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PACE
It is with great sadness, that we announce that Bev Bos has died on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. A memorial was held this past Sunday, February 14th at Johnson Hall on the Placer County Fairgrounds that was Hosted by Bev's family and the Roseville Community Preschool. In lieu of flowers, the family asks you please consider contributing to Bev's memorial fund by clicking here.
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Pondering Preschool
Bev Bos threw open the doors of her preschool and invited others to see how to do this right. I had the delight of attending her week-long "Good Stuff for Kids" conference in summer 2011, just before my new school opened. What a glorious week! I attended the conference with my friend Janise, also a preschool teacher, and devoured ideas and possibilities for my own classroom. Bev and her team showed us ways to set up classroom learning space so that children might easily explore and discover, demonstrated fun science and art activities that emphasized process not product, showered us with great new picture books for read-alouds, gathered us in sing-alongs, and shared so much insight and inspiration about being with children.
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PACE
Feb. 17, 2016 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. — Anaheim California
March 18, 2016 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. — Pleasanton California
- Reserve your 2016 PACE Licensing Tune-Up Kit for the low fee of: $35.00 for PACE Members; $50.00 for non-member and you can pick it up at the training.
The tune-up kit includes over 200 pages of current licensing info at your fingertips!
Updated inserts will be available for attendees who purchased 2015 Tune-Up Kit binders.
Reserve your spot today. Space is limited to 50 attendees at each location.
Click here to download the registration form.
PACE
"Child Care Business Success in 4 Simple Steps"
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Pleasanton, California
- Feeling a little stuck finding what you need to enhance and grow your childcare business?
- Would you like to get to "the heart" of the issues that drain your time and profits?
- Do you want to create your dream-like childcare business?
Don't miss this opportunity to discover how successful childcare owners increase enrollment in record time, attract the most amazing staff, and feel genuinely happy with their childcare centers.
If you are ready to feel ON-FIRE and create a POSITIVE, PRODUCTIVE and PROFITABLE Child Care Business, sign up NOW to spend the day with Julie Bartkus and strategize how you can achieve greater levels of
Reserve your seat TODAY! Download the registration form.
Location:
BB&T Insurance Services of California, Inc.
4480 Willow Road, Suite 110
Tahoe and Carmel Conference Rooms
Pleasanton, CA 94588
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.
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SAVE THE DATE!
PCCP Presents PACE Leadership Seminar 2016 Southern & Northern California Program Administration Scale
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PACE
"Leading the Way to Quality: The Director's Role"
Featuring: Jill Bella, Ed.d., Director of Quality Supports and Assistant Professor
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
Southern California — Thursday June 2, 2016, Brandman University, Irvine, California
Northern California — Friday, June 3, 2016, Brandman University, Walnut Creek, California
More details to come!
CCDAA
This event features 2 full days of training including a brand new 6 hour leadership institute on Day 1. The workshops on day 2 are a deep dive format, which allows for a thorough and broad examination of each topic.
Please click here to learn more about the event details and all the topics that will be covered. CCDAA, is offering PACE members a discount by using typing the code: "Special", to get $150 off of your registration.
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Contra Costa 12 Annual Young Children's Issues Forum
Join your local state legislators, local elected officials, and special guests in a dialogue about the national movement towards Universal Quality Early Care and Education, state legislation, and current initiatives for quality improvement of California's early care and education programs.
When: Saturday, March 12, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Registration and resource fair begins at 8:30 a.m., continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Click here to register.
Speak Out for Children — Become a Sponsor!
We invite you to partner with us by becoming a sponsor and/or a partner in the Annual Young Children's Issues Forum. If you're interested in collaborating or sponsoring this year's event, click here.
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The Raising of America
The Raising of America, "Once Upon a Time", tells the story about how a federal bill was almost passed in 1971 that would have provided access to high quality, affordable early care and education to all American families.
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CCAoA
Today, Senator Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Representatives Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., and Lois Frankel, D-Fla., introduced the "Child Care Access to Resources for Early Learning Act of 2016" (The Child C.A.R.E. Act). The "Child Care Access to Resources for Early Learning Act," would make a landmark investment in the Child Care and Development Fund that helps families with young children afford high-quality child care.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Under the president's leadership, we have turned our economy around and created 14 million jobs. Our unemployment rate is below five percent for the first time in almost eight years. Nearly 18 million people have gained health coverage as the Affordable Care Act has taken effect. And we have dramatically cut our deficits by almost three — quarters and set our Nation on a more sustainable fiscal path.
