World Change Starts

with Educated Children.®

World Change Starts

with Educated Children.®

Craig Herb, Room to Read’s Washington DC Chapter Manager

Dr. Cory Heyman, Room to Read’s Chief Program Officer

Goals for our time today… • Help you understand Room to Read’s history and model to date

• Provide a glimpse of our strategic plan moving forward

• Provide an initial gathering for mutual dialogue

• [Most importantly]

Create the start of an ongoing sharing of ideas in which we can

learn from people who have both an ongoing interest and

background - allowing us the opportunity to learn from you.

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with Educated Children.®

Room to Read – a brief history

WHERE

WE WORK

2000 Nepal

2001 Vietnam

2002 Cambodia

2003 India

2005 Laos

2005 Sri Lanka

2006 South Africa

2007 Zambia

2008 Bangladesh

2011 Tanzania

2013 Indonesia

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THEORY OF CHANGE

Critical Milestones in Education

Primary school children will

become independent

readers

English-Language

Books Donations

Libraries

Established

Schools

Constructed

Local

Language

Publishing

Librarian and Teacher

Professional Development

Expansion into Establishing

Classroom Libraries

Reading

Instruction

Literacy Evolution

Girls’ Education Evolution

Girls will complete

secondary school and have the

life skills necessary to negotiate

key life decisions

Focus on Material

Support

Tutoring and

Academic

Support

Girls’

Activities (camps, field

trips, etc.)

Life Skills (workshops and

activities)

Mentoring (social mobilizers)

Broader

School

Activities

PROGRAMS

TAILORED

TO THE

NEEDS AND

DESIRES

OF THE

COUNTRIES

IN WHICH

WE SERVE

Country Programs

Bangladesh 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. School Construction 4. Reading & Writing 5. Girls’ Education

Cambodia 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. School Construction 4. Reading & Writing 5. Girls’ Education

India 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. Reading & Writing 4. Girls’ Education

Laos 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. School Construction 4. Reading & Writing 5. Girls’ Education

Nepal 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. School Construction 4. Reading & Writing 5. Girls’ Education

Country Programs

South Africa

1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. Reading & Writing

Sri Lanka 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. School Construction 4. Reading & Writing 5. Girls’ Education

Tanzania 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. Reading & Writing 4. Girls’ Education

Vietnam 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. Reading & Writing 4. Girls’ Education

Zambia 1. School Libraries 2. Book Publishing 3. Reading & Writing 4. Girls’ Education

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213 Expense Forecast

8 %

External Scrutiny

Programmatic Recognition and Awards

Winner of UNESCO’s

2011 Confucius Prize for

Literacy for inspiring

experiences in the field of

global literacy.

1M+ total social media

audience

Top 10 Development Organizations on Twitter

2011

#2 Nonprofit Twitter feed

2010

Leading Nonprofit Social Media

Room to Read’s top rated status is an accolade that

only 1% of their rated charities can claim.

RECOGNITION

Awarded to recognize outstanding

and measurable contributions

through increasing literacy levels

and demonstrating exceptional and

sustained depth and breadth in the

commitment to the advancement of

literacy

Groundbreaking

feature film,

featuring Room to

Read and nine

other non-profits.

Released in U.S.in

2013.

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10,000 VOLUNTEERS

ACROSS OVER 50

COUNTRIES

Our Results to Date • Published 1,029 children’s book titles

• Distributed more than 14.5 million books

• Constructed 1,825 classroom blocks

• Established 16,821 libraries

• Targeted 2,364 classes with effective literacy instruction support

• Supported 28,111 Girls’ Education participants

Benefited more than

8.8 million children

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• A staff-driven workplace giving program that runs from

November 1 – December 31 each year

• Over the past seven years, the campaign has raised roughly $12

million for charity, PLUS

• World Bank matches $ for $

• Room to Read is participating in this campaign

Why Room to Read?

Your Investment goes far… $100 = Provide one year of literacy instruction for a child in Asia or Africa

$250 = Provide one year of education for a girl in our Girls' Education program

$500 = Fills a Grade 1 or Grade 2 classroom with workbooks and teacher guides

You can trust us…

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2015

Room to Read Gala

May 12th

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Dr. Cory Heyman, Room to Read’s Chief Program Officer

Managing Room to Read’s Habit of Reading portfolio (School Libraries,

Book Publishing, School Construction and Reading & Writing Instruction programs),

the Girls’ Education program, and the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation unit

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Program Models:

Where are we now?

