Upcoming Coalition Events:
Virtual Job Fair
EarlyDay and the Brooklyn Coalition will be hosting a virtual job fair on Thursday, June 22nd from 5:30pm-8pm. Please visit the link below to RSVP!
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A Day Without Child Care
Join the “Stroller Brigade” as we make our way across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall to make our voices heard!
Tell your story of the harm and challenge you face as a childcare provider or parent in the current early child care climate — Your support is essential!
BCECP Listening Circle with Rebellious Root
“I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility.” –Nikki Giovanni
Join us for a special listening circle as we kick off the new school year! This space will be an opportunity to reflect and dialogue with each other on the vision of our work and how we orient toward actualizing equity. The session will be led by facilitators from Rebellious Root Collective.
With roots in indigenous cultures around the world, listening circles provide people an opportunity to speak and listen to each other in an atmosphere of safety, decorum and equality. Listening circles emphasize storytelling for cultivating empathy. To help people gain a shared sense of understanding and emotional connection, these circles can be used in communities, workplaces, schools, organizations, neighborhoods, universities and families.
Rebellious Root is a New York City based, worker-owned cooperative dedicated to equity, social justice and collective liberation. As multi-racial feminist facilitators and creatives, we work towards justice and social change through trainings, curriculum design and intentional conversations. With an emphasis on action, our work is grounded in:1. Experiential learning, Eclectic truths, Emergent strategy and innovation, Empathy. We believe that each conversation is a seed - and that the seeds we plant today have the ability to cultivate new, just and rebellious futures.
www.rebelliousroot.com
Wellness Day
As the school year begins, BCECP is excited to host Wellness Day in Fort Greene Park (Myrtle Ave. BBQ Area) to honor and support early childhood education practitioners. We invite all early childhood teachers and staff to join us as we celebrate and rejuvenate with a bounty of wellness workshops including yoga, nutrition, dance, breathwork, and massage. There will also be food!
Summer Picnic Potluck Party
Hooray We Made It! Coalition End of the School Year Picnic and No Talent Show-Talent Show Saturday June 25 11:00am-when we are done at the Prospect Park Picnic House. We Will Have So Much Fun. Please Invite Your Teachers and Staff! Plan to relax, have some ridiculousness, and have a joyful time. Bring a poem, something you like to play, or just your awesome person self we can delight in. Some friends are going to Pride afterwards so let's celebrate that too.
So excited to see you and your staff/teachers all inclusive and everyone is welcome and belongs.
Send thoughts or ideas our way.
The BCECP Board
Positive Discipline Workshop
Want to polish up your guidance skills as a teacher? Would a few extra tools help you navigate the challenges of helping children manage their emotions, and solve problems with their peers? Explore the Positive Discipline approach in a live, interactive workshop offered online just for schools in the Brooklyn Coalition of Early Childhood Programs. As well as empowering teachers, Positive Discipline tools support the healthy social-emotional development of young children. Positive Discipline Lead Trainer, Kelly Pfeiffer will host this educational event, which takes place over TWO SESSIONS on Thursday, June 2 and Thursday, June 9, 7:00 – 8:30pm via zoom. Space is limited, so register now by Friday, May 27th
Annual Job Fair
Join Brooklyn-based programs for a virtual job fair to meet Directors, Managers and leaders looking to fill roles in early education.
We are looking forward to hosting you along with a stellar group of Brooklyn-based early education and care programs for children 0-6 years old. Open job listings include:
Lead teachers
Assistant teachers
Site Managers
Education Directors
Substitute Teachers
Language Instructors
After School Lead Teachers
After School Camp Counselors
This online event will be presented virtually. Register on EventBrite to receive access to the online event on Remo.
"Doors" open@ 5:45PM ET
Event begins @ 6PM ET
Early Education & Care Virtual Job Fair
Join the following BCECP programs for a virtual job fair to meet Directors and Managers who are looking to fill early education and care related positions this fall and winter:
Backpacks & Binoculars The Katmint Learning Initiative
Brooklyn Doodles The Language & Laughter Studio
Brooklyn Sandbox Little Thinkers Montessori
Collective Kind Maple Street School
Discovery PitStop MiCasita
Juguemos a cantar Kane Street Kids
World Explorers: Brooklyn Explorers Academy
Sign Up Here.
Mental Health in Early Childhood
This session will look at what we need to know as teachers, parents, and administrators about creating places where children and adults can thrive. What can we learn from brain science, anti-racist teaching, and current research about what works and what doesn't work? How do we create programs that support children, families, and educators that are authentic and developmentally meaningful?
Bringing Brooklyn Back: 1st Annual Earth Day Park Clean-up
The Brooklyn Coalition of Early Childhood Education, an advocacy group of local pre-school leaders, will host a new community day of service, on April 24, 2021. The community event, Bringing Brooklyn Back: Earth Day Clean-up, will bring together families, neighbors, local businesses and other sponsors from our pre-school communities to clean up the Brooklyn neighborhoods our pre-schools serve. The event will give participants a deeper connection to and understanding of the areas and needs of the children and families who attend our pre-schools.
Location: Herbert Von King Park + our member school’s local parks
Mayoral Town Hall
Reimaging Early Childhood Education: Addressing Racial, Gender, and Economic Inequities Inside and Outside the Classroom
Join the Brooklyn Coalition of Early Childhood Programs (BCECP) as we present a mayoral candidate townhall - “Reimagining Early Childhood Education: Addressing Racial, Gender and Economic Inequities Inside and Outside the NYC Classroom.”
Participating candidates include Kathryn Garcia, Eric Adams, Maya Wiley, Dianne Morales, and Scott Stringer.
Register here for this free event.
Mixed Age Classrooms: Acknowledging Difference, Centering Care
An interactive workshop, participants will co-create an understanding of the benefits and challenges of a mixed age classroom.
About this Event
Who: Katrina Green - worked in mixed age classroom in MA and NYC for total of 10 years, dually certified in early childhood education and early childhood special education, Education Director/Lead Teacher of Chickpeas Cooperative Preschool, founding member of BCECP. Really, she is a queer weirdo that likes bikes, cheese, and dancing.
What: In this interactive workshop, participants will co-create an understanding of the benefits and challenges of a mixed age classroom. Participants will also walk away with tools and language for preparing and implementing successful mixed age classrooms.
Tickets available here.