SEPECC Meeting 9:25 Advocacy Skill Building 9:40 Racial & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SEPECC Meeting

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Agenda:

9:00 Welcome + Self-Care Moment 9:05 Re-Opening Realities 9:20 Funding Update 9:25 Advocacy Skill Building 9:40 Racial & Social Justice 9:50 Community Partner Updates 10:00 Extended OCDEL &PHLpreK Update 10:55 Wrap Up 11:00 Meeting End Meeting will begin streaming at 8:45, content will begin at 9:00.

SELF-CARE MOMENT “THE HEART OF COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP”

BY ELYSSA NELSON

• Gratitude is training in vision.
• It invites more grace and success into our lives.
• It restores a feeling of abundance and it attracts

what we most value.

• Exercising gratitude is a life changer and a

source of joy!

• The challenge of the moment may not

disappear, but you will gain perspective that allows you to approach it with fresh eyes.

Re-Opening Realities

Leslie Spina

LSpina@kinderacademy.com

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: KINDER ACADEMY

Funding Update

Advocacy Skill Building

THE IMPACT OF SHARING YOUR STORY

TAKE ACTION SAVE CHILD CARE! CONTACT YOUR LAWMAKERS AND ASK THEM TO MAKE SURE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL RELIEF THEY NEED TO STAY IN BUSINESS

HTTPS://CHILDCARERELIEF.ORG

TUESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2020 6:00 - 7:00PM

As schools plan to resume teaching in the fall, (either in person, virtual or a combination) childcare facilities will become even more vital to our

• community. As new challenges continue to arise, the

Bringing Back Delco Task Force wants to hear what your needs are so we can better support your business and help you protect the families you serve and your employees. Hear from fellow Childcare Business Owners and the Following Organizations:

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Delaware County Chamber of Commerce

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Delaware County Council

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Delaware County Commerce Center

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Pennsylvania Health Department

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Delaware County Early Learning Resource Center

GET OUT THE VOTE! Voter Registration

 Registrations must be

RECEIVED by 5 pm on October 19.

 https://www.pavoterservices.

pa.gov/Pages/VoterRegistrati

• nApplication.aspx.

 For more information on

finding your polling place, visit www.votespa.com.

Absentee/ Mail-in Ballots

 Apply by mail by 10/27

• r online/ in person by 10/30.

 Ballots must be received by

November 3, by mail or in person.

 Download an absentee ballot

application at www.dosimages.pa.gov/pdf/Ab senteeBallotApplication.pdf.

Opportunity for Learning: Racial & Social Justice

Nikki Grantham

nikkig@childrensvillagephila.org

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: CHILDREN’S VILLAGE

Sim Loh

siml@childrensvillagephila.org

Children’s Village: Our Approach to Discussing Race with Students

Building a Strong Foundation

• Staff must reflect on their individual views in regards to the topic of race/racism.
• Meaningful staff trainings: Jillian Best Adler (focus on self-reflection) and Ruby Martin, (train

the trainer)

• Subsequently, in-service and staff meetings were devoted to the topic and a diversity

committee was created.

PQAS Trainings

• Love the Skin You’re In!
• The Teacher, The Race Relations Mediator
• Love Thyself, Child

*Common theme throughout all the meetings and trainings, there are different levels of comfortability in discussing the topic with students, thus it’s been imperative to provide resources and staff members to talk to for support.

Activity

Be Intentional About Continuing the Conversation with Staff

• Devoted time during a staff meeting to discuss bias and hate crimes against the Asian

community in response to the coronavirus.

• Devoted a staff meeting to discussing the tragedy of George Floyd’s death and the racism

that many blacks face.

