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The Early Childhood Education Coalition of the Success Partnership will host a conference for early childhood professionals 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, in the ballroom at Corbett Center Student Union on the International Mall at New Mexico State University.
The Foundations For Success Conference (F4S) will include educators, aspiring educators, parents/guardians and interested parties from Doña Ana County and surrounding areas “to dive deeply into educator wellness, trauma-informed care, fostering healthy classroom environments, family empowerment, social-emotional learning, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) in the classroom and more, the partnership said in a news release.
Tickets are $10 and include breakfast and lunch. Admission is free for students, the news release said.
“The need for community-based, culturally, and linguistically responsive professional development for the professionals who care for our children is dire, especially in a language other than English,” the news release said, adding that 69 percent of the county’s population is Hispanic and 49.4 percent speaks a language other than English, and about 14,000 children in the county are under 5 years of age.
“The people we trust to keep our children safe and provide them with loving care and early education are among the lowest-paid professionals in our community,” the partnership said. “High-quality professional development opportunities are scarce in southern New Mexico. Typically, ECE professionals have to travel to the northern part of the state or out of state for high-quality training, often with a high price tag beyond the cost of the conference ticket.”
The Success Partnership is a collaborative prenatal-to-career community education initiative that includes individuals, businesses and nonprofits “committed to transforming education outcomes for Doña Ana County. The partnership is supported by Ngage NM and partners Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico, the NMSU Center for Community Analysis and La Clinica de Familia.
For more information, visit www.ngagenm.org, and follow the partnership on social media: Instagram@ngage_nm and Facebook@NgageNewMexico.