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UPI
President Barack Obama said that tripling the maximum child-care tax credit up to $3,000 per child is a "good investment." Speaking at a town hall event in Charlotte, N.C., before a group of female bloggers, Obama said the proposal was included in his budget package. It "would translate to potentially an additional $900 a year for child care and that's going to make a big difference in a lot of families," he said, adding that it should be a top budget priority at the federal level.
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New America
Recently, an opinion piece in The Washington Post launched another round of debate about pre-K. The piece, by former Tennessee education commissioner Kevin Huffman,* questioned the impact of pre-K and showed that several misunderstandings still exist about what pre-K is and how to determine if it works.
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Education Week
While 64 percent of children from non-low-income families attend preschool in Silicon Valley, only 48 percent of 4-year-olds from low-income families do, according to two reports released in January by the Urban Institute, a think tank. The gap in preschool attendance is even larger for 3-year-olds. Forty-two percent of children from families earning more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline ($48,500 annually for a family of four) attend preschool in the two California counties that make up Silicon Valley, while only 24 percent of 3-year-olds from low-income families there attend preschool.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that 1,000 new free, full-day pre-kindergarten spots will be created by the fall of 2017 for low-income families. The move will bring the number of non-tuition full-day pre-K spots the city will offer to low-income families to about 17,000. When Emanuel entered office, about 10,000 such spots were available.
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The Hechinger Report
The Hechinger Report is running a series of articles on the state of child care in Mississippi. Written by Hechinger's Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz and also appearing in The Clarion-Ledger, the first articles in the series are informative and fairly reported through the eyes of various stakeholders.
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CalEITC
You may qualify for a tax credit but you have to file your taxes! Don't miss the deadline to file — April 18, 2016!
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United Way
Starting in January, services are available to households with a 2015 income of $54,000 or less. Exceptions may apply. Call your local partner for details.
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Advancement Project
 By uniting and working together, we can ensure that California’s Children ages 0 to 5 benefit from access to quality early learning opportunities. These early years are crucial to every child’s overall development and well-being. Throughout the conference, national, state, and local experts will share their experiences and insights on a variety of early education topics and the impact that they have on our children.
We are excited to announce Paul Tough, David B. Grusky, and Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl as of our keynote speakers for our 2016 Early Learning Water Cooler Conference!
Paul Tough is the author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine and a speaker on various topics. Tough has written extensively about education, parenting, poverty, and politics, including cover stories on character education, the achievement gap, and the Obama administration’s poverty policies. His writing has also appeared in the New Yorker, Slate, GQ, Esquire, and Geist.
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Need CLASS training? Teachstone has added several locations and training types to their regional calendar this year. Click here to learn more and register for the training you need.
Teachstone is hosting the first InterAct Summit on April 11–12, 2016 in Chicago. During this two-day event, explore what it means to deliver on the promise of CLASS with community building, dialogue, and discussions with industry leaders. Topics include data collection and interpretation, professional development and technology, and CLASS implementation and impact. Register now to secure your space.
Free webinars! Join Teachstone for one (or more) of their 2016 free webinars:
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Reducing Your Workers' Compensation Costs
Date: February 16, 2016
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Webinar
Cost: Free
Register: Click here to register.
Required Seating Accommodations — Will You Be Ready?
Date: February 16, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Webinar
Cost: Free
Register: Click here to register.
50+ Employees — What You Need to Know
Date: March 1, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Webinar
Cost: Free
Register: Click here to register.
2016 Employment Landmines: What's new for 2016 and a look back at 2015
Date: March 1, 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Webinar
Cost: Free
Register: Click here to register.
California Equal Pay Law Eff. 1/1/16 — Big Implications for Employers
Date: March 9, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Webinar
Cost: Free
Register: Click here to register.
Counseling, Disciplining & Performance Reviews
Date: March 9, 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Webinar
Cost: Clients — Free with coupon code
Non-Members — $25.00
Register: Click here to register.
Clients — Please contact our office at (925) 556-4404 to obtain coupon code.
Feb. 17 at 9 2 p.m. ET — Build a Workplace Early Educators Love – Just add Joy
Presented by: Richard Sheridan
CEO, Chief Storyteller, Author of Joy, Inc.
Click here to see a list of all upcoming webinars.
FRAC
FRAC Webinar — What Can a 501 (c)(3) Do During Election Season?
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. ET
ECTA
Preschool Inclusion: What's the Evidence, What Gets in the Way, and What do High-Quality Programs Look Like?
