Join us for an overview of Parents as Partners in Shared Leadership and learn about upcoming training opportunities for your County Council for Young Children in New Jersey.

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The Parent Leadership Development Training is funded by The New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) Division of
Family and Community Partnerships (FCP) Race to the Top–Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC)
Please use the chat box to tell us:
 Your name and role (parent, stakeholder, coordinator)
 Your County Council for Young Children or Organization
Post any questions in the chat box.
Parents as Partners in Shared Leadership
March 3, 2016
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The Parent Leadership Development Training is funded by The New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) Division of
Family and Community Partnerships (FCP) Race to the Top–Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC)
Parent as Partners in Shared Leadership
Kick Off Webinar
March 3, 2016
12 noon and repeated at 7 pm
START Parent Leadership
Development Training

4. START Parent Leadership
Development Training
Agenda
• Project Overview
• Introduce Staff
• Vision
• Shared Leadership
• Project Components
• SPAN Resources
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5. START Parent Leadership
Development Training
Will provide:
Information
Training
Resources
Consultation
Peer Support
Networking
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6. START Parent Leadership
Development Training
Will build the leadership capacity of a diversity of
parents throughout New Jersey.
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7. The County Councils for Young Children will
develop mutual goals and recommend
creative strategies/solutions that respect the
views and priorities of diverse families in the
community.
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8. Meet the Staff
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Dianne Malley
Project Director
Kasey Dudley
PES North
Donna Milanowycz
PES Central
Debbie Esposito
PES South
Brenda Figueroa
Bilingual Support
Debra Jennings
Co-Executive Director

9. Let’s find out who is on the webinar.
In the Chat Box:
Please fill in your name, the CCYC you are a
member of and your role on the council.
Join the conversation & find us on social media at:
#parentleadership
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10. SPAN’s Mission
Empowered Parents
Educated, Engaged, Effective! 10

11. We see New Jersey as a place where
families of young children are able to . . .
Please use the chat box to write your
response to this statement.
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12. Parents as Partners in Shared Leadership
Meet people ‘where they are” on the issue.
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13. Shared Leadership brings people together
to build support for addressing the issue.
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14. Shared Decision Making Means
Solving complex
issues that need
various
perspectives to
find solutions.
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15. Shared Leadership Means
A commitment to working in this way because we believe
collaborative work is better and more sustainable work.
Build a personal commitment to working in this way because
we believe inclusive work is better and more sustainable
work.
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Shared leadership translates complex challenges
into ways that individuals can contribute.

17. Shared leadership helps people ‘lead in
place’ regardless of role, position, or title.
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18. Parents as Partners
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19. Guiding Principles of
Shared Decision-Making
Shared
Decision
Making
Shared Vision
Representation
Equal Partners
Collaboration
Shared
Responsibility
Information Sharing
Producing Results

20. START Parent Leadership
Development Training
Shared Leadership
Capacity Building
Parent Leadership
Capacity Building
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21. Shared Leadership Capacity Building
• Strengthen the knowledge
and skills of the CCYCs to
effectively engage parent
partners; and
• CCYC’s will actively employ a
shared leadership model.
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22. Shared Leadership Capacity Building
• Needs Assessment Survey
• Shared Leadership Capacity Building Series
• Web-based Meetings
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23. Assessment of Strengths & Needs
Survey Results will:
• Provide information on the strengths & needs of
the councils and
• Guide the focus of training for this project
Who Should complete the Survey?
• At a minimum:
– a parent member
– a community partner representative
– the coordinator of the council
• Complete the survey online
• Provide any necessary assistance to ensure
your members participation in the survey
• Watch for an email with the link next week 23

24. 3 Training Sessions Per Region,
North, Central & South
• to provide in-depth training &
• peer learning opportunities for
the CCYC’s
Who should attend?
• Project Coordinators, a parent
leader and community partner
We are looking for sites to host these
trainings.
• Site for approximately 40
people
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Shared Leadership Capacity Building Series

25. Shared Leadership Capacity Building
Web-based Meetings
• to share best practices
• and mutual problem
solving.
Who should join?
• Project Coordinators, a
parent leader and
community partner
Schedule will be out soon
• Meetings will be 1 hour
• Connect online & by
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Questions?

27. Parent Leadership Capacity Building
• Activate parents to embrace
the role of parent partner;
and
• Parents will participate in
shared leadership to support
early childhood efforts at
local, state and national
levels.
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28. Parent Leadership Capacity
Building Series
Parent Leadership Institutes
Parent Leadership Webinar Series
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29. Parents as Leaders
In Early Childhood Creating Change so
ALL Children Succeed
South Saturday, April 2
Atlantic Cape Community College
5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing
North Saturday, April 16
Leaguers 405-425 University Avenue, Newark
Central Saturday, April 30
Neptune Middle School 2200 Heck Ave, Neptune
Time: 9 am – 1 pm
Audience: Parents, grandparents, caretakers, professionals and educators
of children birth to age 8.
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30. Help make the conferences a success by:
• Help get the word out
• Share the flyer
• Encourage families to
attend
• Assist families to
register
• Identify challenges
• Provide assistance for
parents to attend
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31. Parent Leadership Webinar Series
SAVE THE DATES
5 Part Series Thursdays in June at 12 noon
June 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30
Preview the training curriculum at:
http://www.servingongroups.org/
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• Live one hour webinars.
• One session will be in Spanish.
• Webinars will be recorded and archived on the SPAN website.
• Councils can use the recorded webinars to train groups of
parents and stakeholders.

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Questions?

33. SPAN Resources
Empowered Parents
Educated, Engaged, Effective! 33

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Shared Leadership: Explore, Empower, Excel

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Dianne Malley, START Project Director
856-397-5294
dmalley@spannj.org
Kasey Dudley - North
kdudley.spanproject@gmail.com
Donna Milanowycz - Central
dmilanowycz@spannj.org
Debbie Esposito - South
desposito@spannj.org
Brenda Figueroa - Bi-Lingual Support
bfigueroa@spannj.org
Thank You
For more information contact us at
Website: http://www.spanadvocacy.org/content/start-project/