Helping communities reach their promise
 Quality early learning for our children today prepares them for high
quality jobs tomorrow. A high quality workforce empowers Pennsylvania to
compete nationally and globally, improving the quality of life for all.
Communities need to join the efforts of the families, teachers, and
organizations in their communities to make quality early learning a
reality for every child.
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Early Childhood Community Engagement
Groups are established in each county to convene everyone
interested in quality early learning to assess what quality early
learning is currently available in your community and develop ways
to encourage quality early learning. For example, community
engagement groups work with child care programs to help them
participate in Keystone STARS and move up the quality ladder. They
also work with school districts and community-based early learning
programs (child care, Head Start, nursery school, Early
Intervention) to develop ways to make a child’s transition from
preschool to kindergarten a smooth one for child, parents and
teachers. Many community engagement groups sponsor parent fairs and
parent events to talk about quality early learning in your
community.
- Each partnership site for the
Pre K Counts
Public Private Partnership for Educational Success
facilitates local pre-kindergarten partnerships among school
district, Head Start, child care and early intervention programs and
engages community, education and business leaders to support quality
pre-kindergarten in their communities.
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