Children’s Institute shapes early childhood policy, secures public investments for early childhood programs and services, and works with school communities to strengthen early learning for children and teaching practices for educators.
Our Work
We work to improve the lives of children from prenatal to grade 5 who experience institutional or systemic barriers to opportunity in Oregon: children from low-income families, children of color, disabled children, dual language learners, and children in rural areas.
Our research, policy and advocacy, learning initiatives, and community partnerships all aim to keep kids healthy and safe and prepare them to be active, engaged learners.
Registration is open for the 2024-2025 Early School Success Academy!
Our Early School Success Academy is team-based learning experience for educators working to strengthen early learning in their communities, preschool to third grade. District or school teams participate in four virtual sessions between October and March and five coaching sessions scheduled at their convenience.
Why participate? You’ll join a network of educators across Oregon working to strengthen early learning in their school communities. You’ll also get access to rich content, expert thought partnership, coaching, resources, and a membership to our exclusive change library.
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Talking with Kids About Becoming
This co-production, in partnership with The Detour at Oregon Humanities, is part of an ongoing series to elevate youth voice. What do kids think about identity and becoming? Tune in to find out!
New metric in OR will make social emotional health care more accessible
Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric. Originally published by Public News Service on 8/23/24.
Events
Early School Success Academy: Session 2
Early School Success Academy: Session 2
This is the second session in the 2024-2025 Early School Success Academy. School district teams will meet virtually via ...
Early School Success Academy: Session 3
Early School Success Academy: Session 3
This is the third session in the 2024-2025 Early School Success Academy. School district teams will meet virtually via Z...
Learning Lab at Beaverton School District
Learning Lab at Beaverton School District
The learning lab at Beaverton School District will showcase the work of Children's Institute's Early School Success init...
See what’s happening at Children’s Institute
We’re off to an incredible start! 🎉 The 2024-2025 Early School Success Academy is here, and we’re thrilled for a year of growth and collaboration with our amazing partners. 🙌
Watch this reel for highlights from Day 1 and stay tuned for more on December 12!
In a new episode of The Early Link Podcast, we talk with Paula Hyatt, a city councilor in Ashland, Oregon.
Paula shares about the work happening in Ashland to improve access to child care and early learning in the city and region. She also discusses how investments in children and children lifts up whole communities.
"You`re investing in families, but you`re also investing in your local economy. It tends to be symbiotic in that it helps families, but it also helps our local business."
Listen to the Early Link Podcast wherever you stream your podcasts!
#EarlyLink #Podcast #Oregon #Ashland #SouthernOregon #Children #ChildCare #EarlyLearning
🎧 Now streaming: New episodes of The
Early Link Podcast!
In this all-new episode, we explore Multnomah County’s Preschool for All (@multcopreschoolforall) with Dr. Stephanie Curenton, a professor at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, and the lead evaluator for the Preschool for All program. Dr. Curenton highlights the intentional efforts to reach children from diverse racial, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, emphasizing that equity must extend beyond race to include ability, gender identity, and financial considerations.
Listen to the Early Link Podcast at the link in bio, or stream wherever you get your podcasts.
#EarlyLink #Podcast #Oregon #Portland #Children #Preschool #MultnomahCounty
This is a revision from a post we shared yesterday, of an image and caption that identified Indigenous tribes of the Portland Metro region. The former post named only a fraction of the ancestral lands occupied by Indigenous communities across Oregon.
As a statewide organization, Children`s Institute`s work takes place on the ancestral lands of numerous Indigenous communities, who continue to be stewards of the land across all regions of our state.
We are on Indigenous land.
You are on Indigenous land.
We invite you to learn more about the land that you occupy. Learn more at Native-Land.ca (link is also in our bio).
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #IndigenousSovereignty #Oregon #Children #community
In an opinion piece for @theoregonian, Children’s Institute CEO Kali Thorne Ladd (@kaliforchildren) and @standoregon`s Sarah Pope call on Oregon lawmakers to prioritize young learners by investing more resources to bolster existing early literacy initiatives.
They emphasize that strategic investment in these programs is essential for advancing educational equity and setting all children on a path to success.
This is a must-read!
Link in our bio and at bit.ly/LiteracySupportOR
#EarlyLiteracy #Oregon #orpol #orleg #Portland #literacy #childcare #preschool #kindergarten #thirdgrade #reading #homevisiting #sped
Today, ECC partners gathered to plan for the 2025 legislative session, starting at the end of January. Partners reflected on core values and discussed priorities that center young children and families in Oregon.
As partners, the ECC anchors their shared values to shape policies aligned with their vision: an Oregon where all children experience quality early learning and care that is culturally responsive, welcoming, and accessible. Guided by the experiences of children and families, ECC partners are building a culture rooted in abundance, care, and play.
What does a future rooted in abundance, care, and play look like to you?
Learn more about the ECC`s vision at childinst.org/ecc
#OregonECC #coalition #partners #orpol #orleg #oregon #children #community #earlychildhood #OregonFamilies
Tune in to The Early Link Podcast
The Early Link Podcast highlights national, regional, and local voices working in early childhood education and the nonprofit sector. The podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Rafael Otto, Children’s Institute’s director of communications.Subscribe
