February 21, 2023 Critical Building Blocks for a Healthy Start: Championing Equitable Maternal Health Data show that maternal mortality rates are higher among Black and Native American women, regardless of income and educational levels. Additionally, Black women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than non-Hispanic White women, even though three out of five pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. Although these glaring racial disparities have reached a crisis level, there are opportunities to make policy changes to better support the health of all babies and birthing parents. Join the Alliance for Early Success for this webinar, featuring speakers from the National Birth Equity Collaborative and state advocates from Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia to discuss the drivers for these alarming disparities and what we can do to improve maternal health for everyone. Session Details Tuesday, February 28 | 3 – 4 p.m. Virtual Register Learn More Webinar speakers include: Megan Simmons, Policy Director, National Birth Equity Collaborative Ky Lindberg, Chief Executive Officer, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia Sakesa Berry, Founder & Executive Director, Atlanta Doula Collective To learn more, visit the Alliance for Early Success website.
How to Teach Phonological Awareness in Early Childhood Join HiMama for this webinar on early language development, featuring Marjorie Bottari, the Director of Professional Development at Heggerty. In the webinar, Bottari will discuss phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics in early childhood, and attendees will learn the research behind phonological awareness, and how to teach it in the home and the classroom. Session Details Thursday, February 23 | 2 – 3 p.m. Virtual Register Learn More To learn more about HiMama, Bottari, or this webinar, visit HiMama’s website.
February 16, 2023 Harm and Distrust: Honoring Historical Truths in the Classroom Teaching historical truths can sometimes lead to difficult conversations in the classroom. It is essential for educators to meet conversations about race, equity, and injustices head on, and create safe environments for students to learn about the past. Join edWeb.net and the News Literacy Project for this webinar to learn about the historical failure of mainstream news organizations to serve all people equally, the legacies of distrust this has caused among specific groups in America, and recent efforts by news outlets to improve their coverage. Session Details Thursday, February 23 | 6 – 7 p.m. Virtual Register Learn More Attendees will hear from education professionals about how they tackle these conversations in the classroom and draw on their personal experiences to shed light on historical truths. In addition, the presenters will highlight some of the resources that are available to support educators. To learn more, visit the edWebinar website.
Cost Estimation – Improving Child Care Subsidy Rate Setting In Pennsylvania, child care programs operate on razor-thin margins. Additionally, child care teachers and staff get paid low wages. Still, the price of child care remains high and a burden for most families. Join Start Strong PA at this webinar to learn how cost modeling offers practical and achievable ways to change this reality. Session Details Wednesday, February 22 | 12 – 1:30 p.m. Virtual Register Learn More Cost modeling is the process that Pennsylvania needs to undertake to estimate the true cost of care for child care programs providing high-quality child care, including appropriate compensation for teachers and staff. Determining the true cost of care is critical to addressing the underfunding in the child care system. It is up to all of us to understand the solution, so that we can promote this change. At this webinar, attendees will hear more about cost modeling from the following presenters: Jeanna Capito, Principal, Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies Daisy Lira, Director, Bumble Bee Learning Center, Sunland Park, New Mexico Kelly Hoffman, Vice President of Data and Strategy, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children Jen DeBell, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children Kimberly Early, Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children
February 9, 2023 The Science of Reading and Biliteracy: A Perfect Match Join edWeb.net and Amplify for this webinar and learn why celebrating bilingualism and biliteracy as assets and cognitive strengths in assessment and instruction can propel emergent bilinguals to reading success in English and Spanish. “The Science of Reading and Biliteracy: A Perfect Match,” will be presented by Amplify Biliteracy Product Specialists Alestra Flores Menéndez and Ana Torres, and will be of interest to teachers, librarians, and school and district leaders of the elementary school grades. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation. Session Details Tuesday, January 14 | 3- 4 p.m. Virtual Register Learn More To learn more about this webinar, visit the edWeb.net website. To earn a free CE certificate for this edWebinar, join edWeb.net. Your CE certificate will be posted to your edWebinar transcript (within 2 business days) if you attend the live presentation or view the recording for 40 minutes or more. Registering for the edWebinar is not the same as joining edWeb.
