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The Detour, Ep. 4: Talking about Belonging with Kids

The Detour, Ep. 4: Talking about Belonging with Kids

Our most recent episode is a co-production of the Oregon Humanities podcast, The Detour. The theme of this segment is belonging, and we talked with students at Fern Hill Elementary School in Forest Grove and Crestview Heights Elementary in Waldport about where they feel they belong and how to help others feel like they belong.

Liberation through Literacy

Liberation through Literacy

Talisa Timms, continuous improvement specialist at Children’s Institute delves into the transformative potential of literacy, emphasizing its profound impact on children’s foundational skills and developmental journey, advocating for equitable access and support to enrich their early years.

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We were at Cornelius Elementary School in Forest Grove School District for their Professional Learning Community(PLC) time!

Angella Graves, principal at Cornelius Elementary, and early learning coordinator for Forest Grove School District shared, “During this PLC time, educators from different grade levels explored and discussed all of the resources that the Children Institute’s Core Team has created alongside our GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) trainer and English Language Development Teacher. Educators used this time to brainstorm and choose one of the resources to put into practice in their classrooms.”

Stay tuned for more updates from our Early School Success (ESS) partners! To learn more about Children Institute’s Early School Success initiative, visit our website childinst.org/our-work/early-school-succes

[Keywords : Children’s Institute, Early School Success, Early Learning Academy, Professional Learning, Early Childhood Education, Educators]
Happy Friday, everyone! Please join us in giving a warm welcome to the wonderful Shawnté Hines, CI’s new Professional Learning Specialist!! 💫
 
After spending over a decade teaching high school students in both California and Oregon, Shawnté wanted to find ways to help shift the system to be more inclusive and welcoming for her students. This led to her work with 9th grade on track initiatives in Oregon, leveraging continuous improvement to co-create culturally relevant opportunities for students to thrive. At the heart of her desire to do this work is a dedication to redress practices of harm that have impacted students who the system was designed to disempower and to create more inclusive classrooms where all children feel like they belong.
 
We’re so glad you’re here, Shawnté!🤩
Talisa Timms, continuous improvement specialist at Children’s Institute delves into the transformative potential of literacy, emphasizing its profound impact on children’s foundational skills and developmental journey, advocating for equitable access and support to enrich their early years. Read more about liberation through literacy on our website!
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Our most recent episode is a co-production of the Oregon Humanities podcast, The Detour. The theme of this segment is belonging, and we talked with students at Fern Hill Elementary School in Forest Grove and Crestview Heights Elementary in Waldport about where they feel they belong and how to help others feel like they belong. You’ll also hear from a few adults who work at these schools about how they create a welcoming community inside and outside of the classroom.

Listen today wherever you get your podcasts / at the link in our bio.
 
Thank you to everyone at Fern Hill Elementary School and Crestview Heights Elementary for welcoming us into their schools. And thank you to Adam Davis, the host of The Detour, and the amazing team at Oregon Humanities for their collaboration and commitment to elevating student voices and perspectives.

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Early Works and Early School Success

Our work with school communities across Oregon demonstrates what happens when school districts, educators, community partners, parents and families, and funders come together with a shared vision to support early learning and healthy development for young children. Kids thrive, families are engaged and empowered to support their children’s learning, and the school community flourishes.

Since 2010, we’ve helped build community-centered early learning programs that have transformed schools and created opportunities for young children and their families. That work continues to shape state policy and strengthen early learning, preschool through grade 5.

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Health and Learning Initiative

The Health and Learning Initiative is a partnership between Children’s Institute, the Oregon Health Authority, and the Oregon Pediatric Improvement Partnership to transform the relationship between Oregon’s health care and early learning systems.

Our recent work developing an incentive metric for Coordinated Care Organizations focused on social and emotional health is the first of its kind in the nation.

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The Early Link Podcast highlights national, regional, and local voices working in early childhood education and the nonprofit sector. The podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Rafael Otto, Children’s Institute’s director of communications.

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