We have a new partnership in Tulsa. Here's how it came to be
Back in 2022, Cortni McGilbra and Jordan Sheffield-Mix were brainstorming ways to improve their family engagement efforts with the pre-K...
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In partnership with pre-K programs, we work to build a more impactful education experience — one that centers race and culture, engages parents as partners, and supports children's social-emotional well-being to help unlock the full promise of early childhood education.
Professional Development
Professional Development is designed to support school staff to form strong, culturally responsive relationships with families and promote children’s social-emotional well-being.
Parenting Program
Parenting Program supports families to promote children’s early learning and development. In a culturally affirming environment, parents connect, share experiences, and explore evidence-based parenting practices they may choose to incorporate at home, in alignment with their values.
Friends School
Friends School is a classroom-based program designed to support children in developing foundational social-emotional learning skills. Children learn to navigate strong feelings, develop a positive sense of self (including emerging cultural identity), build healthy relationships, and have fun together!
Commitment to Racial Equity
At all levels of our work, racial equity is our North Star.
In working with families, we aim to interrupt harmful patterns of outsiders telling people of color how to parent, and to honor families' culture, lived racial experience, and expertise.
In working with educators, we aim to bring race and racism into the conversation, and support authentic relationships with families.
In working with system leaders, we aim to partner on efforts to build a new early education experience that addresses entrenched inequities for Black and brown children.
Lastly, our work is internal. We are committed to ongoing learning and deepening our commitment to racial equity — in our work and ourselves.
“The relationships between schools and families, between teachers and parents, matter. They must be strengthened. We have been so focused on getting kids ready for school, that we’ve missed that schools are often not ready for kids.”
Kai-ama Hamer, Director, ParentCorps
“My favorite experience is witnessing how the parents bonded and supported each other during and after the sessions. They provided encouraging words, resources and ideas that worked for them in difficult situations. To me, this meant that they felt safe to be vulnerable and they seemed to find comfort in the fact that they were not parenting alone and had someone to listen to and share their experiences with.”
Mary Woods-Miles, Family Engagement Specialist, Starfish Family Services, Detroit
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