Resource Library
Welcome to the Ready for School, Ready for Life Resource Library—your hub for practical tools and templates designed to support capacity building, effective teaming, and sustained implementation. Whether you’re a community partner, early childhood provider, or systems-level leader, this collection offers user-friendly resources to guide planning, data tracking, team collaboration, and strategic action. Explore tools that can help you implement change ideas, foster a culture of learning, and drive collective impact across Guilford County and beyond.
Teaming Resources
Foundational tools to help establish and guide team collaboration and structure.
Measurement
Practical tools for tracking progress and visualizing data.
Change Ideas
Structured templates to plan and capture ideas for improvement.
Building a Culture of Continuous Quality Improvement
High-level planning and reflection tools to foster sustainable quality improvement.
Project Planning Form
Action List Template
Owner Hand-Off Checklist
Mapping Infrastructure
Place-Based Collective Impact Resources
Tools and materials that support collective impact across communities, tailored to place-based collaborative approaches.
Seeding Success
Child Trends
Collective Impact Forum
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Early Childhood Data Resources
MDRC Resource: Setting Strong Benchmarks
Institute for Child Success Measurement Tool
Measures of Success for Grade-Level Reading
Public Health Equity Dashboard
Unite Literacy Book Desert Map
Smart Start Community Indicators
Additional Resources
Early Childhood Workforce Model Standards
Childhood Interventions Benefit-Cost Estimates
