We’ve officially re-launched our podcast, Tiny Big Moments, where we share stories about the tiny moments in early childhood that teach us big lessons. Our latest episode is about the puppet we use in Friends School, our social-emotional learning program for preschoolers. “The puppet is really meant to be this model student,” shared ParentCorps manager Dr. Dana Rhule. “And model not meaning perfect or perfectly behaved, but really just your average child, and also a child that follows the directions of the teacher, but also can bring in their feelings and their concerns, their worries or struggles or problems, so that they can really provide an example for students to walk through skills as they learn them together.” Check it out on our website and on Spotify! #SELtools #puppet #earlychildhood https://lnkd.in/gNWMXJBS
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Despite the incredible promise of early childhood education, children are still not being set up to succeed in K-12. Steep education inequities persist for huge numbers of children due to poverty and structural racism. We know these inequities take root early, specifically in early childhood. This is, in part, because early childhood programs are not fully set up to build the home-school connection and emotionally responsive environments that are key to early education’s transformative impact. ParentCorps is an evidence-based program based at NYU Langone Health designed to target this gap head-on. In partnership with pre-K programs, we work to build a different pre-K experience — one that centers race and culture, engages parents as partners, and supports children’s social-emotional well-being — to help unlock the full promise of early childhood education. ParentCorps offers professional development for early childhood educators, a parenting program for pre-K families to promote children’s early learning and development, and a social-emotional classroom curriculum to support children in foundational social-emotional learning skills. Rigorous studies on ParentCorps impact show large, sustained benefits for children in many of the areas where school systems have struggled to close inequities: a 24% lower risk of reading below grade level in Kindergarten, 50% lower likelihood of mental health problems in elementary school; 44% reduction in chronic absenteeism in middle school, and more. We reached 2,600+ children last year across 3 U.S. cities, and we’re excited to grow our impact much further with public school districts and Head Start grantees nationwide. *Follow us today to learn more about partnership, support our work, hear everyday insights from early childhood educators, and more.*
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In this episode of Tiny Big Moments, we celebrate 25 years of ParentCorps with two stories: first, we hear from a spectacular mother-daughter duo who both facilitate ParentCorps, and afterwards, father Thomas Sheppard who attended ParentCorps nearly a decade ago. He shares the ways the program has stuck with him – shaping his relationships with his children and with himself. You can listen to Tiny Big Moments on our website, and on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g29fqgWQ #sel #familyengagement #parentcorps
Tiny Big Moments
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Our partnership with Head Start grantee Starfish Family Services in Detroit, which is now nine years running, would not have been possible without the steadfast dedication of Starfish’s Director of Operations, Kecia Rorie. We were so happy to honor her at our 25th anniversary party back in June. Kecia – we thank you for all you do! You can also read more about our Detroit partnership and Kecia’s work here: https://lnkd.in/e7WR8E26
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While you’re tidying up, cooking dinner, or commuting to work, listen to one of our latest episodes of the ParentCorps podcast, Tiny Big Moments. In this episode, we go deep into why we use a puppet as part of our social emotional learning program, and how the puppet can be a tremendous tool for children’s identity development. You can listen on our website, and on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gNWMXJBS #sel #prek #parentcorps
Tiny Big Moments: The Puppet Episode
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Marian Boone is a pre-K teacher at PS 181 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and we were so happy to honor her at our 25th anniversary party back in June. Ms. Boone is committed to leading our social-emotional learning program Friends School in her classroom and encouraging caregivers to participate in ParentCorps’ parenting program. She recognizes the importance of family engagement and acts on it – from creating signs to direct caregivers to our weekly groups to helping set up the room to starting a WhatsApp group for ParentCorps caregivers five years ago, that continues to this day. Ms. Boone is an amazing asset to her school community, and to ParentCorps. Thank you for all you do!
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https://lnkd.in/eYUWsTRz Thanks to tireless advocacy across the city, NYC’s pre-K and 3-K programs will receive additional funding to expand their days and hours, and fill vacant seats. Working with the children, families, and educators of NYC Public Schools is a huge part of our work, and we’re looking forward to years of collaboration to come. #nyc #prekforall #3kforall
NYC budget deal invests more money in 3-K, but falls short of full restoration
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At ParentCorps’ 25th anniversary party back in June, we honored some of our partners who’ve been integral to ParentCorps. We want to share those honors here too! felicha daley helps make ParentCorps a better program. Ms. Daley is the assistant principal at NYC’s P.S. 398 in Brooklyn – she is hardworking, no-nonsense and committed to making lives better for the children at her school. ParentCorps Manager Michelle Mondesir was the first ParentCorps coach to work at P.S. 398, and she remembers the tea parties that Ms. Daley hosted every year for the school’s young girls. She used her own real china and encouraged the students to get dressed up for the event, where they danced, read books, and affirmed one another. Thank you Ms. Daley for all the lessons you’ve taught us about bringing your full self to a school community and engaging children and families.
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https://lnkd.in/g_Vc9sWv We’re so pleased to see Michigan among the many states expanding access to pre-K! Families will now qualify for free preschool if their incomes are at or below 400% of the federal poverty line – for a family of four, that's $124,800. And if open spots in the pre-K program remain, families who earn more money might still qualify. This means an estimated 5,000 more children will have access to pre-K! #prek #michigan #educationaccess
Michigan’s $23B education deal: Free community college for all, pre-K for many | Bridge Michigan
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ParentCorps is celebrating 25 years of supporting schools to partner with families to build a world where all children can thrive. Over the next few weeks, we want to celebrate four people who we honored at our 25th anniversary party, each of whom has helped bring ParentCorps into their communities in meaningful and impactful ways. First up is Mia Roberts, an Early Childhood Social Worker within NYC public schools. “I have never met anyone like Mia. She has the biggest heart and cannot see a need without finding a way filling it,” said ParentCorps Educator Regine Dunn, LMSW. “It doesn’t ever feel like work when you’re in a session with Mia. It’s more like eating at a kitchen table with friends.” Through ParentCorps, Mia has touched the lives of so many people. Mia facilitates our program for the families of preschoolers. She starts session 1 with a group of strangers, and by session 12 she has turned them into a family. To quote one caregiver who participated in Mia’s parenting program, “Miss Mia, I just wanted to let you know that you are amazing. You are valued and appreciated. Continue shining and being an inspiration to myself and others!”
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"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you and it will change your life forever." - Amy Poehler Consider me forever changed! 💜 #stillcelebrating #ParentCorps