‘Advocacy’ Category

  1. May
    06
    2013

    What Day is the Best Day to Advocate?


    by PACE in Category: Advocacy,At Your Center/School,Child Behavior/Development,Everyday,For The Adults,PACE,Uncategorized

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    Since established in 1955, PACE continually strives to advance the profession of childhood education. California  has a diverse population and soci0-econminc composition which has allowed for the development of an equally diverse response to the early education needs of children.

    According to the most recent data compiled by California’s Resource and Referral Network (R&R Network) nearly 64% of California’s early care and education is provided by private licensed centers. PACE members, who represent this percentage, advocate for the continued professional development  of those who provide early learning opportunities for California’s children and the sustainability of the support services that help strengthen their families.

    PACE believes that EVERYDAY is a great day to Stand Up for Children and to be an advocate for California’s early care and education system!

    Interested in learning how to become more involved with being an advocate? Visit the PACE Action Center to learn more about how you can Stand Up for Children and advocate for the early care and education system throughout California and our Nation.

     

     

     

     

     

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  2. Apr
    22
    2013

    Happy Earth Day!!


    by PACE in Category: Advocacy,At Your Center/School,Be Green,Everyday,For The Adults,Just For Fun,PACE

     

    Earth   

    Today, April 22, 2013 is Earth Day.

    How do you plan on celebrating?

     

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  3. Apr
    15
    2013

    Early Learning: America’s Middle Class Promise Begins Early


    by PACE in Category: Advocacy,Child Behavior/Development,Everyday,For The Adults,PACE,Uncategorized

     

     “I propose working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every child in America… Let’s do what works, and make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind. Let’s give our kids that chance.”

    – Barack Obama, Feb. 12, 2013

    The Need

    Far too many children lack access to preschool. The need for early learning is clear, as studies prove: children who have rich early learning experiences are   better prepared to thrive in school. Yet the US ranks 28th in early learning enrollment. For those who do attend, quality varies widely. Less than a third of 4- year-olds in poverty attend a high-quality preschool program, and the gap is especially pronounced in low-income communities. Doing better is more than just a moral and educational imperative, it’s smart government: Every public dollar spent on preschool returns $7 through increased productivity and savings on public assistance and criminal justice.

    The Goal

    The goal is to enable every American 4-year-old to attend a quality preschool program — one characterized by well-organized learning experiences, guided exploration, art, and storytelling, led by a skilled teacher. In addition, the Department of Education will work with the Department of Health and Human Services to significantly expand and improve services to younger children.

    Want to learn more about The Plan for Early Learning in America? Click here to read more from the Department of Education.

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  4. Apr
    04
    2013

    Do You Know What Shapes Brain Circuitry?


    by PACE in Category: Advocacy,At Your Center/School,Child Behavior/Development,Everyday,For The Adults,PACE

     Serve & Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry.

    One of the most essential experiences in shaping the architecture of the developing brain is “serve and return” interaction between children and significant adults in their lives. Young children naturally reach out for interaction through babbling, facial expressions, and gestures, and adults respond with the same kind of vocalizing and gesturing back at them. This back-and-forth process is fundamental to the wiring of the brain, especially in the earliest years.

    Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child developed the following video (part two of a three-part series) titled “Three Core Concepts in Early Development”. The series depicts how advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and genomics now give us a much better understanding of how early experiences are built into our bodies and brains, for better or for worse. Healthy development in the early years provides the building blocks for educational achievement, economic productivity, responsible citizenship, lifelong health, strong communities, and successful parenting of the next generation.

    Click here to view this video and others from the series,”Three Core Concepts in Early Development”, as well as view additional resources from the Center on the Developing Child.

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  5. Apr
    03
    2013

    Budgets from a Children’s Perspective


    by PACE in Category: Advocacy,Child Behavior/Development,Everyday,For The Adults,PACE

    On March 20, 2013 the bipartisan children’s advocacy organization First     Focus released a comparison of the federal fiscal year 2014 budget  resolutions scheduled for floor consideration in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives this week. The analysis concludes that the Senate proposal protects federal investments in America’s children, while the House proposal would impede progress on problems facing children.

    “The Senate budget protects critical investments in kids, while the House budget would make nearly every problem children face worse,” said First Focus President Bruce Lesley.

    Click here, to read more on this report and its key findings.

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  6. Mar
    27
    2013

    What are you invested in?


    by PACE in Category: Advocacy,At Your Center/School,PACE,Uncategorized

     

    An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

                                                                  ~ Benjamin Franklin

     

    Where have you invested your money lately? Interested in the best investment?

    Look no further than a young child, and you will see the

    endless possibilities of what an investment can do for you and the world.

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  7. Mar
    15
    2013

    Brain Hero


    by PACE in Category: Advocacy,Child Behavior/Development,For The Adults,PACE,Uncategorized

    As we continue to learn more about the importance of child development and its influence on our economic future, Harvard Center on the Developing Child created a great video about brain development and the long term economic and social effects on society.

    They summarized the video on their site in the following way:

    “Following a two-year collaboration with the Interactive Media Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California to develop and test new ways of communicating the science of early childhood development, the Center on the Developing Child has released the collaboration’s first product, “Brain Hero.” The three-minute video depicts how actions by a range of people in the family and community can affect a child’s development. Based loosely on such games as “Guitar Hero,” “SimCity,” and “The Game of Life,” the video adapts the visual sensibility of interactive game models to a video format and portrays how actions taken by parents, teachers, policymakers, and others can influence life outcomes for both the child and the surrounding community.

    This collaboration, now between the Harvard Center and USC’s newly launched Creative Media & Behavioral Health Center will continue joint work on the creation and dissemination of innovative storytelling products designed to inform the public discourse around policies and practices that support healthy brain development during childhood.”

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  8. Mar
    04
    2013

    The Facts


    by Katie O'Neil in Category: Advocacy,For The Adults,PACE

    NIEER Director W. Steven Barnett has released a policy report in which he addresses the question:

    1.  Does high-quality pre-K have lasting benefits?
    2. What is the evidence for the $7 to $1 return on investment for preschool?
    3. Do non-disadvantaged children benefit from pre-K, and is a targeted or a universal approach to preschool more effective?
    4. Are large-scale public pre-K programs, including Head Start, effective?

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  9. Feb
    28
    2013

    Happy (?) Sequester Eve


    by Katie O'Neil in Category: Advocacy,PACE

    The San Jose Mercury News had an article today about the Sequester Worries.

    Check it out on this Sequester Eve…

     

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  10. Feb
    27
    2013

    Advocacy


    by Katie O'Neil in Category: Advocacy,PACE

    Today PACE is up in Sacramento with some of our members at our annual Day At The Capitol event.  The day started with a training from our PACE Legislative Advocate on the best way to get your voice heard, then off they all went to meet with Legislators.

    We’ve all heard how important advocacy is and how much of a difference it can make.  In fact we’ve been at meetings recently where Legislators themselves have said to us that until you get more people, more of their constituents, speaking up there is not much more they can do.

    We are working hard everyday to make that easier for you to do!  Stick with us and I know we can make a difference.

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