SEPECC Meeting 9:30 Funding Update 9:40 Advocacy Skill Building - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS: * THIS MEETING WILL BE RECORDED, THE * WHEN THE CALL BEGINS PARTICIPANTS RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE MUTED. AT WWW.FIRSTUP.ORG/COVID-19 BY END OF DAY. * QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS CAN BE SHARED IN THE CHAT BOX. Agenda: 9:00 Welcome + OCDEL & ELRC Updates SEPECC Meeting 9:30 Funding Update 9:40 Advocacy Skill Building Tuesday, July 7, 2020 9:55 Planning for Reopen 10:10 Opportunity for Learning: Social Justice 10:20 Community Partner Updates 10:30 Self-Care Moment 10:35 Wrap-Up Meeting will begin in : 10:40 Dismissal to Breakout Groups

KAREN GRIMM-THOMAS C-KGRIMMTH@PA.GOV DIANE GETZINGER - PHILADELPHIA DGETZINGER@CARINGPEOPLEALLIANCE.ORG Updates from ANGIE SOMOGYI – BUCKS ASOMOGYI@CSCINC.ORG OCDEL and BETSY VASSALLO – CHESTER BVASSALLO@PHMC.ORG ELRCs MAGGIE JOHNSON – MONTGOMERY MJOHNSON2@MONTCOPA.ORG TAMMY JOLAOSO – DELAWARE TJOLAOSO@PHMC.ORG

Funding Update

Advocacy Skill Building

ACTION THAT WORKED- TWITTERSTORM UPDATE

TAKING ACTION TODAY

TAKING ACTION FOR CHILDREN'S FUTURE- U.S. CENSUS  School lunches. Plans for highways. Support for firefighters and families in need. Census results affect your community every day.

FEDERAL SPENDING & PROGRAMS  These numbers may change based  Census data are used to decide on our 2020 Census data. Federal how $675 billion in federal public funding supports many important funding is spent every programs and services for year. Pennsylvania gets $26.8 billion Pennsylvanians, including in annually through our 16 largest healthcare, food security, federally-funded programs. That’s education, transportation, housing, about $2,000 per Pennsylvanian community development, support each year . for families, and more.

SOUTHEAST PA RESPONSE RATES

HOW EARLY EDUCATORS CAN HELP Entertain and educate young children with a storybook, song, and  interactive activities that involve counting and learning about their community. These resources—available in both English and Spanish— explain the 2020 Census and introduce children to the concept of data and the importance of numbers in a fun and simple way.

Planning for ReOpen

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: KIDZ PIC N’ PLAY CHILDCARE Patience Mtungwazi kidzpicnplay@gmail.com

REOPENING RESOURCES  Sample Checklist  COVID-19 Screening Tool  COVID-19 Parent Agreement Form  Child Symptom Notes  https://www.firstup.org/covid-19#1589457388989-c713acee-1c9e

OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING SOCIAL JUSTICE

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: ARCH STREET PRESCHOOL Verónica Alvarado-Frias archstreetpreschool@gmail.com

SOCIAL JUSTICE RESOURCES  Child Care Exchange Press - From Surviving to Thriving video series #8: How to Address Inequities in Early Childhood Education - https://www.childcareexchange.com/surviving-to-thriving/  PACCA Zoom Series: Racial Equity in Early Learning - Friday, July 10 - Friday, July 24 - http://www.memberleap.com/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=25862

COMMUNITY PARTNER UPDATES Margery Cedano Neli Sepulveda James Nicholson GreatPhillySchools PCCY First Up

MARGERY CEDANO GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS MCEDANO@PHILASCHOOL.ORG

UPDATING YOUR GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS PROFILE The GreatPhillySchools website helps  families learn more about K-12 schools and daycare/preschool options in Philadelphia. On greatphillyschools.org, families can learn  about schools and school selection through a school finder search feature, articles, partner resources, school events and more. Each school is allowed access to their  school profile to enter qualitative descriptive information to be displayed with final approval by GreatPhillySchools.

