You’re invited to join us for a child care round table discussion featuring Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley this Friday, July 17th from 11 AM to 12 PM. During the webinar, participants will discuss the critical role child care plays in supporting families, businesses, and the local economy. Round table participants will include:
• Mayor Daniel Horrigan, City of Akron
• Mayor Nan Whaley, City of Dayton
• Laura DiCola, Summit Education Initiative
• Palmer Jason, Good Shepherd Academy Child Care
• Ronette Moss, Akron Area YMCA
• Charmaine Webster, Dayton/Montgomery County Preschool Promise
The discussion will be facilitated by Shannon Jones, Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio. We invite you to join us in watching the live discussion and submitting your questions and feedback through the chat box function.
You’re invited to join us for a child care round table discussion with Congressman Troy Balderson this THURSDAY, July 23rd from 9-9:45 AM. During the webinar, participants will share their experiences and concerns with Congressman Balderson, along with the critical need to support child care during the COVID-19 recovery. Round table participants will include:
• Leigh Anne Easterling, Mary Evans Child Development Center
• Eric Karolak, Action for Children
• Kimberly Tice, Ohio AEYC
The discussion will be facilitated by Shannon Jones, Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio. We invite you to join us in watching the live discussion and submitting your questions and feedback through the chat box function.
The Strategic Planning Train is Moving
Registration information here.
This meeting will be centered around the decisions we have made based on your feedback and our progress to date on our new strategic plan.
Agenda:
- Welcome and Introductions
- Review of May 2020 Meeting
- Review of Strategic Planning Activities to Date
- Strategic Planning Next Steps
We need your experience, knowledge, generosity, and passion! When we work together, we can make sure that young children in Cuyahoga County are growing healthy bodies and minds, right from the start!
Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus Webinar
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Join us as we begin planning our strategies that support nutrition and physical activity opportunities for young children and their families in Cuyahoga County. This virtual strategic planning meeting will challenge us to consider ways to think about our work to have the biggest impact on our community.
We are excited to begin our discussion this week on our coalition’s work focused on the nutrition and physical activity needs of young children. As a part of our discussion, we are requesting you come to the discussion considering the following:
- What is within the coalition’s control to address these needs? Please consider our pillars of work: training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, community collaborations, and advocacy and communications.
- How are we currently doing? We will:
- Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
- If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
- Prioritized list for new or improved data
- Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
- What will it take to do better? We will discuss:
- No cost/low cost solutions
- Off the wall ideas
- What does the research say about what works?
- Information and research agenda
Meeting Information:
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app: Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
Phone Number: 1 469-208-1353
Passcode: 863194810#
Phone Conference ID: 863 194 810#
We are excited to begin our discussion this week on our coalition’s work focused on social emotional needs of young children. As a part of our discussion, we are requesting you come to the discussion considering the following. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please feel free to send your thoughts to me via email.
- What is within the coalition’s control to address these needs? Please consider our pillars of work: training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, community collaborations, and advocacy and communications.
- How are we currently doing? We will:
- Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
- If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
- Prioritized list for new or improved data
- Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
- What will it take to do better? We will discuss:
- No cost/low cost solutions
- Off the wall ideas
- What does the research say about what works?
- Information and research agenda
Meeting Information:
Join on your computer or mobile app: Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
Phone Number: 1-469-208-1353
Phone Conference ID: 880 323 798#
On March 29th, we will focus our conversation more specifically on the Performance Measure discussion. We will add your ideas to the attached list in addition to refining the information that is currently represented. A recap of the first meeting can be found here.
As a reminder, the Performance Measures will measure our success as a coalition on the things that we have control over. Our discussion will include:
- Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
- If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
- Prioritized list for new or improved data
- Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
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Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app
Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
Phone Number: 1 469-208-1353
Passcode: 803650490#
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On April 7th, we will focus our conversation more specifically on the Performance Measure discussion. We will add your ideas to the attached list in addition to refining the information that is currently represented. A recap of the first meeting can be found here.
As a reminder, the Performance Measures will measure our success as a coalition on the things that we have control over. Our discussion will include:
- Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
- If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
- Prioritized list for new or improved data
- Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app
Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
Phone Number: 1 469-208-1353
Passcode: 180850611#
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Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus Webinar: The Workforce Behind the Workforce: Strengthen Child Care to Build Ohio’s Economy
Agenda:
- Review prioritization exercise
- Data Agenda
- Action Planning
Microsoft Teams meeting
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Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
Phone Number: 1 469-208-1353
Phone Conference ID: 887 566 388#