Invitation for Pyramid Model Master Cadre Trainers

Letter of Invitation
for Pyramid Model Master Cadre Trainers

Dear Colleague:

Social and emotional well-being sets the foundation for the development and learning of infants, toddlers and young children. The Early Childhood Advisory Council - comprised of experts in child care, education, health care, family support and mental health - has identified the critical need to better support and teach young children and families social and emotional skills.  In response, the New York State Council on Children and Families took the lead in bringing together a team of public and private agencies to form a new partnership to provide support to the early childhood field. This new partnership, the New York State Pyramid Model Partnership, will promote the statewide use of thePyramid Model, an evidence-based framework proven to be an effective approach to building social and emotional competence and reducing challenging behaviors in early care and education programs.

The New York State Pyramid Model Partnership is seeking applications from skilled trainers interested in supporting the implementation of this Model. The Master Cadre Trainers will be responsible for training other trainers and coaches and are expected to agree to the activities below.

Applications must be submitted online along with your resume on or before midnight of November 11, 2015. 

Please click here for the application.

In applying to be a Master Cadre Trainer, you agree to:

·        Attend all 10 days of the Training of Trainers (TOT) in Latham, New York:

o   3 Day TOT: Infant Toddler Modules February 9-11, 2016  (Snow dates: February 23-25, 2016)

o   3 Day TOT: Preschool Modules March 15-17, 2016

o   2 Day TOT: Coaching Modules May 11-12, 2016

o   2 Day TOT: Positive Solutions for Families and Parents with Infants Modules June 16-17, 2016

·        Establish and maintain an active Aspire Professional Profile

·        Deliver 15 days of Pyramid Model training each year through 2019

·        Document all Pyramid Model training events through Aspire (or in a monthly report)

·        Participate in monthly/quarterly Master Cadre calls

If the agreement is not fulfilled (including 15 days of trainings each year for three years) trainers will be expected to reimburse NYSAEYC for the value of the training that was received, estimated in the amount of $500 - $1000.

Selected applicants will be contacted for interviews in early December.

For more information about the Pyramid Model, visit:http://vanderbilt.edu/csefel.

Sincerely,
The New York State Pyramid Model Leadership Team

Patty Persell, NYS Head Start Collaboration Director: Patricia.Persell@ccf.ny.gov  518-484-9352
Susan Perkins, NYS Council on Children and Families: Susan.Perkins@ccf.ny.gov  518-474-9023

Applicant Commitment: http://nysaeyc.org/wp-content/uploads/Applicant-Certification.docx

Employer Support Certification: http://nysaeyc.org/wp-content/uploads/Employer-Support-Agreement.docx

NYSPEP Members Wanted for the "Winning Beginning NY" Steering Committee

A Letter From the NYSPEP Executive Committee Co-chair

NYSPEP members,

We have received an invitation to suggest members to join the Winning Beginning NY Steering Committee. This is an active advocacy group on behalf of early childhood and family issues.

To learn more about WBNY please go to: http://winningbeginningny.org/

If you are interested in becoming active in this work, please consider applying to be a part of the Steering Committee (reminder the deadline is November 6th).

And if you have any questions, please do not hesitate contacting me, Susan

Susan E. Perkins
Project Director NYS Early Childhood Advisory Council
Senior Associate for Early Childhood Initiatives
Co-chair, New York State Parenting Education Partnership 

NYS Council on Children and Families
52 Washington Street, Suite 99 West
Rensselaer, NY 12144
(518) 474 9023

Community Cafe Training: Learn to Host - Become a Parent Leader

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

CLICK HERE for the Complete 2-Page Flyer

CLICK HERE for the Registration Form

Travel Reimbursement Available!

For More Information About NYSPEP Community Cafes, please visit www.nyspep.org/community-cafes

QUESTIONS? aspengler@jfsbuffalo.org

Strong Roots 2015 - Strengthening Parenting Competence and Confidence: Parental Roles and Protective Factors

New York State Parenting Education Partnership (NYSPEP) is pleased to announce our 2015 Strong Roots training institute topic Strengthening Parenting Competence and Confidence: Parental Roles and Protective Factors.

This professional development institute was designed to support you in helping all parents meet the needs of their children throughout your career. Learn how to apply the Protective Factors Framework in your work with parents who may face any number, or combination, of barriers and challenges that affect the parent's ability to fulfill his or her role, such as: challenges with physical or emotional wellbeing, physical challenges, family conflict, and poverty.

Judith Rae "Judy" Wolf

Judy Wolf, Extension Team Leader of the Family Development Program for Cornell Cooperative Extension Tioga County will present the plenary in six locations across New York state.

