, click here.
Steering Committee Members
Every sector (centers, Head Start, public schools and private schools) and funding sourcees (CCAP, LA4, Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG), NSECD, Early Head Start and Head Start) are represented on the steering committee. Current members include:
Name |
Funding Source or Program Type |
Organization |
| Dr. Anthony Recasner, Chair | Lead Agency | Agenda for Children |
| Kunjan Narechania | - | Recovery School District |
| Mary Garton | - | Orleans Parish School Board |
| Maria Blanco | Early Head Start | LSU Health Sciences Center |
| Dr. Keith Liederman | Head Start | Kingsley House |
| Thelma French | Head Start | Total Community Action |
|
Kristi Givens |
CCAP, Early Head Start, PEG | Kids of Excellence |
| Sonjia Joseph | CCAP, LA4, NSECD, Early Head Start | Clara's Little Lambs |
| Carole Elliot | NSECD | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
| Joyce Ridgeway | Early Steps | Department of Health, Region 1 |
| Kate Mehok | LA4 | Crescent City Schools |
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
- Tuesday, January 30, 2018
- Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- Tuesday, June 12, 2018
June 13, 2017 Meeting Materials
- Meeting Agenda
- Draft Minutes from March 21, 2017 Meeting
- 2016-17 CLASS Results
- Coordinated Enrollment Presenation
- 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)
Past Meeting Materials
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
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.