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🌟 Professional Development Opportunity for Early Childhood Educators 🌟 Join us for “Equity from the Start: Applying Anti-Bias Approaches in Early Learning”, a transformative training designed to empower early childhood educators in creating inclusive and equitable learning environments. ✨ What to Expect: - Gain a deeper understanding of the critical importance of equity in early childhood classrooms. - Explore practical strategies to foster inclusivity and equity from the very beginning. - Learn how to engage meaningfully with families and build strong partnerships that support each child’s development and learning. This comprehensive training will help you build the foundation for a classroom where every child feels seen, valued, and supported. 📅 Don’t miss this opportunity to make a difference in your classroom and community. 👉 Register now and take the next step toward advancing equity in early learning! https://lnkd.in/e-4AfsDH #EquityInEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment #InclusiveLearning #AntiBiasApproaches

🚨 Resource Alert 🚨 TLDR: Join me for a webinar later today! See link below. Supporting equitable sociocultural interactions in #preschool classrooms has been a large part of my life’s work—and I believe it’s one of the most urgent priorities in early education today. 🚸 Yet, I know how challenging it can be to assess whether we’re truly fostering classroom #equity.  That’s why I developed The Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES)—to provide educators with a meaningful framework to measure and support #equitableinteractions in early childhood classrooms.  I’m thrilled to invite you to join me for this webinar (✨live or recorded✨), where I’ll walk you through the #ACSES approach and show how it can help you:   ➡️ Address the critical need for racial equity in education systems.   ➡️ Measure and improve equitable interactions in your preschool setting.   ➡️ Celebrate your strengths as an educator while integrating culturally relevant, anti-bias practices that ensure #everychild thrives.  If you’re ready to create more inclusive environments, improve peer relationships, and provide culturally sustaining social-emotional learning opportunities, I hope you’ll join me for this conversation. 🧠  Together, we can ensure that all children experience the joy of equitable learning spaces! 🌍❤️   Webinar Registration: https://lnkd.in/eSK_Mpim ACSES One Pager: https://lnkd.in/ej3F6YU6 If you cant make it, comment below and I will happily send you the recording when it is made available. #EquityInEducation #CulturalRelevance #AntiBiasTeaching #EarlyLearning #EducatorGrowth  

When University of Wyoming's Nikki Baldwin got a chance to update the state’s #EarlyLearningStandards, she knew she wanted the process to be 🌟 led by educators. 🌟 While evaluating Wyoming’s Preschool Development Grant, Education Northwest had a chance to document the innovative grassroots process used to refresh the state’s #EarlyLearning standards. This educator-led process can be a model for other states looking to create a practical tool for teachers. “Our number one hope is that people who read this document can see the value in elevating educator voices … The wisdom lies within the workforce to do this work.” How Wyoming Developed Early Learning Standards for Educators, by Educators: https://bit.ly/3xdGppO

When University of Wyoming's Nikki Baldwin got a chance to update the state’s #EarlyLearningStandards, she knew she wanted the process to be 🌟 led by educators. 🌟 While evaluating Wyoming’s Preschool Development Grant, Education Northwest had a chance to document the innovative grassroots process used to refresh the state’s #EarlyLearning standards. This educator-led process can be a model for other states looking to create a practical tool for teachers. “Our number one hope is that people who read this document can see the value in elevating educator voices … The wisdom lies within the workforce to do this work.” How Wyoming Developed Early Learning Standards for Educators, by Educators: https://bit.ly/3xdGppO

I agree wholeheartedly with this perspective. However, a significant challenge is that the 'being' aspect is not as easily visible, and parents often want to see tangible evidence of what their children are doing. For educators to focus more on the 'being' aspect, there needs to be a concerted effort to educate parents on what 'being' entails and why it is so crucial. This understanding will help align parent expectations with the more holistic, child-centered approach that emphasizes emotional and social development.

A Spotlight on Early Childhood Education in York, Pennsylvania! Policy and Early Learning Deputy Assistant Secretary Swati Adarkar recently joined Ralph Smith, the managing director of Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, on a site visit to the First 10 Partnership in York, Pennsylvania. Education Development Center's First 10 initiative brings together school districts, elementary schools, early childhood programs, and community agencies to improve education and care for young children and their families. Adarkar shared the Department's early learning strategies as a featured speaker at a breakfast for city, county, and state leaders. She then toured a First 10 school and met with teachers and administrators to discuss York's First 10 strategies, including kindergarten guided play centers; the transitions to kindergarten and first grade; the city-wide Young Mathematician’s initiative; vertical teaming; and joint, professional-learning opportunities for community-based and district teachers. https://ow.ly/hA4650UBTZk

