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What is Expect More Tehama?

A community collaboration to transform Tehama County by championing higher expectations for higher education and career readiness.

Overall, rural areas have a lower percentage of residents with higher education. Northern California is no exception. From an economic development standpoint, the region needs to raise the skills of the workforce to compete for good companies and to retain our higher skilled. Increasingly the fastest growing, high wage jobs require postsecondary education. Now more than ever, we need all students prepared.

Movement Goals:

  • All Students in Tehama County graduate from high school.
  • All Students have access to and are prepared for higher education / college, if they so choose.
  • All Students have access to pathways sustainable for jobs and careers.
  • All stakeholder groups take responsibility to promote the Expect More Message and expectation.
  • Tehama County residents know where to find resources to increase their skills.

College and Career Readiness

Whatever your strengths, whatever your
goals, whatever your personal battles, you can make a change .

We offer opportunities to take action online or on the streets.
Will you join us?

Resources

School Readiness & Literacy

Imagination is the engine of creativity.

Studies have shown that if a child cannot read at their grade level by the time they graduate from third grade, it creates a fast growing gap from those kids that can. They can quickly fall further and further behind. There are things you can do as parent to make sure your child doesn't fall behind.

  • Read to them when they're young.
  • Buy books from them instead of toys. Do you still remember The Cat in the Hat or Green Eggs and Ham from your childhood. Evidence of the power of books.
  • Make sure they read over the Summer vacation.
  • Donate your kids used books to younger kids. Recycle learning.

Resources

Parent Involvement /
Understanding Poverty

Parent involvement is crucial to the long term success
of every student. Education and a meaningful relationship
are the bridges out of poverty.

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Networking and Marketing

The groups that have come together to support this movement have been nothing short of astonishing. The connections that have forms have sprouted yet more connections and more good work in the name of education.

It was the Superintendent of Schools, Larry Champion, that said to 200+ people at the last Expect More Tehama summit, "I never thought I'd see the day when all these people; parents, teachers, administrators, businesses, students and service groups would all get together in one room and make such a difference."

The connections that have formed have sprouted yet more connections and yet more good work in the name of education.

Get Connected

Take Action

Take Action. Read a book to a child. Staff an educational booth at an event. Mentor a child. Take your kids to visit a college campus. Help at a fundraiser. Meet with your child's teacher. Learn about preparing your child for college. Help in the classroom. Write an article for the newspaper. Collect college t-shirts for the 8th Grade College t-shirt project. Donate your children's books. Take Action.

Not sure what to do? Contact us here and we'll show you projects where you can help.

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Join the Movement

Expect More Tehama works because of people doing what they can, no matter how small, in order to make Tehama County a better place to live. Better education provides a better job force which creates more jobs and a better quality of life. People just like you jump in to help, even if 100% of your extra efforts go only to your kids. Hundreds of residents like yourself have created this movement and hundreds more will continue its growth. Be one and join the movement.

Feel free to use the form to the right to request information about Expect Tehama, leave feedback, or to volunteer.

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