RESOURCES

• Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School Edited by Mica Pollock
• Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs: A Guide for Change by Louise Derman-

Sparks, Debbie LeeKeenan & John Nimmo

• Why Do We Fight?: Conflict, War, and Peace by Niki Walker
• Developmental Perspectives on Risk and Pathology by P. Katz & J.A. Kofpin
• Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks &

Julie Olsen Edwards

• Journal of Genetic Psychology by P. Ramsey
• Race Matters Group

COMMUNITY PARTNER UPDATES

Teri Bell The Reinvestment Fund David Bradley World Café Live

TERI BELL

THE REINVESTMENT FUND TERI.BELL@REINVESTMENT.COM

DAVID BRADLEY

WORLD CAFÉ LIVE BRADLEYDT@GMAIL.COM

JACINDA ARELLANO

WORLD CAFÉ LIVE

JACINDA@LIVECONNECTIONS.ORG

Create music with your child

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Discover new and fun ways to sing, move, and play together

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Music and play promote self-care and your child’s development

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Looking for parents/caregivers of children age newborn to 4 years old "I wrote this lullaby to express to my daughter that nothing is out of

• reach. The world is hers for the taking.”

—Past Lullaby Project parent

THE PHILADELPHIA LULLABY PROJECT

THE PHILADELPHIA LULLABY PROJECT

What To Expect as a Parent/Caregiver

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Six interactive online musical sessions

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Work directly with local teaching artists

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Write and record a personal lullaby for yourself and your child "You are special to me You have my heart The bond we have Can’t break apart.” —Alani, a Lullaby mother & Deidre, a Lullaby musician Next Steps

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Contact Jacinda Arellano to register

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jacinda@liveconnections.org

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(215) 821-9554

Extended Update: OCDEL & PHLpreK

For this portion of the meeting: please submit all questions for Karen and Sean via the Q+A feature, not the chat box.

FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING: PLEASE SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS FOR KAREN AND SEAN VIA THE Q+A FEATURE, NOT THE CHAT BOX.

Karen Grimm-Thomas OCDEL ck-grimmth@pa.gov Sean Perkins PHLpreK sean.perkins@phila.gov

KAREN GRIMM-THOMAS C-KGRIMMTH@PA.GOV DIANE GETZINGER - PHILADELPHIA DGETZINGER@CARINGPEOPLEALLIANCE.ORG ANGIE SOMOGYI – BUCKS ASOMOGYI@CSCINC.ORG BETSY VASSALLO – CHESTER BVASSALLO@PHMC.ORG MAGGIE JOHNSON – MONTGOMERY MJOHNSON2@MONTCOPA.ORG TAMMY JOLAOSO – DELAWARE TJOLAOSO@PHMC.ORG

OCDEL & ELRC Contact Information

PRESENTERS: SEPECC STEERING COMMITTEE:

Karen Grimm-Thomas - c-kgrimmth@pa.gov Diane Getzinger - dgetzinger@caringpeoplealliance.org Elizabeth Farwell-Ozer - elizabeth.ozer@firstup.org Jackie Groetsch – jackie.groetsch@firstup.org Pamela Haines – pamela.Haines@firstup.org Leslie Spina – LSpina@kinderacademy.com Nikki Grantham – nikkig@childrensvillagephila.org Sim Loh – siml@childrensvillage.org Teri Bell – teri.bell@reinvestment.com David Bradley – bradleydt@gmail.com Jacinda Arellano – Jacinda@liveconnections.org Sean Perkins – sean.perkins@phila.org Maddy Malis, FELS Mary Graham, Children’s Village Rachael Fennel, Elwyn SEEDS Norma Finkelstein, FELS Shineal Hunter, Family Circle Academy Shawn Towey, PACCA Stephanie Bey, City of Philadelphia Sara Jann, Maternity Care Coalition Marykay Mahar, PHMC Sharon McClafferty, PHMC Minnette Taylor, Minnie Montessori Academy Latonta Godboldt, Small Wonders Family Daycare Eleanor Levie, National Council of Jewish Women Khadijah Sabir Pamela Haines, First Up Elizabeth Ozer, First Up,

Jackie Groetsch, First Up

SEPECC CALL RESOURCES AND PRESENTERS NEXT MEETING – TUESDAY, AUGUST 18

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