A Spotlight on Early Childhood Education in York, Pennsylvania! Policy and Early Learning Deputy Assistant Secretary Swati Adarkar recently joined Ralph Smith, the managing director of Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, on a site visit to the First 10 Partnership in York, Pennsylvania. Education Development Center's First 10 initiative brings together school districts, elementary schools, early childhood programs, and community agencies to improve education and care for young children and their families. Adarkar shared the Department's early learning strategies as a featured speaker at a breakfast for city, county, and state leaders. She then toured a First 10 school and met with teachers and administrators to discuss York's First 10 strategies, including kindergarten guided play centers; the transitions to kindergarten and first grade; the city-wide Young Mathematician’s initiative; vertical teaming; and joint, professional-learning opportunities for community-based and district teachers. https://ow.ly/KbSw50UBTZl

Elementary Principals, 🍎 Can we talk about something that really gets under my skin? It’s the idea that Pre-K is just babysitting or playtime. Now 3 and 4 year olds do learn through play. So there is time for play in the day, as it should be. But, seriously, we need to stop treating early childhood education like it doesn’t matter. I've encountered situations where the importance of early literacy instruction was either dismissed or minimized. For example, I was once uninvited from a session about reading instruction because the assumption was that pre-K doesn't truly 'teach reading.' Of course, we absolutely do important reading readiness and early literacy work in early learning classrooms. But this incident highlighted how some still view early childhood education as just play time or babysitting rather than real teaching and learning. I think this mindset is pervasive because of a lack of understanding. Many don’t realize the deep impact early instruction has on a student’s future success. Our society often undervalues the work of early childhood educators, seeing it as less important than teaching older students. The TRUTH is high-quality early literacy education can change the course of student’s lives. Children who get strong early instruction are more likely to succeed later on. We’ve got to stop underestimating the power of early education and seize the opportunity to begin working with our children when they are young. Let’s recognize the impact of early learning and its benefits in helping our students become critical thinkers and literate individuals.  Our students and families need us more than ever. Who's with me? #EdReform #EarlyEd #LiteracyMatters #MythBusting #EducationRevolution #PreKMatters #DataDrivenEducation

How can an idealistic educator revolutionize teacher training and instill a holistic approach to childhood development? In this episode, Tamar Andrews, EdD, a trailblazer in early childhood education, shares her bold mission to transform how teachers are prepared and how children are nurtured from the earliest ages. As the long-time preschool director at Temple Isaiah and a driving force behind the groundbreaking programs at American Jewish University, Tamar offers an incisive critique of the traditional education system's factory-like model. Tamar reveals how pivotal moments, such as witnessing high graduate school dropout rates and her own child's special needs journey, fueled her passion for innovative change. She takes us behind the scenes of AJU's unique teacher training approach, which emphasizes cohort-based learning, continuous practical application in the classroom, dedicated mentorship, and intentional "pressure" to drive lasting behavioral change. The conversation dives into Tamar's boldest undertaking - designing an entirely new university experience to holistically nurture creativity, collaboration, social-emotional skills, and moral development alongside academics. She shares inspiring examples of fostering student ownership, like allocating classroom budgets for teachers to manage. Tamar also imparts key lessons from two decades leading Temple Isaiah's preschool, including creative strategies to boost revenue, adapting to demographic shifts like California's transitional kindergarten program, and prioritizing social-emotional learning from the earliest ages through methods like literature and modeling. Resources that inspired Tamar's innovative approach: 💡Insights from educational philosophers and child development experts 💡Mentorship from respected peers and senior colleagues 💡A voracious reading appetite spanning topics like leadership, decision-making, and the complexities of the human mind Tune in for an inspiring vision to revolutionize education by empowering the next generation of teachers and nurturing well-rounded, socially adept children primed for success. #earlychildhood #preschool #earlychildhoodeducation #TheInspiredStoriesPodcast

Three Houston schools teamed up to offer free, cradle-to-career education, but needed help speaking as one. We worked with Community Preschools, The Lawson Academy, and Eight Million Stories to create a messaging strategy to engage both staff and parents. Their messaging guide included: - Real insights from staff & parent surveys - A StoryBrand BrandScript for each audience - Unified brand tone for all three schools With a clear Messaging Guide, The Lawson Academy is able to earn buy-in from staff members and work to get consistent enrollments from families in the Greater Houston area. #EducationMatters #HoustonSchools #CommunityImpact #UnifiedMessaging #StoryBrand #MessagingStrategy