Information
- Introduction
- 2024-25 Meetings
- 2024-25 Members
- 2025-2030 Timeline
- Resources
- Previous Members
- Previous Meetings
Introduction
The purpose of the Parenting Education Practice Committee (PEPC) is to enhance the practice and effectiveness of parenting education in Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE). The committee focuses on issues relevant to practitioners, programs, and the field of parenting education. Activities of the committee include things like advising on guidance, policies, and any other projects lead by the DCYF ECFE team. The committee also serves to enhance communication between the field and DCYF ECFE.
PEPC Topics
- 2019-24 ECFE Enhancement Plan
- 2025-2030 ECFE Enhancement Plan
- 2022 Parenting Ed Survey
- Assessment & Evaluation
- Curricula
- Family Engagement
- Foster Care
- Group Facilitation
- Home Visiting
- Human Development
- Innovative Programming
- Medical Providers
- Parenting Resources
- PECCF
- Q Comp
- Roles of Parenting Educators
- Social Capital and Networking
- Suspension/Expulsion
- Technology
2019-24 ECFE Enhancement Plan
Process
A draft of the 2019-24 plan is available by clicking on the link above. This document contains 6 focus areas with Guiding Principles and Strategies. With the goal of releasing a final document this fall, 2018, we will use three focus groups to provide feedback and additional content. The PEPC group is one focus group.
- Create small group (can be PEPC members and/or parenting educators from neighboring districts)
- Create meeting times to work on plan
- Examine wording on the 6 focus areas. Do they capture what ECFE needs to focus on? Are they broad enough?
- Examine Guiding Principles. Are they principles or statements? Principles should reflect our values/priorities. What is missing? What should be restated or emphasized?
- Dig into strategies. This will be most important part because we need to create impactful strategies for field. We will name the strategies in the 2019-24 documents. Resources will be created to support the strategies (e.g., the parenting educator roles and responsibilities document we worked on will be included as a resource to support a strategy).