{"id":534,"date":"2017-02-01T19:07:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T00:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/news\/getting-great-start\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:26:27","slug":"getting-great-start","status":"publish","type":"impact_story","link":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/impact-stories\/getting-great-start\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3mo empezar con buen pie"},"template":"","class_list":["post-534","impact_story","type-impact_story","status-publish","hentry","topic-child-care-and-early-education"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","quote":"I\u2019ve benefited to the third power. It\u2019s just amazing to me.","citation":"Lorna Parks","topic":[171],"program_theme":[134],"button_text":"Read More"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_impact_story_hero","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_impact_story_hero":{"kicker_text":"","heading":"","summary":"","image":"","cta":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<section class=\"post-paragraph\">\r\n<div class=\"container-imported\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XkSILluwn2w\" width=\"853\" height=\"505\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<em>Nota del editor: Los servicios Great Start to Quality, ofrecidos por United Way, est\u00e1n disponibles para cualquier centro de cuidado infantil registrado o con licencia, ya sea en el hogar o en un centro, en los condados de Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw y Wayne. Marque el 877-614-7328 para llamar al <a href=\"http:\/\/greatstarttoquality.org\/wayne-oakland-macomb-resource-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centro de recursos de Wayne-Oakland-Macomb<\/a> para hablar con un especialista en mejora de la calidad. Una vez enviada la encuesta de autoevaluaci\u00f3n y recibida la calificaci\u00f3n inicial por estrellas, el centro podr\u00e1 acceder a servicios de consulta gratuitos.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nToys, puppets and books comprise a colorful landscape at Lorna Parks\u2019 home, creating a nurturing environment that delights and inspires the six children enrolled in her House of Joy Child Care.\r\n\r\nOn any given day, Lorna can be seen reading and playing with the children in her care. No two days are the same at House of Joy.\r\n\r\nLorna wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. The love she has for the children she cares for shines through.\u00a0 She sings the alphabet while they wash their hands, feeds them lunch while patiently teaching them table manners, and reads with them, offering happy words of encouragement as they recognize numbers, shapes and colors.\r\n<blockquote>\u201cS\u00e9 que no debo casarme con mi agenda, porque un d\u00eda t\u00edpico se basa en las necesidades de los ni\u00f1os\u201d, dijo Lorna.<\/blockquote>\r\nEncontrar un servicio de cuidado infantil de calidad y asequible puede ser una tarea estresante para los padres, y la necesidad es grande. En Michigan, se estima que 277 495 ni\u00f1os menores de 6 a\u00f1os viven en el \u00e1rea de los tres condados., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/acs\/news\/data-releases\/2015\/release.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seg\u00fan la Encuesta sobre la Comunidad Estadounidense<\/a>.\r\n\r\nYet only 50,000 of these children are served by child care providers that are rated by <a href=\"http:\/\/greatstarttoquality.org\/wayne-oakland-macomb-resource-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Un gran comienzo para la calidad<\/a>, Michigan\u2019s quality rating and improvement system. This means tens of thousands of children are in a non-rated child care setting. These children may be missing out on the day-to-day physical and mental activities young children need in order to meet critical learning milestones.\r\n\r\nAt United Way, we believe a good quality of life can be achieved when people are healthy, educated and financially stable. To reach those goals, children need to start learning well before stepping into a classroom. If they fall behind their peers before school begins, they may never catch up.\r\n\r\n\u201cA child\u2019s brain is mostly developed before kindergarten begins,\u201d said Becky Adler, one of several\u00a0 quality improvement consultants at United Way for Southeastern Michigan. \u201cEarly childhood education is an extremely important part of any pre-kindergarten child care.