Calendar

Sep
25
Wed
Pre4Cle Birthday Bash @ Studios at 78th Street
Sep 25 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

On September 25th, PRE4CLE will celebrate five years of success with a Birthday Bash to reflect on the accomplishments of the PRE4CLE plan to-date, honor the many partners and supporters who have made those accomplishments possible, and share our vision for the next phase of PRE4CLE’s work.

Event Details

Studios at 78th Street

1300 West 78th Street, Cleveland

Drinks and hors d’oeuvres served beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Program begins at 6:30 p.m.

Parking available on site.

Honorees

PRE4CLE will also honor four early learning champions that were a critical part of our success during the past five years. The honorees will include:

PRE4CLE Co-Chairs Eric Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Marcia Egbert, Senior Program Officer for Human Services, The George Gund Foundation

Kristen Baird Adams, Chief Communications Officer, PNC Bank

Billie Osborne-Fears, Executive Director, Starting Point

Supporting Vibrant Preschool Classrooms

Funds raised from the Birthday Bash will be used to equip high-quality PRE4CLE classrooms with new toys, books, equipment, and other early learning supplies to ensure that teachers have the tools they need to fully implement a high-quality preschool curriculum. While all PRE4CLE classrooms have the markers of high-quality — such as credentialed teachers, a research-based curriculum, and daily outreach to families — many programs struggle to afford updated classroom supplies. Funds from the Birthday Bash will allow PRE4CLE to offer this much-needed support to classrooms throughout the city.

Individual Ticket Prices

$75 | Includes food and drink for one attendee

$150 | Includes food and drink for one attendee and supports admission for one preschool provider

$250 | Includes food and drink for one attendee and supports admission for two preschool providers

Amounts in excess of $45 per attendee are tax deductible.

Sep
26
Thu
Ohio Early Childhood Health Network Webinar – Great Lakes Apple Crunch
Sep 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Join Ohio State Extension and OECHN for a webinar on the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch!
Learn all about the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch as an effort to promote nutritious food choices, celebrate local farmers and National Farm to School Month. The webinar will provide tips for a successful Apple Crunch, including how to procure local apples, apple focused learning activities for a creative way to meet Early Learning and Development Standards, and how to increase involvement.

Access the webinar here.

Ohio Early Childhood Mental Health webinar: A Policy Overview
Sep 26 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Groundwork is excited to announce a new webinar series focused on Early Childhood Mental Health. Understanding early childhood mental health is key to preventing and treating the mental health problems of very young children and their families. It also helps guide the development of healthy social and emotional behaviors. Joins for this webinar series earn more about early childhood mental health and expand your knowledge of your role in elevating this critical work!

Civics and Advocacy Training @ Neighborhood Leadership Institute
Sep 26 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for a three session series designed for community members with an interest in civic leadership.  This series will equip leaders with the tools necessary to take an active role in local, state, county, and federal government.  Learn the foundation and principles of what it means to participate in political processes, civics, advocacy, and engagement in our democratic society.

September 12th:  Local Government

September 19th:  County and State Government

September 26th:  Federal Government

Oct
3
Thu
Quarterly Meeting – Ohio Early Childhood Health Network @ Children's Hunger Alliance
Oct 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Please join us for an update on efforts being made in early education to support children’s health and wellness, including updates from Governor DeWine’s Office of Childhood Initiatives, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Department of Education and ongoing work by the OECHN working groups. We will be meeting in person in Columbus at OCCRRA and via this webinar link for those who are unable to travel in for the updates.

Oct
15
Tue
Ohio Early Childhood Health Network Webinar – Feed Our Future: Local Foods for Growing Minds
Oct 15 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Feed Our Future:  Local Foods for Growing Minds began as a local farm to school effort in Northeast Ohio to inspire local school districts and households to promote healthy, local foods.   Over the past year, Feed Our Future has expanded its presence to reach both a regional and national audience, partnering with other like-minded organizations to ensure that school aged children have choice for local foods and also have opportunities to engage with the local food system within their school community.
In partnership with the Early Ages Healthy Stages coalition, Feed Our Future is currently exploring ways in which its model can be expanded to support early education.

Register for the webinar here.

Oct
16
Wed
Early Childhood Education Network Council
Oct 16 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Nov
2
Sat
PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools @ St. Ignatius High School Breen Center
Nov 2 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Black Child Development Institute Cleveland hosts a FREE Screening of PUSHOUT!

About this Event

PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, is a documentary film by Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. and Women in the Room Productions who encourage a robust conversation about how to reduce the criminalization of Black girls in our nation’s learning environments.

Nov
6
Wed
Lead 101: The Basics of Lead Hazards @ Bethany Baptist Church
Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Nov
7
Thu
Take 15 Family Engagement Webinar
Nov 7 @ 4:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Healthier Generation will be hosting a Take 15 Family Engagement Webinar on November 7th at 4:30 PM ET.   https://healthiergeneration.webex.com/healthiergeneration/k2/j.php?MTID=t7d6b8f56170afb318995b55bd071bc8a

Anyone interested in learning more about general family engagement best practices/communication strategies can register for this free webinar at the link above. The webinar is only 15 minutes long so hopefully can accommodate more schedules.

Healthier Generation is also providing OECHN with early-access to one of our newest family engagement resources, a Healthy Day Checklist, attached and linked here: https://www.healthiergeneration.org/resources/healthy-day-checklist.

All future Family Engagement resources will be housed here: https://www.healthiergeneration.org/resources/family-engagement.