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Workshop Agenda
Early Childhood Care and Education Levers to
Improve Population Health
September 14, 2017
Location: Farkas Auditorium,
New York University Langone Medical Center,
550 First Avenue, New York City
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
The workshop is intended to explore in as much depth as possible the intersection of health and early care and education—with attention to equity, birth through age 5, and across all early care and education settings—in order to surface and understand potential effects on population health. Presentations and discussion are intended to
- highlight what is working at the intersection of health and early care and education, discuss the importance of early care and education in achieving overall goals for early childhood development, and consider current priorities;
- provide examples of successful initiatives focused on early care and education and health; and
- create space for conversations around the examples provided, including spread and scale for greater impact, sustainability
(including funding models), the collection of relevant data, and the identification of additional gaps that need to be addressed.
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and opening remarks
George Isham, senior advisor, HealthPartners, senior fellow, HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research; co-chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
8:45 a.m. |
Workshop purpose and overview
Debbie Chang, senior vice president, Policy and Prevention, Nemours; member, planning committee; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement; and Phyllis Meadows, senior fellow, Health Program, The Kresge Foundation; member, planning committee; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
9:00 a.m. |
TOPIC 1: THE EVIDENCE—exploring what works in early childhood care in areas (evidence for policy along with evidence for programs, practices, and implementation) that health sector partners can support, including advocating for evidence-based policies and programs
Moderator: Danielle Ewen, senior policy advisor, EducationCounsel, LLC Speaker: Judith Carta, interim director, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project; senior scientist, Institute for Life Span Studies; professor, Special Education, University of Kansas Discussants: Laurie Brotman, Bezos Family Foundation Professor of Early Childhood Development, Department of Population Health, New York University Alison Gertel-Rosenberg, director, National Prevention and Practice, Nemours Jodi Whiteman, director of professional development, Zero to Three Sarah LeMoine, director, Early Childhood Workforce Innovations, Zero to Three |
9:45 a.m. |
Q&A
Moderator: Danielle Ewen |
10:00 a.m. | Break |
10:15 a.m. |
Topic 1 Gallery Walk
Moderator: Valora Washington, chief executive officer, Council for Professional Recognition Questions
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10:50 a.m. |
Reporting back from Topic 1 gallery walk
Moderator: Valora Washington |
11:10 a.m. |
TOPIC 2: CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION (examples and lessons)
Moderator: Debbie Chang Speaker: George Askew, deputy commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Division of Family and Child Health Discussants: Kimberly Shinn-Brown, program director, Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation Head Start/Early Head Start, Springfield, Missouri Krista Scott, senior director of health policy, Child Care Aware Michelle Suarez, early childhood developer, Prosper Lincoln, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation |
12:05 p.m. |
Q&A
Moderator: Debbie Chang |
12:20 p.m. | LUNCH (provided for members and speakers; neighborhood options available to attendees at registration desk) |
1:20 p.m. |
Topic 2 Gallery Walk
Moderator: Larry Pasti, senior director, Big Picture Approach Consulting, Forum for Youth Investing Questions
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2:00 p.m. |
Reporting back from Topic 2 gallery walk
Moderator: Larry Pasti |
2:20 p.m. | Break |
2:30 p.m. |
TOPIC 3: Policy challenges and opportunities at the intersection of early care and education and health (i.e., questions of finance, workforce, equity
Moderator: Jacqueline Jones, president and chief executive officer, Foundation for Child Development Speaker: Marcy Whitebook, director, Center for Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley Discussants: Rolf Grafwallner, program director for early childhood initiatives, Council of Chief State School Officers Gloria Higgins, executive director, Executives Partnering to Invest in Children Aly Richards, chief executive officer, The Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children Danielle Ewen |
3:35 p.m. |
Q&A
Moderator: Jacqueline Jones |
3:50 p.m. |
Topic 3 Gallery Walk
Moderator: Paula Lantz, associate dean for Academic Affairs, professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Questions
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4:20 p.m. |
Reporting back from Topic 3 gallery walk
Moderator: Paula Lantz |
4:35 p.m. |
Closing remarks and reflections on the day
Phyllis Meadows George Isham |
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Thank you to the planning committee and to all invited guests, both presenters and those in the audience, including Elizabeth Groginsky (DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education), Cody Kornack (National Head Start Association), Nancy Lim (National League of Cities), and Bridget Walsh (Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy).
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