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" Implementation Progress and Opportunities" is a NEW resource from Early Edge California that tracks Universal TK’s implementation across key milestones, roadblocks, and solutions. ⬇️ Download it here: https://ow.ly/TAtg50T55OO

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Parent Michelle Galindo shares about the positive impact that had on her son: “My son is thriving [in Kindergarten]...my son finished TK reading and writing…it was through play, through interactive activities…Not only is it academics that is very important for me, but it’s the whole child, and seeing my child excel in friendships, socially, and then being seen as a mentor within his peers, it means a lot, and that’s thankfully to the TK program he attended.” Hear more about Michelle’s experience: https://ow.ly/ywl850T4BB1

State of Preschool Media Briefing (Recorded April 16, 2024) This reporters’ briefing and The State of Preschool Yearbook are embargoed until Thursday, April 18th, 12:01 AM EDT.Speakers Included: Steve Barnett, Founder...

Join Early Edge California and the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) for our webinar “California Needs Caregivers: The Importance of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care” on September 4, 2024 from 10 – 11 am (PT), that will focus on uplifting the importance of Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care in serving California’s kids. Special remarks by Assemblymember Corey Jackson, 60th Assembly District and Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i12t-SRISUSTsMtnmRI-ww #/registration

El 26 de junio, los cuidadores de familiares, amigos y vecinos (conocidos como FFNs) del programa de California participaron en un día de defensa en el capitolio estatal. 🏛️ Durante su día de abogacia, se reunieron con oficinas legislativas y de comités de la Legislatura del Estado de California en Sacramento para abogar por cuestiones que afectan la atención y los servicios que brindan a sus comunidades y ofrecer recomendaciones sobre cómo se puede apoyar mejor a los cuidadores FFN a través de políticas. Mire el vídeo resumen: https://ow.ly/FPk150T1ty3

On June 26th, Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers from the California program participated in an advocacy day in the state capitol. 🏛️ During their advocacy day, they met with legislative and committee offices of the California State Legislature in Sacramento to advocate for issues affecting the care and services they provide to their communities and to offer recommendations on how FFN caregivers can be better supported through policy. Watch the recap video: https://ow.ly/RKMe50T1t5J

🆕 Californians Together has just launched a NEW publication, Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Toolkit for English Learner Roadmap: Leading Implementation, written by Laurie Olsen. This toolkit is designed to support and administrators and leaders in building their understanding of the (EL) Roadmap in contexts in order to serve successfully. Download the toolkit: https://ow.ly/3CEw50SZOEt

📌Join Californians Together on September 12th from 4 - 5 pm (PT) for a webinar with author, Laurie Olsen, to get an in-depth look at the toolkit. Register here: https://ow.ly/cfZu50SZOEw

Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Toolkit for English Learner Roadmap - Californians Together Home / Resources / Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Toolkit for English Learner Roadmap August 2, 2024 Share this: Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Toolkit for English Learner Roadmap supports the implementation of the California English Learner Roadmap policy as a framework to guide practice....

Early Edge California is celebrating the beginning of the 2024-25 school year in California where eligibility is continuing to increase for more four-year-olds to attend (TK), a free, high-quality option! 🎉 This year, birthday eligibility has expanded to include children turning five between September 2 – June 2. Check out our Policy Map for more details: https://ow.ly/Hhbo50SZJvT

Visit the website to learn more: https://ow.ly/mVos50SZJvW

📌 Mark your calendars! 🗓️ Early Edge California's Director of Policy, Carolyne Crolotte, will be presenting at the in Oakland alongside EdTrust-West's TK-12 Policy Analyst, Pamela Low, on September 24th at 2:15 pm (PT)! 🙌

Their session on "Supporting in Expansion and Implementation" will uplift best practices in supporting these students in , opportunities to expand programs and pathways, and highlight recent efforts to ensure TK embeds developmentally appropriate practices for Multilingual Learners. 🎒

Join them and hundreds of education leaders, researchers, policy experts, and advocates. You can learn more about their session and how to register here: https://ow.ly/avwK50SYUwZ

In this The Mercury News article about a new study from the University of California at Berkeley on California’s and options, Early Edge California Executive Director Patricia Lozano discusses the importance of . ✔️ Read the article:

‘Where have all the preschoolers gone?’ new UC Berkeley study asks – Early Edge California ‹ back to list « PreviousNext » News and Events, Media Coverage | July 24, 2024 | The Mercury News ‘Where have all the preschoolers gone?’ new UC Berkeley study asks Media Contact Joanna Cole [email protected] In this Mercury News article about a new study from the University of California ...

