Employees Responsible for Accomplishing the Agency's Strategic Plan
Having at least one person responsible for each goal and for each objective may improve the accountability at the agency for its goals and objectives. The information which provides a list of employees and the goals and/or objectives for which they are responsible was provided by the agency in its Annual Restructuring Report, Program Evaluation, Request for Information, or Accountability Report.
The Responsible Employee
for an agency Goal may have different teams of employees to help accomplish the goal. The Responsible Employee is the person who, either alone or in conjunction with a team and appropriate approval, determines the strategy and objectives necessary to accomplish the goal.
The Responsible Employee
for an agency Objective may have employees or teams of employees to help accomplish the objective. If it is a small agency, it may be the same person responsible for the overarching goal. The same person is not required to be responsible for all the objectives. The Responsible Employee has some level of decision making power as this person, in conjunction with the team and appropriate approval, sets the performance measure targets and determines the plan for how to accomplish the objective.
2015-16 Employees Responsible for Strategic Plan (Excel Spreadsheet)
Responsible Employees with items of Strategic Plan for which they are responsible
Note: The year in parenthesis at the end of each goal and objective is the year the employee first became responsible for it.
Julia-Ellen Davis
Responsible for:
Agency
Goal 1 - Increase access to quality early childhood programs and resources. (2016)
Goal 2 - Enhance leadership development and capacity building. (2016)
Goal 3 - Strengthen interagency accountability and public-private collaboration. (2016)
Position: Interim Director
Office Address: 1300 Sumter Street, Columbia SC 29201
Department or Division: SC First Steps (State Office)
Department or Division Summary: Office of the Interim Director
Martha Strickland
Responsible for:
Objective 1.1.1 - Increase the number of students and eligible preschool providers participating in the First Steps 4K Program. (2014)
Objective 1.1.2 - Ensure on-site monitoring and technical assistance of First Steps 4K providers twice monthly. (2014)
Objective 1.1.3 - Ensure that the early literacy competencies of all First Steps 4K providers are assessed using the Teaching Strategies GOLD as required by law. (2014)
Position: First Steps 4K Director
Office Address: 1300 Sumter Street, Columbia SC 29201
Department or Division: First Steps 4K
Department or Division Summary: Oversees First Steps 4K offerings in private settings.
Mary Anne Matthews
Responsible for:
Objective 1.2.1 - Ensure that home visitation clients are served within model best-practice guidelines related to the intensity and duration of services. (2008)
Objective 1.2.2 - Ensure that 60% or more of home visitation client families possess two or more school readiness risk factors. (2008)
Objective 1.2.3 - Measure client family outcomes using the Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale and Adult-Child Interactive Reading Inventory. (2008)
Position: Director of Parenting Services
Office Address: 1300 Sumter Street, Columbia SC 29201
Department or Division: County Partnership Technical Assistance
Department or Division Summary: Provides technical assistance & oversight of partnership programming.
Debbie Robertson
Responsible for:
Objective 1.3.1 - Ensure that quality enhancement client centers are served within First Steps' guidelines for intensity and duration of services. (2014)
Objective 1.3.2 - Increase the quality of client centers as measured by the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales. (2014)
Position: Chief Partnership Officer
Office Address: 1300 Sumter Street, Columbia SC 29201
Department or Division: County Partnership Technical Assistance
Department or Division Summary: Provides technical assistance & oversight of partnership programming.
Kristie Musick
Responsible for:
Objective 1.4.1 - Increase staffing designed to improve response time for incoming BabyNet clients. (2010)
Objective 1.4.2 - Improve the functioning and compatibility of the BRIDGES BabyNet data system. (2010)
Position: Part C Coordinator
Office Address: 1300 Sumter Street, Columbia SC 29201
Department or Division: BabyNet
Department or Division Summary: Oversees IDEA Part C early intervention programming.
Dan Wuori
Responsible for:
Objective 2.1.1 - Complete site visits to each local partnership by August 1, 2015. (2015)
Objective 2.2.1 - Develop and distribute an interagency description of the ready five year old. (2014)
Objective 2.2.2 - Launch a community education initiative designed to promote the school readiness in South Carolina. (2015)
Objective 3.1.1 - Seat and convene a collaborative interagency group comprised by First Steps and DSS staff designed to clarify and coordinate regulatory and quality enhancement efforts supporting SC child care providers. (2015)
Objective 3.1.2 - Convene the Chairmen's Summit on Early Childhood Education, as a collaborative interagency effort comprised by each of the entities serving on the First Steps Board of Trustees. (2015)
Position: Deputy Director
Office Address: 1300 Sumter Street, Columbia SC 29201
Department or Division: SC First Steps (State Office)
Department or Division Summary: Oversight of the First Steps initiative.
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