• Watertown (9/10) Registration closed
• Buffalo (10/07) Registration closes 9/24)
• Lake Placid (10/27) NEW DATE! (rescheduled from 9/24) 
• New York City (11/05)
• Owego (11/19)
• Latham (12/02)

Pre-registration is required. Visit www.nyspep.org/strong-roots for information and registration.

If you work with parents or families with children, this one-day institute may be for you. We'll review what developmental theories tell us about the parents' role, identify challenges parents face, and look at how the Protective Factors Framework can be used in our work with parents.

Even if you don't necessarily identify as a parenting educator, if you're providing support to parents in your role as a home visitor, family support worker, LCSW, family advocate, clergy, CASAC counselor, pediatric nurse, teacher, parent liaison, etc., you're welcome to attend.

NYSPEP's Strong Roots Last a Lifetime training institutes deliver high-quality content developed by experienced professionals. Topics focus on realities that families face and are associated with effectiveness in supporting parents. Topics are also aligned with the competencies for the statewide NYSPEP Parenting Educator Credential.

We hope to see you this Fall!

ALBANY 8/22: Free School Supplies Available for Enrolled K-12 Students

The Back to School Bash provides FREE school supplies to students in grades K-12 with proof of enrollment.

The event will be held on Saturday, August 22 from 10AM to 3PM at In Our Own Voices, 245 Lark Street, Albany, NY 12210.

For more information, please call (518) 432-4188.

NYSPEP Member Spotlight: Patricia "Tricia" Colon

Patricia "Tricia" Colon

Tricia is an active member of NYSPEP’s Steering Committee. She recently applied for the Tier II Parenting Educator Credential. Her application portfolio will undergo panel review and is pending approval.

Tricia started her career as an Elementary Education teacher. In 1993, she became a new mother and quickly grew her family to five children. Like many of the parents she observed while teaching, Tricia also sought guidance, direction, and support from her children’s teachers in order to raise her children in the best possible way.

In 2013, Tricia served as a Leave Replacement High School Counselor. Once again, she witnessed parents looking to school professionals for help in raising their teenage children. Through these experiences, decades of conversations with parents, and an awareness that loving a child and rearing a child are not the same, Tricia has developed a passion for supporting parents in raising healthy children through positive parenting.

Tricia holds a Master of Science in School Counseling from Long Island University and Master of Arts, Elementary Curriculum and Design from Columbia University. She has a conversational knowledge of Spanish and previously served as a substitute bilingual high school counselor in Huntington, NY.

"All my roads have led me to emphatically learn about raising healthy children and positive parenting so I can be a role model for others."

Judith M. Nordstrom: June 3, 1947 - April 17, 2015

Judith "Judy" M. Nordstrom

Judith M. Nordstrom, 67, of Townsend, MA, formerly of Truxton, NY passed away Friday evening, April 17th, 2015 with her children at her side. She was born in Concord, MA to the late Charles “Bud” Vidito and Elizabeth Bourke Vidito. She will be missed and lovingly remembered by her husband of 37 years, Gerald A. Nordstrom; brother: Bruce Vidito; sister: Elizabeth Farfaras; children: Eric Mannion, Tiffany Mannion, Kristy Mannion, Noelle Nordstrom, and Michael Nordstrom; grandchildren: David Mannion, Brianna Mannion, Erika Shufeldt, Danielle Mannion, Dana Mannion, Natalie Shufeldt, Jessica Mannion; and mother to Elizabeth Arcieri, Deborah Dwight, Diana Mendes, Carol Lincoln, Cynthia Nordstrom, Heather Dunlap, Jerry Nordstrom and 17 grandchildren. 

Mrs. Nordstrom was founder and Lead Educator of TEPE Training Institute, created the multi-modal “thematic module” concept in curricula design, unveiled at the Center for Parenting Education at the University of North Texas. She developed the F.A.C.T.S. Model, used in training parenting educators and the “Parenting Education Matrix”, a needs assessment and evaluation tool and served as an honorary member of the New York State Parenting Educator Partnership (NYSPEP) Steering Committee.  

A funeral with collation will be held at 11 am on Saturday, May 2nd, at the First Baptist Church in West Townsend, MA.   

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to New York State Parenting Education Partnership (NYSPEP). 

Please make checks payable to “Prevent Child Abuse New York”, fiscal agent for NYSPEP. Please indicate “NYSPEP / Judy Nordstrom Memory” in the memo field on the face of the check. 

Please mail donation to: 

NYSPEP Coordinator 

c/o Prevent Child Abuse New York 

33 Elk Street, 2nd Floor 

Albany, NY 12207

To read Judy's original NYSPEP Member Spotlight, please visit: 

http://nyspep.blogspot.com/2013/08/nyspep-member-spotlight-judy-nordstrom.html