January 25, 2023 School Readiness and African American Boys: The Journey – Part I Part of a three-part series, this initial webinar, hosted by the Office of Head Start and its National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL), will highlight several key strategies that programs and education staff can use to create more responsive and strength-driven learning experiences for young African American boys. Panelists will share how their lived, learning experiences have shaped their identities. Attendees will learn about Head Start’s approach to meeting the unique needs of young African American boys and their families. This webinar is offered with English and Spanish captioning. Session Details Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | 3 – 4 p.m. Virtual Register
January 18, 2023 Promoting Kindness in Afterschool Programs Join the Temescal Associates, How Kids Learn Foundation, and EduCare Foundation for this interactive webinar. It will focus on strategies which promote kindness in afterschool programs, and feature a presentation by Stu Semigran. Co-Founder and President of The EduCare Foundation, Semigran recently authored a book entitled, “Heartset Education: A Way of Living and Learning.” Following his presentation, registrants will have the opportunity to share their strategies and ask questions. Session Details Monday, January 23, 2023 | 1 – 3 p.m. Virtual via Zoom Cost: $12.24 Register
August 22, 2022 Recording of 2022 Market Rate Survey Available A recording of the Pennsylvania Child Care Association’s (PACCA) 2022 Market Rate Survey and YOU webinar is now available for child care providers. Webinar Recording The webinar, which was held on August 17, 2022, includes information about the importance of the Market Rate Survey, the elements of the survey, and how the information may be used. The team from Penn State Harrisburg, Institute of State and Regional Affairs, coordinators of the survey collection and evaluation, shared the new complementary study in progress to assess the Cost of Care. Watch the recording. About the Market Rate Survey Every two years, the federal government requires that states conduct a Market Rate Survey of child care. Information from the Market Rate Survey provides the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) with important data to compare private pay prices with the Child Care Works (CCW) base rate reimbursements. Rather than pulling information from Provider Self-Service as conducted in 2016 and 2019, this year the Market Rate Survey requires child care providers to fill out a survey form. The final deadline to complete the survey is October 11, 2022.
January 14, 2022 Empowered Youth, Enhanced Futures Join Remake Learning for a Lunch and Learn about empowering youth to create a better future. About the Event Join special guest Nina Barbuto of Assemble and Allison Paradise of The Epicenter as they share strategies to empower young people. A discussion will be held for participants to share how they are empowering young people. This Lunch and Learn will be held virtually. A Zoom link will be sent upon registration.
January 13, 2022 Parents as Allies Webinars Join The Center for Universal Education at the Brooking Institution and Kidsburgh for their upcoming event, “Parents as Allies Webinars: Transforming Education Systems Through Family-School Collaboration.” About the Series The COVID-19 pandemic thrust family engagement into the spotlight, presenting an opportunity to markedly shift the overall vision for family-school collaboration. The Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution has been researching how families and schools can better work together to improve and transform how education is delivered and what it can achieve. In addition, Kidsburgh has been working with a cohort of school districts on different family engagement strategies, including conversations asking parents and caregivers on what schools and families can do together. All events are free and will be hosted via Zoom. Registration is required. Session Information Tuesday, January 25 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. This session is recommended for school leaders and teachers. Join lead author Rebecca Winthrop to explore CUE’s newly released playbook on family-school engagement, featuring key findings from a global survey of 25,000 parents and 6,000 teachers and a review of more than 500 effective family engagement strategies around the world. After a short presentation, attendees and educators will work in virtual breakout rooms to discuss insights from surveys across school districts in southwestern PA as well as create a shared vision for education that can lead to transformation. Wednesday, January 26 | 7:00 – 7:45 p.m. This session is recommended for parents and caregivers. In this virtual webinar, KDKA TV’s Kristine Sorensen moderates a presentation and discussion with CUE’s lead author Rebecca Winthrop and Kidsburgh’s Ambassador Yu-Ling Cheng. Parents and teachers will learn about the findings from CUE’s playbook on family-school engagement as well as on-the-ground strategies that are being implemented across local southwestern Pennsylvania school districts. The session ends with a Q&A.
