The north carolina early education coalition is launching a new initiative to support babies and their families...and equipd, along with other organizations in guilford county, is happy to announce we are working in partnership with this effort to provide opportunities for your voice to be heard. 

Sponsoring agencies include: EQuIPD, bringing out the best, greensboro college, and the partnership for children of guilford county.

To go to the NC Early Education Coalition's website for more information, click the button to the right. 
To see a full list of all counties in North Carolina participating in this work, click the button to the right. 
In Guilford County, we are planning a series of advocacy focused sessions that will provide opportunities to: 

• Build relationships with other early childhood professionals who hope to create shared
goals in Guilford County, not only for young children, but for the early childhood
workforce, too

• Learn about who makes decisions related to funding and resources for early childhood
programs

• Identify areas that policy makers and the general public should understand to place more
value in your work

• Individually and collectively craft messages for the public and decisions makers

Upcoming events are open to all early childhood professionals, teachers, administrators, family child care home providers, and community members, who want to create shared goals in our county. These events are free of charge and will provide DCDEE clock hour credit, as well. 

november 13, or december 6: 
Advocacy, Impact, & Opportunities (see flyer below for registration) 
*This session will introduce topics around advocacy, the early childhood landscape in guilford county, and how our voices and stories matter 

SAVE THE DATES: 
January 17, 2019:
Beliefs, skills, and capacity (PART I) 
*This session will build from the introductory topics of advocacy, current contexts, and using our voice and stories. teachers will identify the data that matters the most and how to pair information with their personal experiences. 


February 28, 2019:
Beliefs, skills, and capacity (part II) 
*This session will provide the resources and support teachers need to share their messages, and work towards preparing for our job shadowing event in March, 2019.

MARCH, 2019 (Date tbd) 
Job Shadowing 
*Join us as we invite local leaders and decision makers to follow you - and work with you - for a morning and experience first hand what it means to build brains and develop the future of guilford county!