FLORIDA HIPPY TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER College of Behavioral and Community Sciences University of South Florida 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MHC 2113A Tampa, Florida 33612 Phone (813) 974-2177 Fax (813) 974-6115 http://floridahippy.fmhi.usf.edu STATE DIRECTOR Mary Lindsey, PhD [email protected]ASSISTANT STATE DIRECTOR Dabaram Rampersad [email protected]HIPPY USA 1221 Bishop Street Little Rock, AR 72202 Tel: (501) 537-7726 Fax: (501) 537-7716 http://www.hippyusa.org FLORIDA FloridaHIPPYStateOffice FloridaHIPPY Introducing Lidia Clarke, Florida HIPPY’s Advisory Committee Chair L idia Clarke, MAEd is a seasoned educator with demonstrated strength in building capacity and organizational leadership. As the Managing Director of the Professional Development Institute, a division of the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe, she is responsible for leading a team of early childhood professionals in facilitating quality continued education and training. e Professional Development Institute focuses on parent engagement, early childhood education, and corporate development. It is the home of Florida HIPPY’s two newest sites: Key West and Naples. Lidia has served as a HIPPY Program Coordinator in four counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, Collier, and Monroe. She has been a part of the HIPPY network for over 10 years, and has served on various committees locally and nationally. As the new Florida HIPPY Advisory Committee Chair, Lidia strives to work with the Florida HIPPY State Office to help reconnect local programs to a shared vision of accountability at all levels. Performance standards will make HIPPY competitive for multiple national funding sources, and most importantly support families as their child’s first teacher. e strength of the HIPPY program is the diversity of the committed Home Visitors who work tirelessly to impact generations. Highlights in this Issue F A L L 2 0 1 6 Introducing Lidia Clarke.............................................................................................1 HIPPY Graduation Celebration Around the State.......................................................2 HIPPY Success ............................................................................................................4 Lidia Clarke, MAEd
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Florida HiPPY Training & TecHnical assisTance cenTerCollege of Behavioral and Community SciencesUniversity of South Florida13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MHC 2113ATampa, Florida 33612Phone (813) 974-2177Fax (813) 974-6115
Lidia Clarke, MAEd is a seasoned educator with demonstrated strength in building capacity
and organizational leadership. As the Managing Director of the Professional Development Institute, a division of the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe, she is responsible for leading a team of early childhood professionals in facilitating quality continued education and training. The Professional Development Institute focuses on parent engagement, early childhood education, and corporate development. It is the home of Florida HIPPY’s two newest sites: Key West and Naples.
Lidia has served as a HIPPY Program Coordinator in four counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, Collier, and Monroe. She has been a part of the HIPPY network for over 10 years, and has served on various committees locally and nationally. As the new Florida HIPPY Advisory Committee Chair, Lidia strives to work with the Florida HIPPY State Office to help reconnect local programs to a shared vision of accountability at all levels. Performance standards will make HIPPY competitive for multiple national funding sources, and most importantly support families as their child’s first teacher. The strength of the HIPPY program is the diversity of the committed Home Visitors who work tirelessly to impact generations.
Highlights in this Issue
Fall 2016
Introducing Lidia Clarke .............................................................................................1HIPPY Graduation Celebration Around the State .......................................................2HIPPY Success ............................................................................................................4
Lidia Clarke, MAEd
A Love of Learning Begins at HomeA Love of Learning Begins at Home
HIPPY Graduation Celebrations
A Love of Learning Begins at HomeA Love of Learning Begins at Home
Florida HIPPY Programs
AlAchuA School Board of Alachua County
BrAdford Bradford County School District
BrowArd Family Central, Inc.
collier Early Learning Coalition of SW Florida
desoto Sarasota Family YMCA, Inc.
escAmBiA Escambia County School District, McMillian Center
frAnklin North Florida Child Development, Inc.
GAdsden Gadsden County School Board
Gulf North Florida Child Development, Inc.
hAmilton Hamilton County School Board
hArdee Sarasota Family YMCA, Inc.
hillsBorouGh Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace, Inc.
mAnAtee Manatee Community Action Agency- Resource Connection for Families
mArion Marion County Public Schools
miAmi-dAde Miami-Dade County Public Schools AND Family Central, Inc.
monroe Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe Counties
PAlm BeAch Community in Partners
PinellAs R’Club Child Care, Inc.
PutnAm Communities in Schools of Northeast Florida
sArAsotA Sarasota Family YMCA, Inc.
Around the State
HiPPY Mission sTaTeMenT
HIPPY partners with parents to prepare their children for success in school.
The HIPPY program put me at ease. My son is not only ready for kindergarten, but he is exceeding expectations in all subjects and areas academically according to his scores done by the Head Start Center. I am thankful for HIPPY, and all of our many home visitors that we’ve had that took their time with us. My son loves learning, and often asks, “Mommy, can we do my school stuff?”
I love the fact that everything was hands on. We got to meet other families at the group meetings/events, and we were able to complete the activities with items in my own home.
Three years went by so fast! Thank you to everyone that works with HIPPY. If no one has told you, know that you all are appreciated!
— Lorreka Burton, Pinellas HIPPY Mother
Supported by funds from The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County and Florida’s Office of Early Learning in collaboration with the University of South Florida.
Events, activities, programs, and facilities of the University of South Florida are available to all without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, religion, national
origin, disability, age, Vietnam or disabled veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the University’s respect for personal dignity.
HIPPY Success!
How Can I Help? Make a Donation Today!Checks payable to: USF Foundation (Memo Line: Acct # 530004 HIPPY Services Fund)
Please send all donations to: Florida HIPPY Foundation Account, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MHC 2113A, Tampa, FL 33612The USF Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization.
We Were Determined to Make it Happen!
HIPPY WORKS!!
I am very passionate about education, and when I was younger I was always told that
once you learn something it can never be taken away from you. I wanted to give my children the opportunity to learn everything there is to learn, and to experience life in its entirety.
I will never forget the day that I found a HIPPY flyer while checking out books at our local library. Before my son was even able to be a part of HIPPY, I called to set him up in advance. We started this program in November of 2013. I knew from then on that this would be the best thing for both of us. I wanted to teach my son everything he would need to know, especially to be prepared for kindergarten. My worry was that because his birthday is late according to the school’s kindergarten acceptance date, that he would be behind in class, and not know all the information he should know by then.
