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SUMMARY:Seizing the Moment: Closing the Digital Equity Gap
DESCRIPTION:In this May 3\, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays session\, Amina Fazlullah\, Senior Director of Equity Policy at Common Sense\, opened the conversation with a description of the historical inequities in internet connectivity and access to devices for students in the United States. She also shared Common Sense’s work to map the impact of emergency funding streams as the pandemic unfolded. \nJi Soo Song\, Broadband Advisor to the U.S. Department of Education\, explained how the department has been working to ensure that the voices of education leaders\, parents and nonprofits are included into the broadband development efforts that are expanding within states as a result of increased federal investments through various funding streams. Song shared information about the Digital Equity Education Roundtable (DEER) Initiative and issued a call to action for state and local education leaders to get involved in the development of broadband plans that are required in each state. \nFazlullah returned to introduce more resources that have been developed by Common Sense for communities to share with individuals and households about the American Connectivity Program\, which helps reduce internet costs for qualifying families and provides financial supports for devices. She also discussed the Emergency Connectivity Fund\, which allows schools and libraries to provide devices such as tablets\, computers and home internet services to students and families. \nShawn Gross\, Digital Equity Program Management Consultant at Baltimore City Schools\, brought a local perspective to the session. Gross shared Baltimore’s journey to meet the needs of students and families during the pandemic. Baltimore has taken a strategic approach to measuring and monitoring its success and has been working with local partners such as the city\, library and others to envision a municipal network where all families would have access to high-quality affordable or free internet acesss. \nSoon after this session\, President Biden and Vice President Harris announced changes to the Affordable Connectivity Program that will further reduce the cost and increase the speed of internet service to tens of millions of families. Information on eligibility and sign-up can be found at GetInternet.gov.
URL:https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/seizing-the-moment-closing-the-digital-equity-gap/
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SUMMARY:ParentChild+: Engaging Families in Early Math Through Home Visiting
DESCRIPTION:“Math is innately in us” \nWith the above quote\, Jermell Witherspoon of Zeno reminded participants of the math brilliance that lives within each and every child during the inaugural session of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Early Math + Early Literacy series hosted on May 5\, 2022. Zeno’s mission is to spark joy and inspire a love of math in young children and families through racial equity\, family engagement and play\, all centered in the experiences of communities of color. One of the ways they are spreading this “joy” is through their work in partnership with ParentChild+. \nWitherspoon was joined by Pamela Williams of ParentChild+ Start Early WA and Erin Kinsella of ParentChild+ Encompass. Each shared highlights of the partnership between ParentChild+ and Zeno. In a conversation moderated by Malkia Singleton Ofori-Agyekum of ParentChild+\, the presenters noted that Zeno’s work with ParentChild+ home visitors and families has had a significant impact on the work of lifting up early mathematics. \nAfter each presenter shared their experiences with Zeno and ParentChild+\, Singleton shared a  video depicting a family using Zeno math and bringing to life the work that Zeno and ParentChild+ are doing in the homes of the families they serve. The panelists also discussed how Zeno and ParentChild+ address barriers to this work and support the development of a positive math identity.
URL:https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/244462/
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SUMMARY:Showing Up Matters for R.E.A.L. (Routines\, Engagement\, Access to resources and Learning
DESCRIPTION:“This is not a time for blame\, this is a time for partnership and for collective action to rebuild the positive conditions for learning in our schools that we know help kids show up to school\, engage with teachers and friends\, and learn.” \n\nHedy Chang\, Executive Director of Attendance Works\, offered this call to action as she kicked off a panel of five educators from different regions of the country who shared their strategies for building Routines\, increasing Engagement\, ensuring Access to resources and supporting Learning. \nChang was joined by Patricia Chavez\, VP of External Relations at Parent Institute for Quality Education; Erin Simon\, Assistant Superintendent of School Support Services at Long Beach Unified School District; Maria Harris\, Principal\, Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach; Cherri Rowe\, Chief Program Officer of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas; and Pam Allyn\, author and CEO\, Dewey. In a discussion moderated by Chang\, the five innovative educators shared pandemic-related challenges families and students are still experiencing\, as well as strategies they created for engaging with students and families in ways that inspire them to show up for school and participate in learning.  \nChang started the session describing the more than doubling of chronic absence nationwide\, noting that it is especially high in the early grades. Chang called this level of absenteeism profound\, adding that it will have an adverse\, long-term impact unless everyone works together to address it now. Panelists outlined key challenges affecting student attendance\, engagement and learning. Families have been fearful about sending their children to school during a pandemic. Quarantines have disrupted family routines and many lack access to the technology so crucial to keeping kids learning and gaining access to resources. Many families living in low-income communities are still facing significant economic pressures and experiencing food and housing insecurity as well as a lack of health care access. The panel also recognized how feelings of shame\, related to a child or their parent not experiencing success in school\, can cause disengagement and poor attendance.  \nPanelists then shared strategies for addressing these challenges by taking a whole child\, whole family and whole community approach\, leveraging the power of technology for communication in multiple languages and expanding enriching learning opportunities through community partnerships. They noted that families are now focused on their family’s mental health and would like social and emotional support.  \nThe educators described how they worked with community partners and organizations that are able to provide families with many of their basic needs. They agreed that out-of-school-time offerings\, such as before- and after-school programs\, provide students with opportunities to connect with caring adults and to participate inacademic enrichment activities\, character and leadership development programs\, and initiatives that teach healthy lifestyles. Such programming can help bring back the joy in learning and draw upon the power of family storytelling. Community-based programs can be housed on school grounds\, which can facilitate school-program communication about students and make it easier for students and families to participate. Summer programs that focus on literacy can provide students with much needed routine as well as fun activities that benefit students and can prepare them to return to school in the fall. 
URL:https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/showing-up-matters-for-r-e-a-l-routines-engagement-access-to-resources-and-learning/
CATEGORIES:Past Event
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SUMMARY:Prioritizing Early Relational Health in Tutoring for Equitable Learning Recovery
DESCRIPTION:In this May 31\, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar\, attendees had the chance to learn from early childhood expert Junlei Li\, Ph.D.\, of the Harvard Graduate School of Education who shared the following wise words\, among many others: \n“Reading experts will talk about reading as a technical or mechanical process — the phonics\, the decoding of the letters and so on — but reading exists as a social\, cultural process that helps us understand who we are\, who our families are and who our communities are. So the technical\, relational and social processes work together to make learning and development happen\, and instrumental in that process are the human interactions that weave together the learning of the text\, the giving and receiving of ideas between the adult [i.e.\, tutor] and the child\, and then creating that sense of belonging\, affirmation and encouragement that children need to learn.” \nCGLR’s John Gomperts moderated an inspiring and informative conversation with Li\, exploring the key aspects of adult-child interactions that lead to positive youth development and increased focus on academic learning. This conversation was followed by a panel of leaders from national and local tutoring programs who discussed how tutors can be trained to focus as much on relationship building as on the important technical components of reading and academics that will lead to equitable learning recovery. From the tutoring experts\, we learned specifics of what this balance of relationships and academics looks like on a day-to-day basis for tutors working with early grade students who are most in need of focused support to get back on track. \n”That confidence comes from tutors sitting with students saying ‘Great job! Today was hard and you didn’t give up and you go back into class and you try that again.’” \n– Jennifer Joyce\, Reading Partners
URL:https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/event/prioritizing-early-relational-health-in-tutoring-for-equitable-learning-recovery/
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