Claudia Miner: A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten
Claudia Miner: Una nueva manera de preparar a los niños para el jardín de infancia
As the cofounder and executive director of Waterford UPSTART, Claudia Miner has one goal: to help families overcome barriers and prepare their children for lifelong learning. Full bio
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es la perspectiva que te da.
is it gives you perspective.
to education in the United States.
a la educación en EE. UU.
en las que podemos coincidir
para que un niño comience su aprendizaje
for a child to start learning
in early education in the US
en la educación preescolar en EE. UU,
estos momentos
to talk about what came before
el hablar sobre lo que había antes
básicamente no había nada.
most at-risk children ready for school.
a nuestros niños más necesitados.
hemos avanzado muchísimo,
2.2 million children in the US
de niños en EE. UU.
the four-year-olds in the country.
de cuatro años en el país.
happens to those children.
es lo que sucede con esos niños.
without basic skills
sin ciertas habilidades básicas
de probabilidad de abandonar,
en padres en la adolescencia
to become teen parents
to go to college.
early education is,
de la educación preescolar,
we've come up with to date
propuestas hasta el día de hoy
en lo rural y alejado.
working parents everywhere.
en los padres que trabajan.
a four-year-old to go to school.
obliga a un niño de 4 a ir a la escuela.
to educate a preschooler
para un estudiante de preescolar
to keep talking about problems?
de bajo costo y tecnológico
a cost-effective, technology-delivered,
that can be done in the home.
y puede realizarse en el hogar.
in the US have already used it.
ya lo han usado en EE. UU.
at a national problem.
un problema nacional con tecnología.
designed to individualize instruction,
diseñado para individualizar las lecciones
aprendan a su propio ritmo.
ranging from reading to sociology
que van desde la lectura o la sociología
to all aspects of early learning,
y todos los aspectos de esta educación
should do and look like.
y qué aspecto debe tener el software.
to the tune of "Day-O"): Zero!
♪ Cero ♪
that's different from the others.
diferente a los demás ♪
I'm sure you'll discover.
to teach you some things about numbers.
para enseñarnos los números.
when you blend letter sounds together,
al mezclar el sonido de las letras
is short, colorful and catchy,
es corta, colorida, pegadiza
la atención de un niño.
and more effective.
of their children's education.
a cargo de la educación de sus hijos.
ready for school.
preparar a sus hijos para la escuela.
de ingreso de uno de los estados.
checklist from a state.
donde sea que estén,
in-person group training.
básica y presencial en grupo.
every reading, math and science box,
lectura, matemáticas y ciencia,
for motor skills and self-help skills,
de la motricidad y el desarrollo personal,
con el aprendizaje social y emocional.
on social emotional learning.
completion rate for the program.
han completado el programa.
into 13,500 children
con diplomas de UPSTART.
tienen un nivel de 2 o 3 veces superior
have two to three times the learning gains
participate in the program.
participan en el programa.
strong evidence of effectiveness,
que demuestra la efectividad
lo aprendido hasta tercer o cuarto grado
last into third and fourth grade,
had achieved at the time.
que su aprendizaje emocional
that our children's social emotional gains
attending public and private preschool.
a escuelas públicas o privadas.
who have participated in UPSTART to date
que han participado en UPSTART hasta hoy
children in Mississippi --
learners in Arizona --
Ellos son Daisy y su familia.
this is my favorite graduation photo;
Esta es mi foto de graduación favorita.
parts of the United States.
más remotas del país.
where she lives in Monument Valley.
en el Valle de los Monumentos.
should have screen time.
no deberían pasar tiempo con la pantalla.
al día, cinco días a la semana,
of 15 minutes a day, five days a week,
by the American Academy of Pediatrics
de Pediatría de EE. UU.
only site-based preschool can work,
física es lo único que funciona.
site-based preschool is great,
or if a parent won't send a child there,
a su hijo o no quiere hacerlo,
results-based option a great alternative?
tecnológica con buenos resultados?
with site-based preschools.
con escuelas preescolares.
800 children in Mississippi
with their families.
con su familia por las noches.
across the country --
es llevar UPSTART a todo el país,
would not have access to early education.
que no tendrían acceso a esta educación.
a los escépticos,
el trabajo y tenemos un plan.
to educate their children.
educar a sus niños.
the program and get data.
en un estado y recolectar información.
will work with its children
funcione con sus niños antes de invertir.
to help us champion UPSTART
que nos ayuden a promocionar UPSTART
sostenible y expansible.
in three states to date:
ha funcionado en tres estados:
in a number of states
en diferentes estados
with the greatest geographic barriers
con grandes barreras geográficas
that already have early education
con educación preescolar
great academic results
buenos resultados académicos
no quieren involucrarse.
and work to convince,
y trabajo de persuasión,
helps turn the tide there.
nos ayude a cambiar las cosas ahí.
children in five years,
en un lapso de cinco años
to offer UPSTART to their children.
sigan ofreciendo UPSTART a sus niños.
with UPSTART, a computer and internet,
STARTUP, una computadora e internet.
get UPSTART in the future.
tengan UPSTART en un futuro.
comprometidos que informen al gobierno
to go to their government
to get children ready for school.
preparar a los niños para la escuela.
if you weren't an engaged citizen,
ciudadanos comprometidos,
a watershed moment in early education?
en un punto de inflexión en la educación?
would not be ready for school.
otra forma de prepararse para la escuela.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Claudia Miner - Early education innovatorAs the cofounder and executive director of Waterford UPSTART, Claudia Miner has one goal: to help families overcome barriers and prepare their children for lifelong learning.
Why you should listen
Each year, 2.2 million four-year-old children in the United States do not have access to publicly-funded early education. More than half are from low-income families who have no early education options at all.
Claudia Miner and her team at Waterford UPSTART want to change that. They believe no child should start school behind their peers. Waterford UPSTART has one goal: to ensure that every child arrives at school on day one ready to learn.
As Miner writes: "Twelve years ago, I joined Waterford.org after I heard about the organization's mission of serving children. It spoke to me in a way no other work had. Working with great people, we charted a course to serve children in the home to get them ready for school. This was a radical move -- especially since we were putting our faith in parents -- but it fit my beliefs and has become my passion. Parents have proven they are up to the task. Knowing I have a role in helping children set the stage for success in life gets me up in the morning with a great and powerful purpose."
With support from The Audacious Project, Miner and her colleagues are expanding the program to reach even more families, filling early education gaps across the nation.
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