Strategies for Children

Through The Early Childhood Agenda hosted by Strategies for Children, Edward Street and other community partners are creating an early childhood system that raises the voices of Massachusetts families, educators, and care providers. Read our blog post to learn more about the agenda: https://lnkd.in/ebjXsHEG #earlychildhoodadgenda #strategiesforchildren #edwardstreet #earlychildhood #earlyeducation #massachusettseducation #families #educators #careproviders

Today's blog: Welcome to our two new board members! Paul Brodeur and Mariana Korsunsky “It’s always exciting to have new board members because it means welcoming new, insightful leaders to our organization,” Sally Fuller, the chair of Strategies’ board says. Read more in #EyeOnEarlyChilhood https://lnkd.in/erfUBrjd

MAÑANA, martes 23 de julio, realizaremos una llamada muy especial a las 9:30, ¡en español! Los coanfitriones de The 9:30 Call at Night en español Harold Blanco y Paula Andrea Echeverri Durango, educadores FCC y copropietarios de Paula's Barn Child Care en Springfield, fundadores de ECCHO-Latino y miembros de Advocacy Network de SFC nos ayudarán a darle la bienvenida a dos educadoras de la primera infancia Paola González, maestra de infantes y niños pequeños en ABCD Early Head Start en Dorchester y Adriana Morales, Asistente Certificada en Let's Play en Dorchester, quienes compartirán sus experiencias al ingresar, crecer y permanecer en el campo. ¡Reserva! El miércoles 21 de agosto, @José Colón-Rivas y Paola Tineo de Urban College of Boston regresarán para contarnos más sobre sus ofertas académicas, programas de desarrollo profesional y servicios de apoyo. Estas llamadas se realizarán en español con traducción (español a inglés) proporcionada por Excel Linguistics. Inicie sesión a través del mismo enlace de Zoom que todas las demás llamadas de las 9:30. Regístrese: https://lnkd.in/exGR49NR ***** TOMORROW, Tuesday, July 23 we'll host a very special 9:30 Call - en español! Co-hosts of The 9:30 Call at Night in Spanish Harold Blanco and Paula A. Echeverri Durango, FCC educators and co-owners of Paula's Barn Child Care in Springfield, founders of ECCHO-Latino, and members of SFC's Advocacy Network will help us welcome two early childhood educators Paola González, Infant Toddler Teacher at ABCD Early Head Start in Dorchester and Adriana Morales, Certified Assistant at Let's Play in Dorchester, who will share their experiences entering, growing in, and staying in the field. Save the date! Wednesday, August 21, José Colón-Rivas and Paola Tineo of Urban College of Boston will return to tell us more about their academic offerings, professional development programs, and support services. These calls will be held in Spanish with translation (Spanish to English) provided by Excel Linguistics. Log in through the same Zoom link as all other 9:30 Calls. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/exGR49NR

Today's blog: Breaking news from the State House: the legislative Conference Committee has released its budget for fiscal year 2025 – and it includes GREAT NEWS for early education and care. Read more in #EyeOnEarlyChildhood https://lnkd.in/eahQuzX4

