Foundations for a Better Oregon and the Chalkboard Project launched TeachOregon in 2012 to provide the opportunity for university teacher preparation programs and their community college and school district partners to work together to cocreate and pilot innovative models for collaborative, needs driven teacher preparation. The evaluation for the 3 year project is assessing (1) program implementation through a process study and (2) short term program outcomes through an impact study. 

The first two years of the TeachOregon initiative have featured important shifts in practice and an ongoing focus on a road set of interventions. The highlights of the Year 2 process study, based primarily on project teams' focus group descriptions of Year 2 work, can be summarized as follows. 

1. TeachOregon grantees continue to be actively engaged and highly committed to implementing the road set of interventions introduced during Year 1.
2. TeachOregon grantees report positive changes are taking place in each of the blueprint areas.
3. Partners are planning for TeachOregon activities to continue beyond the grant.
4. TeachOregon provides a framework and resources for responding to externally driven changes (e.g., edTPA, program accreditation).
5. Partners are successfully navigating leadership changes and internal and external communication challenges.
6. Partners are working to overcome internal and institutional barriers to change.
7. Collecting and reporting data required for the impact evaluation presented significant challenges to the grantees. In some cases, partners had never reviewed and shared components of their data.

Foundations for a Better Oregon and the Chalkboard Project launched TeachOregon in 2012 to provide the opportunity for university teacher preparation programs and their community college and school district partners to work together to cocreate and pilot innovative models for collaborative, needs driven teacher preparation. The evaluation for the 3 year project is assessing (1) program implementation through a process study and (2) short term program outcomes through an impact study. 

The first two years of the TeachOregon initiative have featured important shifts in practice and an ongoing focus on a road set of interventions. The highlights of the Year 2 process study, based primarily on project teams' focus group descriptions of Year 2 work, can be summarized as follows. 

1. TeachOregon grantees continue to be actively engaged and highly committed to implementing the road set of interventions introduced during Year 1.
2. TeachOregon grantees report positive changes are taking place in each of the blueprint areas.
3. Partners are planning for TeachOregon activities to continue beyond the grant.
4. TeachOregon provides a framework and resources for responding to externally driven changes (e.g., edTPA, program accreditation).
5. Partners are successfully navigating leadership changes and internal and external communication challenges.
6. Partners are working to overcome internal and institutional barriers to change.
7. Collecting and reporting data required for the impact evaluation presented significant challenges to the grantees. In some cases, partners had never reviewed and shared components of their data.

The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC) is a multi-year initiative led by The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), The Ford Family Foundation, and Oregon State University (OSU). Financial supporters include the Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation, and OCF Donor Advised Funds. The initiative supports expanded access to best practice parenting education programs, with a focus on programs reaching parents of children prenatal to age six, and supports efforts to develop and strengthen regional parenting education "Hubs." OPEC is unique in its collaborative, foundation-approach in building a statewide infrastructure for parenting education through community-based non-profits and public agencies. The initiative was launched in July 2010. In 2014-2015, there were twelve regional parenting Hubs serving 19 Oregon counties and Siskiyou County, California. During this past year the OPEC initiative also funded ten Small Grant projects in the Portland Metro area to provide evidence-based classes and/or home visiting for specific groups of parents. The OSU evaluation team synthesized overarching lessons and impacts for the program year.

The Oregon Community Foundation has funded early childhood scholarships at Portland State University's Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education (OCCD) since 2002. In 2003, the Betty Gray Early Childhood Training and Certification (BGECTC) Scholarship Program was launched, building on the previous program.

The Oregon Community Foundation posed the following questions in its request for the evaluation of the BGECTC Scholarship Program: 1. What are the characteristics of scholarship recipients and the populations they are serving? 2. How do scholarship recipients compare to the entire child care workforce? 3. To what extent does the receipt of a scholarship predict an increase in providers' professional development while controlling for provider characteristics? 4. To what extent does the receipt of a scholarship predict an increase in provider's professional development for minorities or for those whose primary language is not English?

The Oregon Community Foundation has funded early childhood scholarships at Portland State University's Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education (OCCD) since 2002. In 2003, the Betty Gray Early Childhood Training and Certification (BGECTC) Scholarship Program was launched, building on the previous program.

The Oregon Community Foundation posed the following questions in its request for the evaluation of the BGECTC Scholarship Program: 1. What are the characteristics of scholarship recipients and the populations they are serving? 2. How do scholarship recipients compare to the entire child care workforce? 3. To what extent does the receipt of a scholarship predict an increase in providers' professional development while controlling for provider characteristics? 4. To what extent does the receipt of a scholarship predict an increase in provider's professional development for minorities or for those whose primary language is not English?

The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC) is a multi-year initiative led by The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), The Ford Family Foundation, and Oregon State University (OSU). Financial supporters include the Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation, and OCF Donor Advised Funds. The initiative supports expanded access to best practice parenting education programs, with a focus on programs reaching parents of children prenatal to age six, and supports efforts to develop and strengthen regional parenting education "Hubs." OPEC is unique in its collaborative, foundation-approach in building a statewide infrastructure for parenting education through community-based non-profits and public agencies. The initiative was launched in July 2010. In 2014-2015, there were twelve regional parenting Hubs serving 19 Oregon counties and Siskiyou County, California. During this past year the OPEC initiative also funded ten Small Grant projects in the Portland Metro area to provide evidence-based classes and/or home visiting for specific groups of parents. The OSU evaluation team synthesized overarching lessons and impacts for the program year.

The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC) is a multi-year initiative led by The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), The Ford Family Foundation, and Oregon State University (OSU). Financial supporters include the Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation, and OCF Donor Advised Funds. The initiative supports expanded access to best practice parenting education programs, with a focus on programs reaching parents of children prenatal to age six, and supports efforts to develop and strengthen regional parenting education "Hubs." OPEC is unique in its collaborative, foundation-approach in building a statewide infrastructure for parenting education through community-based non-profits and public agencies. The initiative was launched in July 2010. In 2014-2015, there were twelve regional parenting Hubs serving 19 Oregon counties and Siskiyou County, California. During this past year the OPEC initiative also funded ten Small Grant projects in the Portland Metro area to provide evidence-based classes and/or home visiting for specific groups of parents. The OSU evaluation team synthesized overarching lessons and impacts for the program year.

The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative (OPEC) is a multi-year initiative led by The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), The Ford Family Foundation, and Oregon State University (OSU). Financial supporters include the Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation, and OCF Donor Advised Funds. The initiative supports expanded access to best practice parenting education programs, with a focus on programs reaching parents of children prenatal to age six, and supports efforts to develop and strengthen regional parenting education "Hubs." OPEC is unique in its collaborative, foundation-approach in building a statewide infrastructure for parenting education through community-based non-profits and public agencies. The initiative was launched in July 2010. In 2013-2014, there were twelve regional parenting Hubs serving 19 Oregon counties and Siskiyou County, California. During this past year the OPEC initiative also funded ten Small Grant projects in the Portland Metro area to provide evidence-based classes and/or home visiting for specific groups of parents. The OSU evaluation team synthesized overarching lessons and impacts for the program year.