\u201d\r\n\r\nBecause of the complexity and scope of this work, the State of Michigan has partnered with United Way for Southeastern Michigan to help improve the quality of child care providers in the tri-county region. As a resource center for Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties, we offer child care trainings and one-on-one personal support. Each year, 5,000 childcare providers access United Way coaching sessions, group classes, and materials to enhance the quality of their care.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- end .container -->\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n<div class=\"full-width-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photos\/Blog\/Getting-A-Great-Start-B-1400x935.jpg'); --imageratio: 66.76%;\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"post-image-caption\">\r\n\r\nLos ni\u00f1os de la guarder\u00eda House of Joy salen a dar un paseo educativo por el barrio. Lorna Parks (derecha) y sus ayudantes les ense\u00f1an las flores y los colores, y les invitan a tocar los troncos de los \u00e1rboles para que aprendan c\u00f3mo es una superficie rugosa.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<section class=\"post-paragraph\">\r\n<div class=\"container-imported\">\r\n\r\nLorna is one of several providers Becky visits monthly.\r\n\r\n\u201cLorna is wonderful,\u201d Becky said. \u201cIf you give her an opportunity, she wants to jump on it. She wants to learn more, and she\u2019s always looking for ways to improve the quality of her program and to help the parents.\u201d\r\n\r\nDuring their first meeting, Becky looked over Lorna\u2019s goals and helped her create a quality improvement plan for House of Joy.\r\n\r\nAs part of participating in Great Start, Lorna is able to ask Becky questions, and she receives resources like books, pamphlets and DVDs. Lorna can then lend support to her community by offering those resources to parents, educating them on a wide range of early childhood topics, like proper sleeping procedures for children, nutrition tips and difficult matters such as abuse. Parents are free to peruse the materials in the dedicated resource room where Lorna stores them, or they can check them out and take them home.\r\n\r\n\u201cYou can never have enough resources, because you never know what might come up or what the parents might need, so it\u2019s a win-win,\u201d Lorna said.\r\n\r\nHouse of Joy has a four-star rating, putting it among the top caregivers in the area. She said she values her relationship with Becky.\r\n<blockquote>\u201cEs absolutamente maravilloso, especialmente para los microproveedores que necesitan otra opini\u00f3n o punto de vista para llevar a cabo algo, o que tienen otra idea u otra forma de hacer las cosas\u201d, dijo Lorna.<\/blockquote>\r\nLorna also participates in training offered by United Way, which focuses on topics like building relationships with parents, praise versus encouragement, first aid and CPR, professional development opportunities and more. The workshops are offered in classrooms, online and via correspondence.\r\n\r\n\u201cI try to attend as many workshops and classes as I possibly can because it\u2019s good to stay abreast on the latest and to know and do what\u2019s best for all the children,\u201d Lorna said. \u201cWhen you grow, your children grow.\u201d\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- end .container -->\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n<div class=\"full-width-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photos\/Blog\/Getting-A-Great-Start-C-1400x935.jpg'); --imageratio: 66.76%;\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"post-image-caption\">\r\n\r\nLorna y los ni\u00f1os se divierten en un parque infantil, que Lorna pudo comprar gracias a una subvenci\u00f3n para la mejora de la calidad de Great Start to Quality.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<section class=\"post-paragraph\">\r\n<div class=\"container-imported\">\r\n<h2>Un dilema costoso<\/h2>\r\nSeg\u00fan el Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n de Michigan, el costo promedio del cuidado infantil en el sureste de Michigan es de aproximadamente $1,000 al mes por ni\u00f1o. Adem\u00e1s, muchas instalaciones no ofrecen la calidad que los ni\u00f1os en crecimiento necesitan para desarrollarse adecuadamente. Todo esto forma parte de un c\u00edrculo vicioso, seg\u00fan Jenny Callans, doctora en Filosof\u00eda., <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/focus-areas\/bib-to-backpack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Desarrollo infantil <\/a>Director\u00a0 at United Way for Southeastern Michigan.