Region IX is working in partnership with the OHS National Centers and the Children’s Equity Project to provide an opportunity to engage Grantees in a Community of Practice (CoP): Start with Equity. The purpose of the CoP is to strengthen the capacity of Grantees to embed equity into program policies and practices in order to create more equitable, inclusive, and culturally and linguistically responsive environments for the children and families they serve. Embedding equity into program policies and practices requires planning at the Grantee level, systematic implementation, and ongoing self-evaluation. STGi Region IX Early Childhood Specialists (ECS) and Grantee Specialist will participate in the CoP to provide additional support to assist Grantees in aligning equity to program policies and practice. You will also be assigned a mentor grantee who completed the inaugural COP -Equity Ambassador- to support your learning.

Pyramid Model Program Wide Implementation Cohort: 2021-2022

    
Region IX TTA in collaboration with the Pyramid Model Consortium and the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety have partnered to provide Program-wide adoption of the Pyramid Model as it refers to use of a system change model within a program with the goal of implementing evidence-based practices with fidelity.                 Program wide implementation is linked with the best social and emotional outcomes for children and families in your program. A program leadership team guides the implementation process to develop the supports and infrastructure needed for Pyramid Model adoption within the classrooms and services provided to children and their families. Program-wide adoption ensures that programs focus on both the adoption of evidence-based practices and the development of the infrastructure to support the sustainable implementation of those practices. This level of implementation takes a great deal of commitment, time, effort and resources. Programs should consider implementation as a multi-year ongoing improvement process.We have 2 Cohorts running - EHS and HS.

Coaching  Networks 

Grantees coaching staff will participate in a Region IX Mentor-Coaching Network. The network will
offer an opportunity to grow their community of Coaches and Education Coordinators by providing
them the tools, resources and supports needed to implement high quality and individualized coaching
approach which supports all educational staff in gaining effective practices to achieve better
outcomes for children and families.
Key ideas:  We use the OHS Coaching Competencies to help Coaches reflect on their practices.  Further we use 3 books: The Art of Coaching, Authentic Strengths, and Authentic Resilience.  Focus on Coaching agreements, reflection, reflective prompts, coaching conversations, equity and culture,  coaching lenses, core values, coaching stems, role play hard conversations.

We are continuing our work on Supporting the School Readiness and Success of Young African American Boys (SSRS/YAAB) through a Community of Practice (CoP) that began in 2014. The current CoP will conclude on June 30, 2022. We worked with DTL on long-range planning and developed an Impact Statement, anticipated Program Outcomes and a framework for large group training using the updated SSRS/YAAB) materials in 2022-23 and a new CoP for 2022 - 2025.

We are working with an external consultant on a 4-part Equity training series for programs, TTA and federal staff.

 We are Providing a DLL training/PD series to the ECS Team.

We provide Individual TTA and peer coaching/joint TTA as needed.