We are always adding new classes for early childhood care providers. From live virtual classes to on-demand trainings to online courses and more. We have classes to fit every schedule! Take a look and get certified now. #education #childcare #onlinetraining
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Our Business Development Team hosted a very successful Child Care Business Accelerator Summit in the Dallas area this month. Thank you so much to our keynote speakers Meshell Baker Enterprises, LLC and Beth Cannon Speaks, our trainers Nannette Ray, Militza Mezquita, Tym the Trainer and Crystal Lindsay. We hope to see you at our October summit in San Antonio!
We launched our B.U.I.L.D website! Are you a teacher, director or child care center owner? We’d like to introduce you to the all-new B.U.I.L.D website! This is an amazing “go to” place for documents and education that will bolster strong business practices. Go now!
This month we celebrated National Nonprofit Day! Too many of Houston’s kids are not prepared to start school leading to achievement gaps and lost potential. Our programs, services, and resources are designed to shrink that gap and maximize that potential. We want to make sure children have the infrastructure that provides them the school-readiness skills they’ll need to thrive and achieve in the 21st century.
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO IT. YOUR DONATION WON’T JUST HELP MAKE SURE CHILDREN ARE PREPARED TO LEARN. YOU’LL ALSO BE SETTING THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH TO A BETTER, BRIGHTER TOMORROW.
You can donate now at the link below or on our Facebook DONATE button. Thank you!
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Enterprise Holdings presented President and CEO Dr. Melanie Johnson with this very generous donation! ROAD Forward donations are gifted to organizations that advance social and racial equity in communities. Thank you for helping us to continue making wonder happen for kids in the Greater Houston area!
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Our take-home activity cards are back!
Let’s create music! Here is an engaging take-home activity to increase your child’s cognitive and language skills while they have fun looking for different object at home to create music.
Our August Town Hall Meeting was a huge success! It was great to learn more about each other and to collectively work on the goals of our organization. #Oneness
Our senior mentors presented for providers and gave support to directors who were interested in becoming TRS programs at the Alief Center for Talent Development. TRS powered by Workforce Solutions.
Houston, TX (8/31/2022) – Collaborative for Children is a non-profit organization that for more than 35 years has been making wonder happen for kids in the Greater Houston area. As the leading resource for early childhood education in the region, Collaborative for Children is committed to shaping bold, innovative approaches that improve the learning opportunities for all Houston’s children in the first five years of life, and to providing a strong foundation that prepares their rapidly developing brains for kindergarten and 21st century success.
Collaborative for Children was selected by the United Nations’ Non-Government Office (NGO) to be granted consultative status for its Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This achievement allows the Houston nonprofit organization the opportunity to share promising practices for improving early education equity around the globe. The application was submitted in 2019 and underwent several United Nations Committee reviews over the past few years.
Collaborative for Children is focused on providing active young minds with a combination of “social emotional learning” and “next-generation skills” programming in 25 Centers of Excellence located in child care deserts in the 13-county region. The 115-employee organization also uses science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) on board the Collab-Lab, a mobile classroom that brings critical, future-focused early childhood education directly to the community at no cost to participating families.
This achievement coincides with Mayor Sylvester Turner’s announcement that the City of Houston has embarked upon a two-year process towards recognition as a UNICEF Child Friendly City. “Houston will be the first U.S. City to become designated as the United Nations Child Friendly City.” said Mayor Sylvester Turner. “Collaborative for Children is leading the way, providing next-generation skills and resources that help ensure all kids have a future bright with hope, possibility, success and fulfillment.”
Dr. Melanie Johnson, Collaborative for Children President and CEO, adds, “this milestone positions the important work that Collaborative for Children, the leader in early education quality and equity, to inform the global society of its methodology in seeking to improve school readiness outcomes for Houston’s children ages birth to 5 years”.
