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Building Steam in Early Learning

Building Steam in Early Learning. Barbara Minzenberg, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Office of Child Development and Early Learning. Access to quality early education for Pennsylvania’s young children can:. Reduce public costs for special education, public assistance prisons and health care.

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Building Steam in Early Learning

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  1. Building Steam in Early Learning Barbara Minzenberg, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Office of Child Development and Early Learning

  2. Access to quality early education for Pennsylvania’s young children can: • Reduce public costs for special education, public assistance prisons and health care High quality pre-kindergarten can decrease special education rates by 50% and grade repetition by 33% Source: Pew Center on the States

  3. Facilitate job growth Every dollar Pennsylvania invests in early childhood programs generates $1.06 in the local economy through local hiring and purchasing local goods & services. Source: America’s Edge

  4. Effectively prepare students for new workforce demands There is a mismatch between projected future jobs requiring STEM skills and the projected supply of qualified workers to fill them.

  5. How do we get children from here…

  6. …to here?

  7. Research confirms… • The brain is particularly receptive to learning math and logic between the ages of 1 and 4 • Early math concepts are the most powerful predictors of later learning • “There are no better natural scientists and engineers than young children”

  8. STEM concepts are innate in young children…

  9. OCDEL’s mission The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) provides families access to high quality services to prepare children for school and life success. The office is a joint initiative between the Departments of Education and Public Welfare.

  10. OCDEL programs • Child Care Certification • Child Care Works • Children’s Trust Fund • Early Head Start • Early Intervention • Head Start • Healthy Families America • Keystone STARS/ PA Early Learning Keys to Quality • Parents as Teachers • Parent-Child Home Program • Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts • Nurse-Family Partnership • Public-private partnerships

  11. Effective teachers and leaders

  12. Quality early learning environments

  13. Embracing accountability for results

  14. Supporting public-private partnerships WQED/ AIU SuperTeachers

  15. Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge

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