Los Angeles Education Partnership

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Reposted: backpack giveaway on Aug. 17! Mark your calendars as we prepare for a new school year with new tools for our children.

Our staff recently underwent Cognitive Coaching and explored strategies to enhance our coaching skills, allowing us to empower educators and leaders! The seminar will help LAEP team members become stronger as individual leaders and collaborators.

The opening of our new Early Head Start Childcare Center this year was a highlight we'll never forget! We can't wait to welcome even more children and families next year as we provide children ages 0-3 with high-quality education and development!

We have 50 spaces available for our next Ready2Teach program! Program supports include:

Earn and Learn Opportunities: Participants engage in paid pre-apprenticeships at licensed childcare facilities where they receive practical experience, intentional coaching, and mentorship.

Professional Development: Experienced LAEP staff supplement college coursework with infant and toddler education and workforce development training.

Wrap-Around Support: Connecting participants to services like childcare vouchers, transportation stipends, and a laptop loan program to support successful program completion.

Apply by Friday, August 2!

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Our Community Schools staff participated in team-wide professional development that focused on the framework, pillars, and fundamentals of the program. The summer is the ideal time for us to grow in training and practice that help us better serve the community.

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Our CORE program is a true origin story about how educators became empowered by community and grew into justice leaders! Learn more about the program at laep.org

Our EHS staff who facilitated the Opening Doors (Abriendo Puertas) parent workshop handed out certificates to South LA, Inglewood, and Hawthorne participants.

Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors - National is the nation's first evidence-based parent leadership program designed by and for Latino parents with children ages 0- 5. The mission of AP/OD is to support parents as leaders of their families and as their child's first and most influential teacher.

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We are pleased to share our 2023 Annual Impact Report, highlighting the work done to uplift communities during Fiscal Year 2023: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023. We are so grateful for your partnership and support: https://bit.ly/3xN1ZSj

We celebrated our first ever Ready2Teach cohort as nearly 30 participants completed the 12-month program and took a big step toward becoming an early childhood educator! To learn more about the program and sign up for our next cohort, visit laep.org.

The LAEP team gathered for an all-staff retreat to discuss the vision, mission, and plans for our organization. We managed to have a little (a lot of) fun along the way, too.

It was reinvigorating to get together with a team committed to serving families and pursuing educational equity. We love the work that we do and the impact it has on our community!

Applications are NOW OPEN for our Ready2Teach program! The one-year earn-and-learn teacher accelerator program grants a California Child Development Associate Teacher permit and prepares teachers to enter the workforce. Apply NOW: https://bit.ly/3zvjPtl

Our EHS staff participated in today’s Office Of Head Start Region 9 Cultivating Equity & SSRYAAB Culminating event! We’re excited to improve support for pregnant families.

Are you interested in advancing educational equity and growing with a collaborative community? Learn more about 21CSLA - 21st Century California School Leadership Academy initiatives and how our CORE program uses coaching, professional learning, and Communities of Practice to create change: bit.ly/4cdBepd

Our EHS homebase program allows parents to meet twice per month for socialization activities for their child as they collaborate with other children and develop skills. Our parents also build community and connections with other parents. This past Friday, the program was offered at partner school Miramonte Elementary.

We celebrated the promotion of our first Early Head Start Childcare Center class by taking them on a field trip to Discovery Cube Los Angeles!

It's been an incredible year of discovery for our students and for us. Thank you to all of our parents and partners for helping us create a new high-quality education environment fostering growth and development.

Join an afternoon of free fun and creativity where kids can build cardboard arcade games with Caine from viral video Caine's Arcade! The celebration at Two Bit Circus Foundation will include free high-tech arcade games, snacks, a live DJ and a photo booth for capturing those memorable moments and exciting creations.

Happy Juneteenth! On this day and every day, let's continue to uplift Black leaders, businesses, and organizations!

We recently held our 21CSLA - 21st Century California School Leadership Academy "Inquiry Through Play" CORE workshop where Imperial County educators and leaders explored the magic of play-based, inquiry-driven instruction in TK classrooms! It was an inspired gathering. Stay tuned for more learning opportunities!

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Our ECE team spent Saturday at the Miramonte Elementary Community Resource Fair where we connected families with tools for success and even heard from the school’s band!

This week, our CORE coaches supported new administrators in Santa Ana Unified School District as they defended their Individual Induction Plans and culminated their coaching relationships from this year. We are excited to continue building with new educational leaders! Learn more about our CORE program at https://laep.org/what-we-do/core/

Fifth-graders at Washington Elementary School of Pomona Unified School District were gifted roses at their graduation ceremony! Congrats to all of our scholars on a successful year. May your potential fully bloom in your next chapter 🌹🎓

Our ECE Team is at the Region 9 Head Start Association's First 1,000 Days Early Head Start Conference! LAEP Early Childhood & Family Engagement Director Nancy Villarreal will lead a session tomorrow on "Prenatal Education for Expectant Families!" 💪

On June 13, we are hosting a free webinar to help communities gain tools that will strengthen and empower families! Register today and learn more about family success: https://bit.ly/3Vauelq