Over 1 million students in California’s schools are —which is why the state adopted the Roadmap to support their success. 🎓 Now, three proposed pieces of legislation, including Early Edge California’s sponsored bill (Assemblymember Luz Rivas), that would help implement the Roadmap and support these students and their teachers are pending with the California Legislature and California Governor Gavin Newsom. Use this digital toolkit to urge to pass these bills, and Governor Newsom to sign them so all California’s students have every opportunity to succeed: https://ow.ly/K9Ut50SXOjg

Download the “Advancing the Vision” one-pager to learn more: https://ow.ly/2oTE50SXOjf Californians Together

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In this CalMatters.org article by Carolyn Jones and Erica Yee, Early Edge California Executive Director Patricia Lozano discusses ( ) enrollment growth as measurements change over time. 📈 Read the article: https://ow.ly/62YB50SXgj5

“This is great, this is what we want to see. It shows that schools are building back trust. TK is a great option for families, but it’s good for kids, too. Kids need to be around other kids.”

California added a new grade for 4-year-olds. Are parents enrolling their kids? – Early Edge California ‹ back to list « PreviousNext » News and Events, Media Coverage | July 29, 2024 | CALMatters California added a new grade for 4-year-olds. Are parents enrolling their kids? Media Contact Joanna Cole [email protected] In this CalMatters article by Carolyn Jones and Erica Yee, Early Edge Californ...

Hiring Now! ✨ Early Edge California is currently hiring a Senior Policy Analyst and a Birth to Three Policy Consultant to join our Policy Team. Visit the Careers page to learn more about each opportunity: https://ow.ly/ZHf050SWXct 💼

▪️ Reporting to the Director of Policy, the Senior Policy Analyst will be responsible for overseeing policy analysis and providing policy development support on Early Edge’s related portfolio. Please apply by the Priority Application Deadline of Friday, August 30th.

▪️ The Birth to Three Policy Consultant is a 1-year commitment (approx. September 2024 – August 2025) to be the Lead Consultant for our Birth-3 policy development, an initiative aimed at enhancing and care in Los Angeles County and statewide.

Many children are heading this week or preparing for back to school time. 🏫🎒✏️ Watch this Univision 34 Los Angeles segment featuring Early Edge California's Executive Director, Patricia Lozano, sharing things parents can do to prepare their children for the return to school. Watch the interview: https://ow.ly/uYgy50SWoNl

Preparations to Take for Back to School – Early Edge California ‹ back to list « PreviousNext » Media Coverage | July 24, 2024 | Univision Edición Digital Los Ángeles Preparations to Take for Back to School Media Contact Joanna Cole [email protected] Preparativos que debe tomar para el regreso a clases In this Univision Edición Digital Los Ángeles segme...

On June 26th, Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers from the California (LFH) Program participated in an advocacy day in the state capitol. This event marked a significant milestone, as it was the first experience in formal advocacy for these caregivers. Over the course of the 12-month program, these FFN leaders developed an understanding of the California policy landscape surrounding license-exempt home-based care. Armed with this knowledge, they met with legislative and committee offices of the California State Legislature in Sacramento to advocate for issues affecting the care and services they provide to their communities and to offer recommendations on how FFN caregivers can be better supported through policy. Learn more: https://ow.ly/9IIx50SW6ZW

Early Edge California’s Advisory Group Leadership Council (lead participants from our Educator, Parent, and Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) Advisory Groups) convened its second meeting of the year on June 3rd. The meeting featured a listening session to solicit the Leadership Council’s feedback on messaging to support Early Edge’s advocacy around strengthening and care. The council also heard a presentation from one of its members and devoted time to a planning discussion for the first-ever All-Advisory Groups Meeting which happened in late July. Learn more: https://ow.ly/aNjS50SUTBj

