Action Teams
The Every Child Shines (ECS) Action Teams goal: To engage the community in ensuring that families are supported across sectors so all children can enter kindergarten joyful, thriving, and ready to learn.
There are three Every Child Shines Action Teams:
Early Care & Education Action Team
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The Early Care & Education Action Team’s work focuses on identifying steps to promote better educational and socio-emotional outcomes for East Boston's children. The group members decided to start by strategizing ways in which to provide information to the community regarding the services available at each early care provider site. This led to the creation of an Early Education Provider Directory to share with providers and families.
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Identify action steps to promote better educational and socio-emotional outcomes for ALL of East Boston's children.
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Michele D’Ambrosio, EBSC
Gloria DeVine, EBFEN
Mary Dooley, Head Start
Jessica Gorham Cronin, Dante Alighieri Montessori School
Joseph Gaeta, East Boston YMCA
Desiree Patten, Harbor City School
Cata Sanchez, Little Steps Family Care
Paula Cerqueira-Goncalves, James Otis School
Family Support Action Team
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The Family Support Action Team focuses on supporting families and caregivers in East Boston through community engagement, resources, and building networks so more children can enter kindergarten joyful, thriving, and ready to learn when provided the support they need. This Action Team focuses on expanding outreach to parents to better connect more parents to knowledge and tangible supports in East Boston.
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Identify action steps to provide wraparound support for families in East Boston.
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Lilliana Arteaga, Umana Academy
Melanie Bethancourt, NeighborHealth
Gloria DeVine, EBFEN
Elsa Flores, Union Capital Boston
Andrea Orellana, NOAH
Arpan Barua, Families First
Paula Alejandra Lozano Roa, Friends of the Children
Kristina Peralta, Harbor Area Family Resource Centers
Home-Based Early Childhood Educators
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The Home-Based Early Childhood Educators Action Team's work focuses on bringing early childhood education and information to parents in a way that is engaging and memorable.
The Action Team conducts “parent university” workshops that utilize interactive activities and discussions that help educate parents on how to foster their child's growth. By providing parents knowledge and child development tools, the Action Team understands parents can learn valuable skills that will improve a child's readiness for kindergarten.
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Identify action steps to provide caregivers with parenting tools and child development.
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Hilsia Argueta, El Pequeño Jardín Daycare
Olga Echavarria, La Vaca Lola Family Child Care
Olga Estrada, Mis Pequeñas Estrellas
Maria Fernanda, Little Steps Daycare
Sylvia Hernandez, Little Bears
Solange Leite, Tia Sol Daycare
Monica Lopez, Los Pitufos Family Child Care
Gleicione Oliveira, Little Angel G Family Child Care
Juana Rosales, Little Eastie Daycare
Beatriz Zapata, Little Sun’s Family Child Care Center
All members of the Action Teams commit to participating in one 1-hour meeting every month and 1-2 hours of follow-up work every month. During those meetings, members share resources, brainstorm strategies, and turn those strategies into action.
If you would like to be a part of a team making positive, sustained change to ensure all children enter kindergarten ready to learn please email everychildshines@ebsoc.org to learn more.