The 2019 Roundtable was hosted  in Long Beach, California

The 2019 Roundtable is collaboratively planned by NAECS-SDE, CEELO and CCSSO’s ECE-SCASS, with national technical assistance partners to build capacity of state agency early childhood specialists to provide informed leadership about research-based practices that directly impact the development and learning of children, birth through grade three. The meeting provides participants with cutting edge research and innovative proven practices to enhance state policies and programs.

ThemeAgendaSpeakersResources & MaterialsState Equity Statements

Equity First: Strengthening an Equity Agenda for State Early Childhood Education Policy

PURPOSE: Build the capacity of participants to impact equity in early childhood education to address disparities, close achievement gaps and create positive child outcomes among learners Birth to 3rd Grade. As a result of the meeting, participants will develop a plan to take back to their state that identifies useful resources, good ideas, and new colleagues to support continued efforts to ensure equity for all young children.

Outcomes:

  • Increase understanding and develop a shared language of how inequity impacts children and families.
  • Increase knowledge of tools and strategies that state early childhood specialists can use to ensure more equitable services at the local level.
  • Increase knowledge of the research on policy and practice that impacts equitable access to high quality early childhood education.

Four critical questions will be addressed during the meeting:

  • How can state early childhood education (ECE) policy build on the strengths of families and communities to ensure equity for all?
  • How can state early childhood education (ECE) policy effectively use data to Identify disparities and set priorities for funding and policy?
  • How can state early childhood education (ECE) policy build a coherent system from birth through third grade to ensure no child falls through the cracks?
  • How can state early childhood education (ECE) policy ensure that teaching and learning encompasses the full range of development- social emotional, health, and academics?
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