Mindful Practices for Empowering Educators

zoom meeting

In this embodied online workshop, participants will learn how to integrate movement, yoga, and breath work with children in order to increase social-emotional skill development (like confidence and resiliency), as well as practice ways to improve teacher physical, mental, and emotional health.   Justine Luong has a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with an emphasis

ELCD 2022-24 State Plan Public Hearing

Virtual Public Hearing Session with Early Learning and Care Stakeholders for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) 2022-2024 State Plan The CDE will hold a virtual Public Hearing on March 30, 2021 at 9:00 a.m., to receive public comments on the draft 2022-24 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan. Every three years states and territories receiving

Compensation Planning Information for Educators

San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education (OECE) and First 5 SF are working on developing policy options for compensation. Over the next week, they are hosting two webinars to provide funding updates to educators. During the webinar, OECE/F5 will give an overview of compensation policy in SF and collect initial compensation priority input

Compensation Planning Webinar for Educators

San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education (OECE) and First 5 SF are working on developing policy options for compensation and they are hosting two webinars to provide funding updates to educators. During the webinar, OECE/F5 will give an overview of compensation policy in SF and collect initial compensation priority input from ECE site

Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting

More information coming soon. Citizens’ Advisory Committee meetings are held from 4:00-6:00 PM on the following scheduled dates in 2021: January 21, March 18, May 20, July 15, September 16, and November 18, 2021

AB 22 Organizing meeting

AB 22 Organizing meeting Zoom session # 3 of the Coalition for a Mixed Delivery System in Child Care.

Uncovering Black Joy in ECE Settings: Honoring Black Children in ECE

About this event Objectives: 1. Understanding and responding to issues of racism and injustice in ECE programs. 2. Understand the urgency to support and uplift Black children in ECE settings. 3. Connecting and relating to Black families in meaningful, supportive ways. 4. Disrupting the “Status Quo” to support the learning/development for Black children. 5. Understanding

Restorative And Transformative Justice

zoom meeting

This Restorative and Transformative Justice Workshop highlights the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of children, families, and individuals impacted by the justice system. Everybody Reads is a literacy program focused on the diversity of readers and sharing books that promote celebrating diverse cultures, experiences, seeing yourself in the story, and respecting the differences reflected in the

Screening of the film “Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action: The Early Years.”

This film features vignettes of anti-bias strategies in early childhood classrooms interspersed with teachers reflecting on their practice. The film shifts the focus away from the talking heads of experts and on to the voices of teachers committed to equity on a daily basis. By taking viewers into diverse early childhood classrooms, the film seeks

American Rescue Plan Act: Economic Supports

zoom meeting

Start Early and the Shriver Center on Poverty Law are hosting a two-part webinar series for early care and learning professionals that will provide an overview of what is currently known about the healthcare and economic supports available through the ARPA and how to access them.

To EACH Their Own

Does your work involve taking care of others? Do you struggle to manage stress or prevent burnout? Join Michelle Murano, a San Francisco preschool teacher, for Essential Aid and Community Healing.

CA Early Childhood Policy Council Quarterly Meeting

The Early Childhood Policy Council (ECPC), under CHHS, advises the Governor, Legislature and the Superintendent of Public Instruction on statewide early learning, care and child development. Attend their quarterly meetings to support recommendations on all aspects of the state’s early childhood system, including support for the demographic, geographic and economic diversity of the state’s children

Early Childhood Policy Council (ECPC)

The Early Childhood Policy Council will elevate the needs of young children and their families as well as advise the Governor, Legislature and the Superintendent of Public Instruction on statewide early learning, care and child development. It will provide recommendations on all aspects of the state’s early childhood system, including support for the demographic, geographic and

The Sum of Us

zoom meeting

Join Dr. Gail C. Christopher and daughter, author Heather McGhee for a stirring conversation on the impacts of systemic racism seen in the distribution of parks, equitable access to green space, and support for outdoor learning opportunities. Two of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offer a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that

Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting

More information coming soon. Citizens’ Advisory Committee meetings are held from 4:00-6:00 PM on the following scheduled dates in 2021: January 21, March 18, May 20, July 15, September 16, and November 18, 2021

CA Early Childhood Policy Council Quarterly Meeting

The Early Childhood Policy Council (ECPC), under CHHS, advises the Governor, Legislature and the Superintendent of Public Instruction on statewide early learning, care and child development. Attend their quarterly meetings to support recommendations on all aspects of the state’s early childhood system, including support for the demographic, geographic and economic diversity of the state’s children