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Porter-Leath is accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA), a national and internationally recognized organization that accredits over 1800 organizations serving seven million children, youth and families. Porter-Leath has been accredited by COA since 1980. With five impact areas serving over 50,000 children & families, seven administrative departments and over 680 employees, Porter-Leath meets the best practices standards for administration, management and services. Porter-Leath is one of only four accredited agencies in Memphis/Shelby County.
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Porter-Leath Early Head Start and Head Start programs are proud to have earned the mark of quality from NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children), and to be recognized for our commitment to reaching the highest professional standards. NAEYC Accreditation lets families in our community know that children in our program are getting the best care and early learning experiences possible. To earn NAEYC Accreditation, Porter-Leath sites went through an extensive self-study process, measuring the program and its services against the ten NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and more than 400 related Accreditation Criteria. The NAEYC Accreditation system was created to set professional standards for early childhood education, and to help families identify high-quality preschools, child care centers and other early education programs. Porter-Leath sites have been accredited since 2005.
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United Way has opened the door for Porter-Leath to promote not only itself, but also the United Way and its support for our agency. United Way has enabled Porter-Leath to interact with many employees in various fields which has in turn been able to allow us to leverage their support, both personally and through their employer. It has allowed Porter-Leath to foster a strong network across our service area and assisted in providing a strong framework with which to continue to grow.
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The Child Development Associate® (CDA) Credential™ is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education (ECE) and is a crucial stepping stone on the path of career advancement in ECE.
The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential is based on a core set of competency standards, which guide early care professionals as they work toward becoming qualified teachers of young children. The Council works to ensure that the nationally-transferable CDA® is a credible and valid credential, recognized by professions as a vital part of professional development.
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Porter-Leath is a key partner in the Coalition's efforts to bring all early childhood stakeholders together to collaborate on shared goals and outcomes for young children and their families. The Coalition's mission is to promote and expand effective outreach, education and direct services for families with young children, pre-conception to eight, that together offer families an integrated, comprehensive set of resources to help them provide their children with the strongest foundation for lifelong success.
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Porter-Leath Cornerstone uses the evidence-based Parents as Teachers (PAT) curriculum. This curriculum provides measurable results for at-risk, low-income families in Shelby County, resulting in school readiness for toddlers and healthy babies for pregnant women.
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LEAD provides on-site professional staff and high quality early intervention services to children in Porter-Leath's Early Head Start facility. LEAD is dedicated to working with children and families to enhance developmental growth, improve independence, encourage full inclusion of children with special needs into the community and empower families to become advocates.
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Civitan is an international, non-profit service organization which helps children and adults with developmental disabilities. Civitan has an international research center located on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The local Memphis Civitan Club was started in June of 1920. It is the second oldest club in the world. The club’s mission is to provide networking, fellowship, community involvement, personal development and community service, emphasizing help to people with developmental disabilities.
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Porter-Leath's Books from Birth program, which is an affiliate of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, receives tremendous support from both the Dollywood Foundation and the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation. The three entities form a strong state-wide partnership. The Dollywood Foundation manages the selection, pricing and mailing of the books, while the Governor's Books from Birth Foundation provides a generous, annual state grant that covers half of the book and mailing cost. With these investments in place, Books from Birth can focus on securing financial support for half of the book cost and mailing, enrolling children in the Imagination Library and promoting literacy connections across Shelby County.
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Porter-Leath is proud to have the support of the City of Bartlett, which helps fund early literacy initiatives for children under five in Bartlett through Porter-Leath's Books from Birth program.
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Porter-Leath is thankful to have the support of the Town of Collierville. Collierville helps fund early literacy initiatives for children under five in the Collierville area through Porter-Leath's Books from Birth program.
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The City of Germantown is also a proud partner of Porter-Leath's Books from Birth Program. The City of Germantown, funds early literacy initiatives for children under five in Germantown zip codes.
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LENA is a national nonprofit on a mission to transform children’s futures through early talk technology and data-driven programs. Porter-Leath implements LENA's Grow program as part of our professional development opportunities for early childhood educators and our commitment to providing high-quality education for young children.
Improving a classroom’s language environment is one of the best ways to improve children's early literacy skills. LENA Grow couples LENA’s “talk pedometer” technology with weekly coaching sessions to bring those improved outcomes to fruition — in both the short and long term.
Through LENA Grow, teachers deepen their focus on each child’s individual classroom experience, coaches use data and resources to leverage strengths in teacher practice and preschools can track progress on quality improvement.
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