UPDATING YOUR GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS PROFILE We can help families find ECE centers still  enrolling students for the 2020-21 school year through GreatPhillySchools.org ! On our website, we feature two ways  families can find open seats. This article features a summary (updated  every 24 hours) of every preschool or daycare center’s open seats by age and grade level. On the Find a School search feature, families  can filter for schools with open seats by age and grade level.

UPDATING YOUR GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS PROFILE Schools Users can login directly from the  GreatPhillySchools website by scrolling to the bottom on the homepage and clicking on the School Login link.

UPDATING YOUR GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS PROFILE Enter your login credentials and click the  GPS User Login button. If you need assistance with your password or  need to change your email, contact Margery Cedano (mcedano@philaschool.org)

UPDATING YOUR GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS PROFILE From here, you can either make  changes by clicking on the Edit button in the top right corner or hovering over each individual item and clicking on the pencil image.

UPDATING YOUR GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS PROFILE Open Seats are updated in the  Enrollment Data section. Click the Edit button in the top right of  the page to edit your center’s current enrollment information. After you have finished, click Save . 

UPDATING YOUR GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS PROFILE Upon clicking Save , the updated  information will be submitted to the GPS team for review. Please allow 3 business days for review  before publication.

PRE-ORDERING 2020-21 K-12 SCHOOL GUIDES Printed guides include profiles  and performance data for over 400 K-12 Philadelphia District, charter, and private school options. The guides also explain the  different types of schools factors families should consider when choosing the option that’s best for them.

PRE-ORDERING 2020-21 K-12 SCHOOL GUIDES

NELI SEPULVEDA PCCY NELIDAS@PCCY.ORG

JAMES NICHOLSON FIRST UP JAMES.NICHOLSON@FIRSTUP.ORG

FIRST UP ECE FELLOWSHIP  The purpose of the fellowship is to develop leaders and advocates for the ECE community.  The fellowship has four retreat style weekend meetings per year(Friday at 3pm through Saturday at 3pm).  In addition, we have a one-day trip to Harrisburg during budget season(Early May – early June), and a one-day closing meeting.  Personal anecdote  We are now taking applications for our next cohort!(send an email indicating your interest to: james.nicholson@firstup.org)

SELF-CARE MOMENT: GUEST PRESENTER Beth Rabinowitz preschool@tsinai.com

RAIN Buddhist mindfulness tool offering support with intense and difficult emotions Recognize What is Happening ❏ Allow “Life to Be” Just as It Is ❏ Investigate w ith Kindness ❏ Non Identification : Rest in ❏ Natural Awareness (sense of you)- Result

SEPECC CALL RESOURCES AND PRESENTERS PRESENTERS: SEPECC STEERING COMMITTEE: Karen Grimm-Thomas - c-kgrimmth@pa.gov Maddy Malis, FELS Diane Getzinger - dgetzinger@caringpeoplealliance.org Mary Graham, Children’s Village Elizabeth Farwell-Ozer - elizabeth.ozer@firstup.org Rachael Fennel, Elwyn SEEDS Jackie Groetsch – jackie.groetsch@firstup.org Norma Finkelstein, FELS Patience Mtungwazi – kidzpicnplay@gmail.com Shineal Hunter, Family Circle Academy Verónica Alvarado-Frias –archstreetpreschool@gmail.com Shawn Towey, PACCA Margery Cedano – mcedano@philaschool.org Stephanie Bey, City of Philadelphia Neli Sepulveda – nelidas@pccy.org Sara Jann, Maternity Care Coalition James Nicholson – james.nicholson@firstup.org Marykay Mahar, PHMC Beth Rabinowitz - preschool@tsinai.com Sharon McClafferty, PHMC Minnette Taylor, Minnie Montessori Academy Latonta Godboldt, Small Wonders Family Daycare Eleanor Levie, National Council of Jewish Women www.firstup.org/covid-19 Khadijah Sabir, First Up To be added to the First Up newsletter e-mail Pamela Haines, First Up Becca Tyrrell at rebecca.tyrrell@firstup.org Elizabeth Ozer , First Up , Jackie Groetsch, First Up

BREAKOUT GROUP DISCUSSION We will break out into randomly assigned small groups for discussion from 10:40-11:15 for all who wish to join. You will need to leave this webinar and join the Zoom meeting – link in chat box.