/PRNewswire/ Each year the Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference (RMECC) hosts early childhood professionals from across the county. This year the focus.
Early childhood educators are leaving the field due to issues ranging from low wages to stress that were exacerbated by the pandemic. Now, it’s harder and more expensive for working parents to find spots for their young children.
Today on Colorado Edition, we talk to early childhood educators about how they’ve been impacted by the ongoing pandemic. And we learn how the end of wildfire season can impact the mental health of firefighters.
The global pandemic has upended life for Colorado families and children, especially for those furthest from opportunity. We know children need targeted support to address the short- and long-term impacts to learning, and social and emotional wellness. More importantly, data and experience confirm and underscore these needs.
We are among a growing list of dozens of education practitioners, foundations, and nonprofit partners across Colorado that have formed a Recovery Summer coalition to re-connect and re-engage students for a relationship-rich, learning-infused summer while supporting their families as active partners in their childâs learning experiences.
We are at a significant pivot point between the disruption of the past year and long-term recovery for the future. We must act collectively to create a Recovery Summer for kids and families so the necessary healing and growth can begin. Together, we can help move them forward and build on important competencies developed thi
Khan Mwezi helps her daughter, Martinode, with schoolwork at their home in Aurora, Nov. 14, 2020.
When Khan Mwezi landed in Colorado eight years ago from a refugee camp in Uganda, she arrived with a high-risk pregnancy.
Her daughter, Martinode Hill Gift, was born prematurely and stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit for four months. During that time, Mwezi spent a lot of time with infants. As her husband scraped together a living for them, Mwezi attended to all her daughter’s special needs.
“Life was very, very difficult,” said Mwezi, who had no family support because most of her family was killed in wars and ethnic strife in the Congo.