Join us today and ALL week on #The930Call Monday, July 22 | Highlights from the FY25 Conference Committee Proposal AND Orlena McQueen from New England United for Justice (NEU4J), will share and update on their work including Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) Care. Tuesday, July 23 | A special 9:30 Call - en español!  Co-hosts of The 9:30 Call at Night in Spanish Harold Blanco and Paula Andrea Echeverri Durango, Family Child Care Providers, Paula's Barn Child Care in Springfield, founders of ECCHO - Latino, and members of SFC's Advocacy Network will help us welcome two early educators Paola González, Infant Toddler Teacher at ABCD Early Head Start in Dorchester and Adriana Morales, Certified Assistant at Let's Play in Dorchester who will share their experiences entering, growing in, and staying in the field. Translation (Spanish to English) will be provided by Excel Linguistics, LLC. This call will be recorded. Wednesday, July 24 | An update from The Early Childhood Agenda Workgroup #9 - Strengthening the links between health and early childhood systems with Workgroup Facilitators Alexander Chu and Janet Gibson Boswell from Reach Out and Read, Northeast, and Alison LeBlanc, MS, Executive Director, Child Health Equity Center, UMass Chan Medical School / UMass Memorial Health. Thursday, July 25 | The UMass Boston team will share top-level findings from their June research brief "Building a Foundation for Racial and Ethnic Equity: Estimated Impacts of Massachusetts Legislation to Expand Affordable Quality Child Care and Early Education" - Alan Clayton-Matthews, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus in the Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics at Northeastern University and Anne Douglass, PhD, Professor of Early Childhood Education Policy and Founding Executive Director of the Early Education Leaders, an Institute at UMass Boston. Friday, July 26 | NO CALL Learn more about the growth and promise of #The930Call at Night in Spanish (English) https://lnkd.in/e6ey3YBC (Español) https://lnkd.in/e3zbbcyB Learn more about #The930Call and sign up to receive weekly email updates and Zoom link: https://lnkd.in/eCn4J_C7

Today’s blog: The 9:30 Call at Night en Español is expanding. Read all about it in Spanish: https://wp.me/pTWmF-6it Or in English: https://wp.me/pTWmF-6hR

Today's blog: Our Advocacy Network in Action: Lori Thames Ask Lori Thames what drew her to early education, and she tells a story about her sister. When her sister was ready to send her son to a child care program, she asked Thames to get a job at the program and keep an eye on her son.  “I love children. I love taking care of them. And I love my nephew so much,” Thames says summing up her years of babysitting and explaining why she agreed to her sister’s request. And as a survivor of sexual abuse, she was also committed to keeping children safe.   Once Thames had her own son, he came to work with her. From there, she went on to enroll in a Welfare-to-Work program that had a child care training program based at Wheelock College and, in 1993, she earned her certificate in early child care. Thames completed her training hours at Children’s Hospital Child Care Center. She worked there for three years, the worked in Roxbury, where she was raised, at Sunnyside Daycare. She then spent ten years as the director of the Project HOPE Children’s Center. Read more about Lori's journey as an educator and advocate in #EyeOnEarlyChildhood https://lnkd.in/e4PjBPRJ

Today's blog: Meet SFC's summer 2024 interns Arleth Gavilanez and Elise Ricamato - both featured on #The930Call this morning! Read more on #EyeOnEarlyChildhood https://lnkd.in/eDrwt2nc

Join us today and all week on #The930Call Monday, July 15 | Dr. Tonia Durden, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Governing Board President, and Clinical Professor and Birth through 5 Program Coordinator within the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Georgia State University.  Dr. Durden’s primary scholarship and research trajectory focuses on exploring how to create racially equitable learning experiences for young children. Tuesday, July 16 | Meet our SFC Summer Interns! Arleth Gavilanez, a second year International Relations student at Bunker Hill CC and Elise Ricamato, a second-year MSW student at Boston College's Early Childhood Policy and Leadership Certificate program. Wednesday, July 17 | Joan Wasser Gish, Director, Boston College's Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children; Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Associate Professor and Director of the University of Connecticut's Applied Research on Children (ARC) Lab; and Tassy Warren, co-Executive Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University will highlight a new joint publication: Strengthening Whole Family Comprehensive Supports in Early Childhood: Implications for Head Start and Early Head Start. Join us to discuss the science, evidence, best practices and potential of strengthening and expanding access to comprehensive supports and opportunities for young children and their families. Thursday and Friday, July 18 - 19 | NO CALL Learn more about #The930Call and sign up to receive weekly email updates: https://lnkd.in/eDzwZYUK

In quotes: UNICEF’s Parenting Support Framework for the Early Years “UNICEF’s Parenting Support Framework for the Early Years represents a conceptual framework that provides a unified vision of multi-sectoral support for parents and parenting in the early years (from pregnancy to 8 years of a child’s age).” Watch the video and read more on #EyeOnEarlyChildhood https://lnkd.in/ezMD9Ufi