Opportunity & Innovation Submission

We have designed a new way for you to help inform the future of EFS! Your ideas are helpful as we explore opportunities and innovations for our organization and partner centers. Thank you for your participation.

Please provide your email address*

example@example.com

What is your full name and role at EFS (team, committee, board, supporter, center/family home)?*

First NameLast Name

Please provide a detailed description of the opportunity or innovative idea.*

Do you have any supporting documents? If yes, state here and email the document(s) to pkhendricks@phprinc.com and state EFS in the subject field.

YesNo

MISSION Educational First Steps (EFS) creates and supports high-quality early learning environments that ignite children's minds from birth to age five.

Is this suggestion mission-aligned?*

YesNo

EFS's Values and Culture

Joy: We do our best work when we do it with a strong sense of purpose and a passion for a better world.
Collaboration: We believe collaboration is essential to the success of our internal and external partners. By working together, fostering open communication, furthering understanding, and building caring and supportive environments, we can achieve something bigger than we could alone.

Equity: We strive for equity and work toward solutions to eliminate structural and systemic inequities, so our communities thrive.

Trust: We hold ourselves and one another responsible for ensuring Educational First Steps maximizes its impact, and we do what we say we will do.

Growth: We act with swift and focused purpose, allowing room to learn while seeking to scale successes.

Is this opportunity aligned with EFS's values and culture? *

YesNo

GOAL: Improving access to quality early learning environments across Tarrant and Dallas Counties? Does this opportunity's objective help move EFS toward the organizational goal and impact of access?*

YesNo

GOAL: Broaden EFS reputation as a thought leader to increase strategic partnerships and enhance fund development? Does this opportunity's objective help move EFS toward EFS's organizational goal and impact of Awareness?

YesNo

GOAL: Grow EFS advocacy efforts to impact policy, increase support, and educate community advocates for ECE? Does this opportunity's objective help move EFS toward EFS's organizational goal and impact of Advocacy?*

YesNo

We currently support centers in Dallas County, TX; Grayson County, TX; Tarrant County, TX; Collin County, TX; and Denton County, TX. Does the opportunity adhere to our current chosen geographic footprint?*

YesNo

Do you think EFS will likely need to add staff to support this idea?*

YesNo

Does exploring this idea reinforce a current significant relationship?*

YesNo

If answer is yes to reinforcing a current significant relationship, please provide details below. If not, leave answer blank and move on to the next question.

Does the opportunity or innovation already have an advocate within any specific community? *

YesNo

If there is an advocate in the specific community, please provide details below. If not, leave answer blank and move on to the next question.

On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being not time-sensitive and 5 being extremely time-sensitive, please rate the urgency you associate with the timeline for this opportunity.*

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not Time-Sensitive, 5 is Extremely Time-Sensitive

If needed, please provide any additional details or comments about your idea and/or any of the questions/answers above.

Additional Questions and Comments

That's it! Thank you so much for submitting your idea to us. After we conduct our due diligence and feasibility, the team or committee will get back to you. And keep those ideas coming!

With gratitude,
Dominique McCain, President & CEO, EFS
and the Opportunity & Innovation Committee