This presentation describes CEELO’s role and services in supporting the professional early childhood workforce. CEELO Senior Fellow Jim Squires presented this material during a webinar to the EarlyEdU Alliance, a 35-member consortium of institutions for higher education and 16 state-based teams supporting quality teaching in Head Start and early childhood programs. (Slides | Recording)

This presentation provides information on best practices to help young children experience high quality education, every day, and every year, from preschool through third grade. Lori Connors-Tadros, CEELO Project Director, presented at the 2017 Technical Assistance Meeting for the Insular Areas (the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, School Support and Rural Programs.

This presentation explores how the early learning field is now rethinking ways to cultivate and support new leaders capable of powerfully impacting each and every child with their families, borrowing lessons learned from related fields on cultivating.  This session discusses “what we know” about leaders and leadership and then identifies and explores “what we need to learn and do” to build the next generation of inclusion leaders. Jim Squires gave this presentation at the Alabama First Class Pre-K Annual Conference in Mobile, AL on January 4, 2017.

This presentation traces the roots of children and childhood over the ages through the eyes of artists; examines trends and future directions of childhood and early learning; and explores implications for participants as parents, teachers and caregivers, program leaders, community leaders, and citizens. Jim Squires gave this presentation at the Alabama First Class Pre-K Annual Conference in Mobile, AL on January 4, 2017.

This talk presents preliminary findings from a study of how local communities (districts and community based programs) use mixed funding sources, including state, federal (including PDG), and local funds, to offer high quality preschool programs, in mixed delivery settings, to children from varied economic backgrounds. CEELO staff facilitation a discussion of three critical issues: (1) Adequacy of funds to implement the established indicators of high quality, (2) Efficiency of financing systems to manage multiple funding sources and comply with regulations, and (3) Equitable access to high quality programs and teachers in all settings.  The session discussed lessons learned and recommendations to ensure the financing of high quality preschool programs supports the expected goals and outcomes for children and families. CEELO was joined by state representatives from New York (Tina Rose-Turriglio, Peg Drappo) and Tennessee (Lisa Wiltshire, Kathryn Bostick) during this session at the 2016 Preschool Development Grantees and Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Grantees Annual Meeting November 17, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. [Slides | Discussion Handout]

This presentation shares and demonstrates the Cost of Preschool Quality (CPQ) and how this tool could be used by states to: (1) Estimate the additional funding that would be required to raise standards in an existing program so that these more closely align with the best practice quality standards, (2) Assess the costs of various state specific policy proposals, and (3) Provide information on what will be needed from other sources to sustain funding after federal grant funds end. CEELO presented during this session at the 2016 Preschool Development Grantees and Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Grantees Annual Meeting November 18, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. [Slides | CPQ Quick Start Guide | CPQ Description]

This presentation examines the need for new approaches to leadership and initiatives currently underway throughout many RTT-ELC and PDG states and communities to cultivate effective, inspirational B – 3rd leaders, often with the support of national partners. As State birth to third grade (B – 3rd) early development and learning systems evolve, leadership has become ever more critical. The shift from accountability and compliance to leadership for innovation and excellence places new demands on community, state, and federal systems and organizations which recognize that many existing structures, approaches and tools are not always suited to fostering and supporting new leaders. CEELO staff were joined by Leadership Academy Cohort 2 Fellows Tracye Strichik (AL), Bryan Stokes (IL) and Tracy Jost (MD) during this session at the 2016 Preschool Development Grantees and Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Grantees Annual Meeting November 18, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia.

This presentation focuses on current research on child development and learning; revised Vermont Early Learning Standards; standards-referenced, child-centered curriculum development; and developmentally appropriate and effective teaching practices. CEELO’s Jim Squires presented with VT Higher Education Collaborative Early Childhood Coordinator Manuela Fonseca at an interactive full-day session for the Vermont Higher Education Collaborative (VT HEC) on November 30, 2016 in Montpelier, Vermont.

This summary presents national and state resources shared during the 2016 Roundtable Mobilizing an Exceptional Early Childhood Workforce. Resources include policy briefs, tools, guides, and websites.

This presentation explores opportunities to support family engagement in ESSA. CEELO’s Melissa Dahlin was a panelist at this session in the Language Development and Family Engagement in the Digital Age Institute hosted by New America on August 2nd 2016 in Washington, DC. [See video for Day 1, panel starts at 2 h, 30 min mark]

This video discusses how public dollars invested in high-quality pre-K can prevent achievement gaps. It discusses what is required for a pre-K program to be high quality. This video features CEELO’s Steve Barnett, who gave this talk at the AERA Knowledge Forum on February 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. An accompanying fact sheet can be found here.

This presentation describes implementation of the Hawaii P-3 Initiative, along with findings from a five-year RAND evaluation of the Initiative which showed a statistically significant improvement in third grade reading scores in the five communities, narrowing the achievement gap. CEELO’s GG Weisenfeld presented with Karen Lee and Kim Guieb from Hawaii P-20 at the National Association of Elementary School Principals on July 7 2016 in National Harbor, MD.