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2000: Input focus Metrics: # of books donated;

schools receiving donations; # of children receiving scholarships

2006: Output focus Metrics: # of libraries established;

schools constructed; girls on scholarship

2009: Training & Monitoring focus Metrics: % of libraries with book

check-out system; % of girls receiving life skills education

Today: Coaching & Support focus Metrics: learning outcomes

achieved; competencies demonstrated

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Literacy Program Model (2009)

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Literacy Program Model (2014)

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Girls’ Education Program (2014)

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Monitoring and Evaluation

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10 times

greater than

the average

impact of these

other

interventions.

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BANGLADESH

INDIA

LAOS

NEPAL

ROOM TO READ COMPARISON SCHOOL

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC EXAMPLES

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Girls’ Education Life Skills Competencies

Skills Content areas (core competencies for skills are listed in the column below each content area)

Self-awareness

and empathy

My Daily Life My Education My Rights and

Safety My Health My Society My Future

I can describe my

favorite part of each

day and my least.

I understand that not

all students have the

same ability to learn.

I can identify

inappropriate

physical contact.

I know which

foods will

promote my

health.

I understand the

sources of tension

in my community.

I can make a plan

for my future.

Communication

and

interpersonal

skills

I can negotiate with

adults outside of my

family.

I can speak up at

school.

I can explain my

basic human rights to

another .person.

I can refuse sex.

I can speak up in a

community

meeting.

I can ask for advice

on my life plan.

Decision-

making and

problem-solving

I can choose my

friends and who I

spend time with.

I can make a plan for

my education and

decide which subjects

to study.

I understand the

risks of being sent

away for work.

I can determine

when I need

health advice.

I can decide which

is the best form of

transport to take.

I can decide when

to get married.

Critical thinking

and creative

thinking

I can make a daily

schedule and keep to

it.

I can find time for

study and homework.

I know when to

report a crime and

can find the

authorities.

I understand the

negative

consequences of

using drugs and

alcohol.

I can resist peer

pressure.

I can make a life

plan.

Coping with

emotions and

coping with

stress

I have a plan for what

I do when I feel

overwhelmed.

I can manage my fear

of exams.

I can keep myself

safe.

I understand how

emotions affect

my wellbeing.

I can find a safe

place in my

community when I

need it.

I can make plans

for future times

that I know will be

stressful for me.

Girls are staying in school, graduating, and

enrolling in tertiary education

• 94 percent advancement rate

• 1200 girls secondary school

graduates

• 72 percent continuing to university

or other tertiary education

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2015-2019 STRATEGIC

PLAN: WHERE ARE WE

GOING?

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Scaling our programs to more quickly address the need that exists for programs like ours

Maintaining sustainable

revenue growth to meet the demand for our programs

Investing in our people, processes

and systems to support our

programmatic and fundraising growth

1 2 3

AREAS OF FOCUS

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Children Benefitted

1,980 36,828 146,867 394,603

645,328

1,145,699

1,582,186

2,285,677

3,132,003

4,118,241

5,103,734

6,017,015

7,814,009

8,800,000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Higher quality,

too, over time!

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1980 36828 146867 394603 645328 1145699 1582186 2285677 3132003 4118241 5103734 6017015 7814009 8800000

250,000,000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Need

Gap

“What got you here won’t

get you there.”

--Marshall Goldsmith

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How we operate

Global Office provides program guidance and parameters

Countries interpret to create their own approaches

Countries train trainers, and on-site

support staff

On-site staff support teachers and girls

Teachers conduct program activities with children

We monitor, evaluate, and change

guidelines, as necessary

“For a small organization, we are very complicated.”

--India Country Director

“Simplicity is the key to scaling up.”

--Vietnam Country Director

“We need to cut the

cognitive load.”

--CEO

Challenges

and Solutions

Two-pronged Approach

Programmatic: Develop worldwide implementation

packages for our core program content, and work with

country teams to contextualize, pilot, and prepare to use

the packages at scale

Operational: Simplification and clarification of the delivery

chain and feedback loop

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Worldwide Implementation Modules

(curriculum and facilitators’ guides)

Content selection criteria

• Impactful

• Scalable

• Sustainable

• Cost-effective

Module design principles

• Clear

• Simple yet detailed

• Predictable

• Engaging

• Early wins

• As self-directed as appropriate

• Monitoring tools incorporated into

content

• Progressive (extra opportunities for

implementers with advanced skills)

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Operational Delivery Chain and Feedback Loop

Goal: Implementation with clarity, ease, consistency, quality, reflection, and feedback

Global

designers

Country

Managers

Country

Officers

Country

Associates

Country

Field Staff

Teachers Pupils

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External Technical Assistance

Goals for our time today… • Provide an initial gathering for mutual dialogue

• [Most importantly]

Create the start of an ongoing sharing of ideas in which we can

learn from people who have both an ongoing interest and

background - allowing us the opportunity to learn from you.

World Change Starts

with Educated Children.®

Response?

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Q&A moderated by Sverrir Sigurdsson