NEW WEBINAR! Join Early Edge California and the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) for our webinar “California Needs Caregivers: The Importance of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care” on September 4, 2024 from 10 - 11 am (PT), which will focus on uplifting the importance of Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care in serving California’s kids. 🚼 Learn more and register here: https://ow.ly/Qfge50SUiE6

Have you heard!?! 📣 The strategies, resources, videos, & instructional content from the Multilingual Learning Toolkit is available on Canvas LMS, a web-based learning management system. It is designed to streamline the course creation process for faculty members and teacher educators by offering templates and best practices that are free and open source through Canvas. Access this exciting NEW resource: https://ow.ly/y64V50ST7QK

NEW Resource! Canvas Course Shells for IHE Faculty/Teacher Educators • Multilingual Learning Toolkit Early Edge California is excited to share a new resource for institutes of higher education (IHE) faculty and teacher educators to support adding content specific to supporting Multilingual Learners into their coursework. Strategies, resources, videos, and instructional content from the Multilingual...

Our sponsored bill by Assemblymember Luz Rivas passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on consent! 🎉 Thank you to Chair Senator Anna Caballero and the committee members for supporting this critical legislation that will ensure educators in our state preschool program receive professional development specifically aimed at supporting Dual Language Learner (DLL) children. 👏 AB 1947 now heads to the Senate Floor for a vote. Learn more: https://ow.ly/I2e850SSyh0 Californians Together

ICYMI: Our "Supporting Dual Language Learners in California’s State Preschool Program" blog series was created in partnership by the Dual Language Learner Master Plan Advocates, to uplift the areas of need, highlight opportunities for growth, and share solutions and resources in supporting ( ) in California State Preschool Programs ( ), which were identified during recent listening sessions with CSPP teachers and administrators from across the state. Learn more:

Supporting Dual Language Learners in California’s State Preschool Program – Early Edge California This blog series was created in partnership by the Dual Language Learner Master Plan Advocates, to uplift the areas of need, highlight opportunities for growth, and share solutions and resources in supporting Dual Language Learners (DLLs) in California State Preschool Programs (CSPP), which were ide...

NEW! The California Department of Education (CDE), Early Education Division (EED) has released the California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF). The PTKLF describe the knowledge and skills that most children ages three to five and a half develop in a high-quality program. The PTKLF is a revision to the Preschool Learning Foundations originally released in 2008. The PTKLF are intended for use in , the California State Preschool Program, and other state-funded, federally-funded, and private preschool programs in California including school-based, center-based, and home-based settings. For more information and for access to the PTKLF please visit: https://ow.ly/QLKT50SPj18

California PTKLF - Child Development (CA Dept of Education) The California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF) describe the learning and development of most children ages three to five and a half years old in high-quality early education programs.

Early Edge California's Director of Dual Language Learner (DLL) Programs, Carolyne Crolotte, and Policy Analyst, Andrew Avila, are presenting on the topic of “Promoting in The Through Home-Based Care” at the ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference TODAY, July 31st, at 2:30 pm (PT). If you're attending, join us in meeting room 103 ABC at the Long Beach Convention Center!

Early Edge California has created a NEW resource that summarizes the relevant and Care policy changes included in the Governor's final 2024-25 state budget. Learn more: https://ow.ly/mR3E50SOh5M

Earlier this month, Early Edge California's Policy Analyst, Andrew Avila, joined the State Board of Education Meeting on July 10th to give public comment around our co-sponsored bill and provide recommendations for supporting multilingual learners.

"We are pleased to see our co-sponsored bill AB 2268 signed so quickly and want to thank the State Board members and staff for their commitment to this issue. We look forward to working in partnership with the State Board and California Department of Education to help provide additional resources to the field and to find the best policy solution for identifying and supporting in moving forward."

