CCSA
CCSA Communicates: Autumn 2021 Edition
Read the latest edition of CCSA Communicates, where you can see all of our activity, successes and plans.
CCSA Staff
September 22, 2021
News
CCR&R
Save the Date! ASK 2022 Conference
Save the date for the 2022 ASK Conference, three days of virtual professional development for early educators! Saturday, February 19, Monday, February 21 and Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Registration opens in October. Mark your calendars now!
Jennifer Gioia, CCSA Communications Manager
September 1, 2021
CCSA
An Invisible Crisis: Early Childhood Homelessness – A Primer
Approximately one in 18 (1.3 million) infants, toddlers and preschoolers experiences homelessness each year, impacting their health, well-being, and development. This primer explores the impact of early childhood homelessness across the United States on our young children…
Marsha Basloe, President
August 30, 2021
CCSA
NEW: Register for Pre-K CLASS® Assessments
The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS®) is an observation instrument developed to assess classroom quality in infant through third-grade classrooms. Register for pre-K CLASS® assessments now!
CCSA Staff
August 16, 2021
CCSA
Thriving in Challenging Times: CCSA’s 2020 Annual Report
In this report, you will see the remarkable work that child care providers have done to give children the stability and certainty they need during a time when instability controlled every aspect of our lives. You will also see the efforts of our great CCSA staff to continue their work with children, families and child care programs through this unprecedented time.
CCSA Staff
November 24, 2020
CCSA
Equitable Pay Starts with Us
$15/hour for all CCSA employees is a move to inspire better wages for all early childhood professionals.
Shoshanna Carroll, CCSA Development Communications Associate
October 19, 2021
From the President
Families with Young Children Experiencing Homelessness: It’s Time for Community Solutions
Families with young children experiencing homelessness are nearly invisible. It’s time for communities to come together to collaborate on affordable housing initiatives for families with young children, and to look for every opportunity possible to provide supportive services, including early intervention services, for families with children under age 6 experiencing homelessness.
Marsha Basloe, President
October 14, 2021
CCSA
It’s Not Just for States – The Children’s Trust
If your state does not have a state-wide program, local funders still have the opportunity to establish a locally or regionally based administrative home to manage the investment being made in their local early education workforce community(ies).
CCSA Staff
October 11, 2021
From the President
Strengthening the Early Learning Workforce: Exciting Opportunities are Within Reach
It’s an interesting and exciting time to be working in the early childhood workforce area and with our early childhood programs. Decades of research related to the importance of a child’s earliest years and the brain development that occurs laying a foundation for a lifetime of learning are now intersecting
Marsha Basloe, President
October 7, 2021
CCSA
Thank Our Teachers this World Teachers’ Day with the Compensation They Deserve
Today is World Teachers’ Day, a time to acknowledge and thank the teachers in our classrooms for all they do to support, nurture and educate our children. What they could really use this World Teachers’ Day is better pay and benefits.
Jennifer Gioia, CCSA Communications Manager
October 5, 2021
T.E.A.C.H. National
Life Beyond Graduation: Three-Year Follow-Up Study of T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Recipients – Year Three
This third report describes the results of a comprehensive, three-year longitudinal study of recent college graduates supported by the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Initiative. This report is the third and final report in the series of reports.
Marsha Basloe, President and CCSA Staff
October 4, 2021