Critical Connections from BUILD

Amanda Varley es la directora de subvenciones para el desarrollo preescolar del Departamento de Educación de Minnesota. Este es un resumen de su entrevista con la Doctora Sherri Killins Stewart de nuestro episodio en inglés. Aprendemos de Amanda como involucra a las familias dentro del mismo sistema para que sus voces sean parte integral de cómo se reparten las subvenciones.

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Special thanks to Dr. Aisha Ray, Michelle Stover Wright, The Equity Leaders Action Network (ELAN), and state leaders working in early childhood systems for their thought partnership.

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Amanda Varley is the Preschool Development Grant Manager for the Minnesota Department of Education. Host Dr. Sherri Killins Stewart talks with Amanda about the ways her department has utilized partnerships to center family voices and increase opportunities for children and families.

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Special thanks to Dr. Aisha Ray, Michelle Stover Wright, The Equity Leaders Action Network (ELAN), and state leaders working in early childhood systems for their thought partnership.

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BUILD Initiative is a national organization supporting state leaders to develop early childhood systems that are comprehensive, high quality, and accessible to each and every family. The second season -- Leading for Equity -- focuses on how state leaders have used their roles, responsibilities and influence to intentionally increase opportunity and remove barriers for children and families. Host, Dr. Sherri Killins Stewart, explores tangible ways leaders are centering the perspectives of Black, Native American, Latino, and other populations marginalized by the programs and services within the early childhood system.
 

Our first episode is out August 23.

For more information, visit us at buildinitiative.org

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Minnesota has gathered a group of community-based organizations and tribal nations to envision pathways to early childhood statewide systems. Host Karen Ponder and BUILD executive director Susan Hibbard discuss state-funded initiatives with Jovon Perry, director of Economic Assistance and Employment Supports at Minnesota’s Children and Family Services, and Cindi Yang, director of the Child Care Services Division of Children and Family Services. 

More information about Minnesota’s Department of Human Services here.  

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Minnesota ha reunido a un grupo de organizaciones comunitarias y naciones tribales para visualizar caminos hacia los sistemas estatales de la primera infancia. La anfitriona Karen Ponder y la directora ejecutiva de BUILD, Susan Hibbard, discuten iniciativas financiadas por el estado con Jovon Perry, director de Asistencia Económica y Apoyos de Empleo en los Servicios para Niños y Familias de Minnesota, y Cindi Yang, la directora de la División de Servicios para Niños y Familias de Servicios de Cuidado Infantil.

Más información sobre el Departamento de Servicios Humanos de Minnesota aquí.

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La agencia de la primera infancia de Arizona, First Things First, ha trabajado por mucho tiempo con las tribus indígenas del estado para desarrollar un modelo de consulta tribal que funcione para ambos lados. Con el objetivo compartido de apoyar el desarrollo saludable de los niños pequeños y sus familias, han encontrado formas de equilibrar las necesidades de políticas y datos del gobierno estatal con la protección de la privacidad y el poder de las naciones tribales soberanas. La anfitriona Karen Ponder habla con la concejal Carletta Tilousi, miembro electa del consejo tribal de Havasupai, y Liz Barker Alvarez, asesora principal de políticas de First Things First.

Más información sobre First Things First de Arizona aquí.

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First Things First, Arizona’s early childhood agency, has worked over time with the many Native American tribes in the state to develop a tribal consultation model that works for both sides. With the shared goal of supporting healthy development for young children and their families, they’ve found ways to balance the state government’s data and policy needs with protecting the privacy and power of sovereign tribal nations. Host Karen Ponder speaks with Councilwoman Carletta Tilousi, an elected member of the Havasupai tribal council, and Liz Barker Alvarez, chief policy advisor at First Things First. 
 

More information about Arizona’s First Things First here.  
 

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El sistema de aprendizaje temprano en el estado de Oregon equilibra las prioridades estatales y locales a través de un marco basado en un modelo de impacto colectivo. El estado ha desarrollado tres metas de alto nivel para el sistema, y ​​los socios locales tienen margen para diseñar programas, recopilar sus propios datos y atender sus propios problemas y necesidades locales. La anfitriona Karen Ponder profundiza en los detalles de este sistema con Denise Swanson, la Gerente de los Centros de Aprendizaje Temprano en la División de Aprendizaje Infantil de Oregón, y Kristi Collins, Directora del Centro de Aprendizaje Temprano en los condados de Linn, Benton y Lincoln, que incluye las tribus confederadas de indios Siletz.

Más información sobre los Centros de Aprendizaje Temprano de Oregón aquí.

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Oregon’s statewide early learning system balances state and local priorities through a framework which is based on a collective impact model. The state has developed three high level goals for the system, and local partners have leeway to design programs, collect their own data, and attend to their own local issues and needs. Host Karen Ponder delves into the details of this with Denise Swanson, the Early Learning Hub Manager in the Early Learning Division, and Kristi Collins, the Early Learning Hub Director in Linn, Benton and Lincoln Counties which includes the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

More information about Oregon’s Early Learning Hubs here.  

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El sistema estatal para la primera infancia de Virginia, Inicios Inteligentes, se creó en 2005. La anfitriona Karen Ponder habla con Kathy Glazer, presidenta de Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, y Abby Hamilton, presidenta y directora ejecutiva de United Way de Roanoke Valley, sobre esta iniciativa impulsada localmente para crear un compromiso comunitario con la preparación escolar.

Más información sobre los inicios inteligentes de Virginia aquí.

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