\r\n\r\n\u201cChild care doesn\u2019t pay enough to attract people with the proper credentials; people therefore work in child care more as babysitters,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd many parents can\u2019t afford to pay the prices commanded by four-star and five-star centers.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe difference in child care provided by a rated facility and an unrated facility can be vast.\r\n\r\n\u201cEvery single adult who watches kids (their own, someone else\u2019s, for money, for free, in their own home, in the kids\u2019 home or in a center) should understand what quality care is,\u201d Jenny said.\r\n\r\n\u201cHint: It\u2019s not a screen! It\u2019s an active interaction between adults and children, with conversation, reading, playing and outdoor time.\u201d\r\n\r\nFurther complicating the matter, the Great Start to Quality rating system is not mandatory, and it doesn\u2019t necessarily lead to more income for providers. The increase in pay providers may see with a star rating \u201cis not enough to offset the costs of actually doing what\u2019s required to increase quality, like hiring more qualified staff or purchasing appropriate educational toys,\u201d Jenny said.\r\n\r\nThat\u2019s why most of classes and educational resources offered by United Way are free, as well as specialized coaching sessions and networking opportunities for providers to support one another. In 2016, these efforts helped increase the number of quality child care seats in Southeastern Michigan by 23,000.\r\n\r\nBut in order to make an even bigger impact, the State of Michigan would need to expand the income threshold for parents who receive child care subsidies and work to increase wages for child care providers.\r\n\r\nA high-quality center with a five-star rating can earn a subsidy of up to $855 per month per child, while a facility that is not ranked can only receive up to $675 per month per child. These subsidies help parents close the gap on the cost differential between rated and unrated facilities, and they also allow rated caregivers to increase the amount they charge per child without negatively impacting parents.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- end .container -->\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n<div class=\"full-width-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photos\/Blog\/Getting-A-Great-Start-D-1400x935.jpg'); --imageratio: 66.76%;\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"post-image-caption\">\r\n\r\nLorna se asegura de que los ni\u00f1os a su cargo pasen mucho tiempo al aire libre. Seg\u00fan Becky Adler, consultora de mejora de la calidad de United Way, la tarea de un ni\u00f1o es jugar. \u201cEse es su trabajo\u201d, afirma.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<section class=\"post-paragraph\">\r\n<div class=\"container-imported\">\r\n<h2>Nunca un d\u00eda normal<\/h2>\r\n\u201cEs muy importante fomentar la alfabetizaci\u00f3n temprana y el pensamiento num\u00e9rico\u201d, afirma Lorna, pero tambi\u00e9n concede gran importancia al juego. Una ma\u00f1ana, en House of Joy, los ni\u00f1os lanzaban al aire pa\u00f1uelos de colores y los atrapaban mientras Lorna les ped\u00eda que describieran los colores que ve\u00edan. M\u00e1s tarde se retiraron al s\u00f3tano, donde algunos ni\u00f1os colocaron bolas de metal en un artilugio de pl\u00e1stico y observaron c\u00f3mo rodaban hasta el fondo mientras sonaban campanas y silbatos, mientras que otros jugaban con bloques cerca. Se reunieron de nuevo para la hora del cuento, y Lorna ley\u00f3 \u201c1-2-3 Look At Me\u201d mientras los ni\u00f1os dec\u00edan en voz alta los n\u00fameros de cada p\u00e1gina.\r\n<blockquote>\u201cConf\u00ede en que los ni\u00f1os aprender\u00e1n, son como esponjas\u201d, dijo Becky.<\/blockquote>\r\n\u201cThey have absorbent minds, so don\u2019t be afraid to give them a little challenge. Don\u2019t make things easy for them, and don\u2019t do things for them. Let them explore, because that\u2019s how they learn.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen a child is pre-kindergarten, their work is to play. That is their job. They\u2019re learning all kinds of stuff, including those great social-emotional skills they\u2019re going to need when they get older, as well as those foundations for the education they need and the skills they need in order to go off to kindergarten ready.\u201d\r\n\r\nLorna knows she\u2019s making a difference in the lives of her children, and she appreciates the role United Way has played in helping her make that difference: \u201cI\u2019ve benefited to the third power. 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