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Guest Speaker: Genevieve Stokes, Child Care Aware of WA

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Guest Speaker: Genevieve Stokes, Child Care Aware of WA

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Genevieve Stokes - Director of Government Relations - Child Care Aware of Washington | LinkedIn

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Government Affairs and Community Relations · Legislative coordination, social justice, group and community facilitation, strategic planning, public speaking, social networking, project management, research and analysis · Experience: Child Care Aware of Washington · Education: University of Washington · Location: Seattle · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Genevieve Stokes’ profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

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Equity & Professional Development Workshop Registration Form

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Workshop Details:
Date: October 3rd
Time: 3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. PST
Topic: Equity in Early Learning
Speaker: Maria Carriedo, Owner and Director of Busy Bee’s Child Development Center
Location: Virtual (Zoom link will be sent to you closer to the date of the workshop)
Professional Development Hours: WORK and STAR Hours Available
Join us for an engaging and dynamic workshop where we’ll learn and dive into critical discussions about equity in early learning. Gain valuable insights from our guest speaker, Maria Carriedo, who will share her inspiring work in providing equitable education. Connect with like-minded professionals, learn, collaborate, and become part of a supportive community.

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The Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) was created by the Legislature in 2007.

ELAC representatives from around the state meet regularly to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) so our strategies and actions are well informed and broadly supported by parents, child care providers, health and safety experts and interested members of the public.

Governor Jay Inslee holds final authority for policy decisions.

The council has adopted a Racial Equity Framework through which it conducts its business as an advisory board to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

Members

The Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) members are a diverse group of people whose role is to provide DCYF with input and recommendations to inform DCYF's work.

ELAC includes parents, child care providers, health and safety experts, legislators, representatives of Tribal Nations, independent schools, K-12 and higher education, and others who are interested in creating a statewide early learning system that helps all children realize their full potential.

Some ELAC members are appointed by the Governor. Others are appointed by various entities as required in the legislation that created ELAC.

Meetings

The Early Learning Advisory Council has six regular meetings each year, held on the first Tuesday of odd months. At each meeting, ELAC members get updates on DCYF's work and provide input and recommendations to DCYF.

Members of the public are welcome to attend ELAC meetings. Public comment periods are offered throughout each meeting. The locations and times vary for each meeting.

2022
December 6, 2022 August 2, 2022 October 4, 2022 June 7, 2022 April 12, 2022 February 1, 2022
At the time of the meeting, please join the Zoom meeting via the link below.

9:00am-3:00pm

Meeting number (access code): 824 9183 1069
Meeting password: 904723

Join by phone: 1 253 215 8782 US Toll
Passcode: 904723

2021
December 7, 2021 October 5, 2021 - Joint Early Learning Advisory Council, Provider Supports Subcommittee, and Parent Advisory Group Meeting August 3, 2021 June 1, 2021 - Joint Provider Supports Subcommittee Meeting March 30, 2021 - Joint PAG Meeting February 2, 2021

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Department of Children, Youth & Families

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The Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) was created by the Legislature in 2007. Read the statutory language ELAC representatives from around the state meet regularly to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) so our strategies and actions are well informed and broadly supported by parents, child care providers, health and safety experts and interested members of the public.

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Community Reinvestment Project (CRP) - Washington State Department of Commerce

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The home page for WA Department of Commerce’s Community Reinvestment Project (CRP)

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Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

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ELAC rep needed for Investing in Children Coalition

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ELAC rep needed for Investing in Children Coalition

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$1,250 available to support participation

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Please follow this link to sign in for today's meeting!

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Please follow this link to sign in for today's meeting!

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@forthekidswa

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Unicorn Mindfulness | Unicorn Meditation Music | Mindful Rainbow Breathing Exercises for Kids | Kind

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Economic Security for All (CRP funds for Individuals and Small Businesses)

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Economic Security for All (CRP funds for Individuals and Small Businesses)

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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Zoom is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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Community Reinvestment Plan - Washington Workforce Association

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In 2022, the Washington State Legislature set aside $200 million in the Community Reinvestment Account for the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to invest in communities disproportionately harmed by the historical design and enforcement of state and federal criminal laws and penalties for drug possession. Investments are guided by the community driven Community Reinvestment Plan (CRP) …

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borrowed from ESD 105

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What's the most unexpected or surprising lesson you've learned in the past year?

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What's the most unexpected or surprising lesson you've learned in the past year?

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Presenter: Cecilia Gonzalez, La Casa Hogar

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Presenter: Cecilia Gonzalez, La Casa Hogar

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If you had to teach a class on any subject (work-related or not), what would it be?

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If you had to teach a class on any subject (work-related or not), what would it be?

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Early Educator Design Team - Child Care for Washington

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The Early Educator Design Team formed in 2022, with ~30 child care providers coming together to agree on solutions to the workforce crisis. The team comes from all corners of the state, and represents all types of child care in Washington.

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Early Care and Education Access and Living Wage Proviso

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Early Care and Education Access and Living Wage Proviso

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Early Educator Design Team Platform- English

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Early Educator Design Team Platform- English

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Early Educator Design Team Platform-Spanish

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Early Educator Design Team Platform-Spanish

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Why Liberatory Design?
We are all living in challenging times that our past experience and training has not sufficiently prepared us for. Too often, well intentioned equity efforts do not succeed-and even produce unintended consequences. This can lead to frustration, hopelessness and cynicism.
It's important to consider why so many equity efforts stall or fail to achieve intended outcomes:

They do not employ a deep enough equity lens-for example, a diversity and inclusion focus as opposed to interrogating deeper causes produced by systemic oppression.

They take the form of traditional linear, hierarchical plans that focus on strategies, goals, timelines, metrics and accountability. These efforts don't recognize the messiness and complexity of the challenge, so they often are ineffective and, sometimes, even backfire.

They are created in the context of dominant white culture, in traditional structures (e.g. committees, task forces), or in teams that don't have an effective approach to the work. Common problems include:

group members unable to engage in authentic critical dialogue;

lack of trust, especially across role/power and identity difference, that undermines team efficacy;

the process doesn't bring forward sufficiently creative thinking;

urgency leads to hasty, misguided decisions;

creative and potentially powerful solutions are not accepted by leadership.

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Liberatory Design - National Equity Project

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Addressing equity challenges and change efforts in complex systems with liberatory design. Learn more about this process or register for an upcoming course.

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Quality Care Rate Model Recommendations-English

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Quality Care Rate Model Recommendations-English

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Quality Care Rate Model Recommendations-Spanish

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Quality Care Rate Model Recommendations-Spanish