2. Early Learning Coalition of Miami-
Dade/Monroe
Early Learning Coalition Miami-
Dade/Monroe
www.elcmdm.org
3. Early Learning Coalition Program
In this presentation, I will explain the
services that each county provided and
how they assist students’ learning through
creativity, 21st
century skills and culturally
relevant practices that promotes maternal,
infant, safety, and development, as well as
strong parent-child relationships.
4. General Demographic Information
They are located in the southwest of Miami
Total numbers of programs participating:
395
Number of participating child care centers:
233
Number of participating family child care programs:
70
Number of other programs participating:
Head Start: 72, Public school voluntary pre-K: 20
Percent of total programs enrolled in QRS:
33.3% centers, 20% family child care, 100% Head Start, 10% schools
5. Summary
The Early Learning Coalition provides
comprehensive services that include preschool
education and efforts to help parents foster their
child’s development. Their services are designed
to be responsive to each child’s and family’s
ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage. A few
years ago, I used to work for them and they are
really supportive of the children and families and
they also have a huge impact on each family
they have encountered with.
6. Creativity
In the Early Learning Coalition, teachers
promote learning by using the setting in which
children spend most of their time. The children
have interacting with each other, their little minds
are exploring the settings and the teachers also
promote learning within the daily routine of care
and by changing the environment as children
learn new skills.
7. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
The Early Learning Coalition helps
children see that their language is
important in the classroom and they
provide the students with resources that
are needed.
8. 21St
Century Skills
Kids nowadays are born in the age of the
internet and Early Learning Coalition instill
students the flexibility to adapt with
technology by integrating it into the
classroom.
9. Lee County Early Head Start
Early Head Start
http://www.leeschools.net/early-head-start
10. General Demographic Information
They are located in Lee County, Florida
Early Childhood Learning Services serves
295 students in grades PK.
Minority enrollment is 95% of the student
body majority Hispanic, which is more
than the state average of 58%.
11. Summary
The Lee County Early Head Start program
is to enhance children’s development and
health, strengthen family and community
partnerships, also delivering those
services to children with disabilities.
12. Creativity
They integrate creative curriculum for
infants and toddlers.
They are based on sound child
development theories about how children
develop and learn.
13. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
They know that every children and family
is rooted in culture and they have the right
to maintain their own identity and that
culture and family are at the core of
children’s social and emotional
development.
14. 21st
Century Skills
They integrating each classroom with 2
computers and each children two times a
week are learning sound proficiency
through the internet school based website.
15. Collier County Early Childhood
Education
Collier County School Head Start
http://www.collierschools.net/Domain/1261
http://www.collierschools.com/docs/earlyc
hildhood/97C156C3598326ED4DB59AFE
9401521F/Program.pdf
17. Summary
The CCECE program offers high quality
educational that promote success through
school readiness and family
strengthening. They are also offered
services for the special needs of children
with disabilities.
18. Creativity
Children are participate in a variety of
educational activities in accredited
classrooms located at many elementary
schools around the county.
20. 21st
Century Skills
Each Friday, all head start participate in a
field trip to their local library where
children learn about technology.
21. References:
Early Learning Coalition
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/mi
ami_dade.pdf
Lee County Early Head Start
http://www.k12rate.com/florida135/early-
childhood-learning-services(fort-myers).php
Collier County Early Childhood Education
http://www.collierschools.com/headstart/docs/An
nualReport.pdf