Presented by:
- Linda Smith (Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development for the ACF at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Phil Strain (Director, PELE Center; Faculty, ECTA Center; Professor, Education Psychology & Early Childhood Special Education, University of Colorado Denver)
This webinar will focus on:
- an overview of the 40 years of research supporting early childhood inclusion,
- a review of myths surrounding the children, adults and systems that support inclusion, and;
- a review of common features across the inclusion models that have produced the most powerful outcomes.
We hope everyone will register independently, even it they plan on viewing the webinar with a group! If you miss the live event, we'll make a recording available afterward.
sign-up here.
U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services
Thursday, February 18, 3:00 p.m., EST
The second webinar in the series features Phil Strain of the University of Colorado Denver presenting "Preschool Inclusion: What's the Evidence, What Gets in the Way, and What do High-Quality Programs Look Like?" Click here for more details and to register.
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Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children & Families
February 26 (Friday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
April 5 (Tuesday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
FLIP IT: Transforming Challenging Behavior
February 10 (Wed.) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
March 8 (Tuesday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
May 5 (Thursday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
June 3 (Friday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
Building Your Bounce: Promoting YOUR Resilience
March 16 (Wednesday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
May 11 (Wednesday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
Promoting Resilience in Children Birth Through Five
February 2 (Tuesday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
March 29 (Tuesday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
Promoting Resilience in School-Age Children
February 18 (Thursday) from 2-3 p.m. Eastern
April 14 (Thursday) from 2-3 p.m. Eastern
June 14 (Tuesday) from 2-3 p.m. Eastern
Using Conscious Discipline Strategies &
the e-DECA Assessment
April 19 (Tuesday) from 1-2 p.m. Eastern
Education Week
Special education spending for school aged-children would hold steady, but spending for infants and children under 5 would see a modest boost under the White House's proposed budget for fiscal year 2017, released on Feb. 9. Students ages 6-21 currently receive the bulk of federal special education dollars, and that wouldn't change under the proposed spending plan, which would hold overall special education spending steady at $11.9 billion, the same as the previous fiscal year.
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Yale News
In her just-released book, "The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups" (Viking), noted early childhood educator and Silliman College associate master Erika Christakis argues that most of today's youngest schoolchildren are spending their critical early-learning years in environments that ignore or misunderstand their needs. A former preschool teacher and director who has taught at the Yale Child Study Center, she makes the case that "schooling and learning are often two different things."
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EdCentral
Federal child care subsidies play a crucial role in the lives of low-income families, greatly improving access to care so that parents can work and attend school. For thousands of Americans with young children, child care costs hover at or near the top of their expenses. In about half of states, child care is more expensive than college tuition. With low adult-child ratios, safe facilities, appropriate environments, and qualified teachers, it's no surprise that even decent child care costs a significant amount of money. Without access to subsidies, thousands of parents would be unable to access care.
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Earlychildhood News
Jan, a teacher in a toddler classroom, takes out two baskets of blocks and brings them to the middle of the room. The children love to build, and within seconds there are eight toddlers surrounding Jan and the blocks-all shoulder to shoulder. After only a minute or so, one child grabs another's blocks. While the teacher encourages this pair to "be gentle," a similar battle breaks out between two other children. Adding to the ensuing chaos, a toddler who has been racing around the classroom suddenly crashes into the tower of another child who has been deeply involved in play.
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EdSource
This is a year of unexpected opportunity to strengthen early childhood programs and policy in California. The new federal education law, Governor Jerry Brown’s surprising early education budget proposal and the continued commitment of the Legislature to early childhood programs together offer a unique chance for state policymakers and local educators to deepen support for early learning programs and address achievement gaps.
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NPR
Erika Christakis' new book, “The Importance Of Being Little”, is an impassioned plea for educators and parents to put down the worksheets and flash cards. Ditch the tired craft projects (yes you, Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey) and exotic vocabulary lessons, and double-down on one, simple word: Play. That's because, she writes, "the distinction between early education and official school seems to be disappearing." If kindergarten is the new first grade, Christakis argues, preschool is quickly becoming the new kindergarten. And that is "a real threat to our society's future."
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Florida Atlantic University via Science Daily
Children play an important role in ensuring that they are cared for by adults by using physical and cognitive cues. But what's more important in how they influence adults and elicit their nurturing spirit? Is it their physical features or what they say?
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Wolters Kluwer Health via Science Daily
"Rate your pain on a scale of zero to ten" — for most adults and older children, it's a simple concept. But preschool-aged children generally lack the cognitive skills needed to make reliable pain ratings, say experts.
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