Watch the recording to learn more: https://ow.ly/Xa0C50SNwpe

Bill author: Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
Co-sponsors: Californians Together & CABE California Association for Bilingual Education

Our Director of Dual Language Learner (DLL) Programs, Carolyne Crolotte, and our Policy Analyst, Andrew Avila, are presenting at the ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference 2024 on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 from 2:30 - 3:30 pm (PT) in Meeting Room 103 ABC at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center! 🌊

If you are attending the conference, join us for a presentation on “Promoting in The Through Home-Based Care.” 🧠 Hear about the latest research on early brain and language development as well as the benefits of bilingualism, and how Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers and their families. Learn strategies to share with families on how to support their children’s home language at home, and hear key takeaways from the California program, which seeks to increase the advocacy skills of home-based care providers. Learn more: https://ow.ly/nP0J50SMr1m

This 10th chapter from the U.S. Department of Education's Toolkit focuses on policy, resources, and tools to build relationships and communication with non-English speaking families and caregivers. Visit the Multilingual Learning Toolkit to access the "Ensuring Meaningful Communication with Limited English Proficient Parents" toolkit: https://ow.ly/xBPB50SLoXx

Toolkit: Ensuring Meaningful Communication with Limited English Proficient Parents • Multilingual Learning Toolkit We appreciate you sharing your feedback on the Multilingual Learning Toolkit website. Once you complete the survey, we’ll send you a printable PDF version of the Multilingual Learning Toolkit Overview that you can reference anytime you’re offline. Your responses are confidential.

On June 12th, Early Edge California convened the eleventh Community of Practice for the (LFH) program. In this discussion, the LFH cohort, which is made up of Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) providers from across the state, completed the final preparations and reviewed the agenda for their upcoming advocacy day at the state capitol. 🏛️ The providers developed talking points on issues such as access to subsidies and increased wages, navigation to resources and supports, opportunities for professional development and training, assistance in pathways to obtaining licensure, and representation in the new alternative rate methodology. As a culmination of their introduction to advocacy within the program, the LFH advocacy day at the state capitol marks their first experience formally engaging policymakers on key issues that impact their work. 🤝 Read the blog: https://ow.ly/vMNf50SLaF8

Dual Language Learners ( ) are children whose first language is a language other than English or children who are developing two or more languages, one of which may be English. This growing population of children in California’s programs and classrooms enriches the learning environment with cultural and linguistic diversity. 🌎 However, supporting their success requires strong partnerships between families and early educators. 🤝 This final blog in our series shares how our recent listening sessions with California State Preschool Program ( ) teachers and administrators underscored the pressing need for culturally and linguistically responsive strategies to effectively support DLL children and their families. Read the blog: https://ow.ly/jSfA50SKAgg

Blog contributors: Bay Area Council, Black ECE, Californians Together, Catalyst California, Early Edge California, EDvance College, First 5 LA, PEACH 4 ECE, SEAL - Sobrato Early Academic Language, The Children's Partnership, and UNITE-LA

This guide from Sesame Workshop helps providers host successful inclusive, autism-friendly events. 💗 Access the guide: https://ow.ly/PnTZ50SJ6IT

It includes:
♥️ Tips & suggestions on making a welcoming space 🤗
♥️ Ideas for structured activities, & supplies to have for less structured activities ✏️
♥️ Suggestions for explaining to neurotypical and autistic children 🧠
♥️ Templates for invitations, name tags, art projects, and even an AMAZING certificate of completion 📌

Creating Autism-Friendly Events: A Provider Guide - Sesame Workshop A complete guide for helping providers host successful autism-friendly events.

❔ Did you know? (TK) has been available for children with fall birthdays since 2011. Now, California is expanding access to so that all California children can benefit! 🙌 Parents, find answers to frequently asked questions in English and Spanish on the website about enrolling your child in a TK program: https://ow.ly/i1CX50SJ5NM

This flyer from REL-NEI offers three evidence-based recommendations on how to recognize when (MLs) may have a . 🧠 Additional links are offered to learn more about supporting MLs with disabilities. https://ow.ly/y6Gk50SIK23