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Buffett Early Childhood Institute
QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION REVISITED: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT TAKES
Spoiler alert: We won’t get QUALITYwithout EQUITY This project is made possible by funding received through Grant Number 90TP0079-01, of the USDHHS-Administration for
Children and Families, Office of Early Childhood; Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Nebraska Department of Education; and Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, following grant requirements of 70% federal funding with 30% match from state and private resources. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Buffett Early Childhood Institute
“A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the schoolhouse walls which molds and shapes children.”
(adapted from W.E.B. Dubois)
Buffett Early Childhood Institute
Successful Outcomes for
Nebraska's Children and
Families
Strategic Plan Goals
PDG B-5
Thriving Conference
Everyone has a fair and just opportunity to thrive and reach their potential. This requires removing obstacles such as racism, poverty, discrimination and their consequences, including powerlessness, lack of information, and access to basic resources.
What is Equity?
Family engagement is a reciprocating partnership among parents, families, programs, organizations, staff, and communities that reflects a shared responsibility to foster children’s development and learning at home, at child care and school, and in the community.
Family Engagement Defined
INVOLVEMENT ENGAGEMENT
Honors and recognizes families’ and communities’ existing knowledge and skills and LIVED EXPERIENCESCulturally, linguistically, and socio-economically responsive
Strength-based orientation- Perception of families and communities as resilientShared power- Co-creation and decision-making
Equality of family, community, and professional’s roles
Doing WITH Not Doing FOR
How Change Happens“We need to be comfortable with (maybe even enjoy) messiness and uncertainty, and give weight to local knowledge and feedback. We need to include a more diverse range of people and viewpoints in any discussion and (however busy we are) take regular time outs to assess what is or isn’t working and change course accordingly”
Green, D. (2016)
Kate Gallagher, Ph.D. Director of Research and EvaluationBuffett Early Childhood Institute
Portia Kennel, MSW, Senior AdvisorBuffett Early Childhood Fund
Jolene Johnson, Ed.D. Department Director Education and Child DevelopmentMunroe-Meyer Institute
Kirsten Kainz, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research Development and Translation and Research ProfessorUniversity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill