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The Maryland Pyramid Model newsletter includes resources to support your efforts to implement the Pyramid Model within your communities, homes, and work. We feature opportunities for professional learning, resources for caregivers and families, and news to support the social and emotional development and well-being of children. Please send your questions or resources and events you would like us to share to piec@ssw.umaryland.edu.
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Spring into New Resources!
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From our partners at NCPMI: Developing a Child Guidance Policy serves as a guide to help Pyramid Model (PM) leadership teams assess and improve their existing child guidance policies to effectively support each child in their program and reduce or eliminate the use of exclusionary discipline practices.
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The Elevating Equity Subcommittee of the Maryland Pyramid Model State Leadership Team (SLT) has continued meeting monthly to explore the characteristics of White Supremacy Culture in the ongoing efforts to foster an inclusive and equitable environment as we facilitate the implementation of the Pyramid Model throughout Maryland.
The Maryland Pyramid Model serves as our guide for promoting social-emotional competence and preventing challenging behaviors in young children. White Supremacy Culture encompasses norms and behaviors that perpetuate inequities and hinders the subcommittee’s efforts. By proactively examining and addressing these characteristics, we take a significant step towards dismantling institutional biases that may exist within our practices. As we strive to create nurturing learning environments, it is essential to recognize and dismantle any systemic barriers that may impede the achievement of our goal to meet the needs of children who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), with vary abilities, speak English as a second language (ESL), engaged in special education, and members of non-traditional households.
During our conversations in the Elevating Equity Subcommittee meetings, we examine how White Supremacy Culture comes into play with our implementation of the Pyramid Model in Maryland. We have been discussing the implications for:
- State-level decision-making
- Workforce
- Training, coaching content, structure, and/or process
- Families
- Classrooms and direct services for children
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Share your Pyramid Model work! Where are you doing PM work in the state - Who are you working with? - What are your successes? We want to hear from you! piec@ssw.umaryland.edu.
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STATE LEADERSHIP TEAM UPDATES
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Ashley Fehringer, Pyramid Model Program Manager, and Erin Leech, Training Specialist, of the PIEC Team attended the annual National Training Institutes for the Pyramid Model in Tampa Florida from April 14-19. Ashley and Erin represented our team and the state of Maryland at PLAN day by presenting a poster on our work with our Pyramid Model Implementation Site Pilot Project . Additionally, Ashley and Erin attended informative sessions on policy, diversity, equity and inclusion, and implementing new data systems to support the Pyramid Model work in the state. The conference was also a great opportunity to meet up with others doing the work in Maryland! We hope to see you there next year!
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The Maryland Pyramid Model State Leadership Team (SLT) met for our Quarterly meeting on April 2nd. During that meeting, subcommittees reported out about their action plans for the coming months. The group also reviewed national guidance from NCPMI around Sustainability and Scale Up planning and discussed strategies to use those tools to expand Pyramid Model efforts across the state. The next meeting will be our Summer Elevating Equity Retreat on July 9th – stay tuned for more information!
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The Parent, Infant, and Early Childhood (PIEC) team is delighted to share the FY 23 IECMHC Annual Impact Report. Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) is an evidence-informed intervention that pairs mental health consultants with early childhood professionals to build their ability to nurture social and emotional development in infants and young children. This report summarizes the Maryland's IECMHC model and workforce, program impact, past and current strategic priorities, and the accomplishments and outcomes. Please share widely and contact piec@ssw.umaryland.edu with any questions, ideas, or reflections.
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PIEC team Co-Director, Kaya Swann, recently co-presented at the Maryland Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Administration’s 20th Annual Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Services Conference, Integrating Clinical Intervention within a Behavioral Health Approach. The Innovations in Infant and Early Childhood Systems of Care in Maryland workshop focused on promotion, prevention, and treatment programs that promote positive social and emotional development and identify and address mental health issues in young children. If interested in attending next year’s annual conference, please visit http://trainingcenter.umaryland.edu.
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Check out our free Online Trainings!
Please check out our online training series! These trainings are self-paced and are approved for up to 18 MSDE COK clock hours per series. The Preschool Modules were updated in 2019 and the Infant & Toddler Classroom Modules were updated in 2021. Both series incorporate new information about social and emotional development, impacts of trauma, and cultural contexts, delivered via updated interactive technology to make a fun and engaging online training experience.
Click here to access the modules.
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Pyramid Model trainers have been busy getting certified or recertified in the new NCPMI curriculum. These new modules, released in 2023, include important updates to the Pyramid Model curriculum such as an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion in Pyramid Model implementation, a greater emphasis on family involvement, and updated videos and images. In April, the PIEC team hosted our final Preschool Pyramid Model recertification for trainers. Infant and Toddler trainers will join us on June 20th for our final Pyramid Model Infant and Toddler recertification training.
This May, new trainers are diving into the new Infant and Toddler Pyramid Model curriculum to become certified trainers. We will host another Infant and Toddler new trainer TOT July 31st, August 7th and August 14th. There are still openings - apply today!
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Pyramid Model Trainers
Join us for monthly Pyramid Model Office Hours, held the fourth Friday of every month at 11:00 AM. This is a dedicated space for trainers to discuss the new curriculum, with a focus on navigating the equity-infused content and facilitating productive conversations around it.
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Pyramid Model work is continuing at Maryland’s First PM Implementation Sites, where all 5 five sites have established Program Leadership Teams that meet monthly and are facilitated by Pyramid Model Program Coaches. All sites have completed their initial Benchmarks of Quality (BOQ) and continue to work through the implementation process with support from the site coaches.
The PIEC team began holding quarterly directors’ meeting, during which directors had the opportunity to connect with each other and learn about their success and challenges with Pyramid Model implementation. Additional opportunities for directors to connect are planned, as well as one on one support for directors via virtual meetings and in person site visits with PIEC team members.
We congratulate the first cohort of Implementation Sites on their success in this program and are so grateful for their ongoing collaboration!
Maryland’s First PM Implementation Sites
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Kiddie Academy of Kent Island - Queen Anne's County
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Rainbow Childcare II – Prince George’s County
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Greenbelt Children’s Center – Prince George’s County
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Bradley Hills Presbyterian Nursery School – Montgomery County
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Head Start / Early Head Start of Washington County – Washington County
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MSDE
Visit here for MSDE job postings.
ECE Jobs Board
Visit here for ECE openings across the state.
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Maryland's Early Learning Standards Now Available Online
MSDE announces that Maryland's Early Learning Standards are now available online.
The standards are structured around five comprehensive domains and take into account diverse populations of children, such as those with disabilities, early multilingual learners, and those experiencing homelessness.
The Five Domains
- Social-Emotional Development
- Approaches to Learning
- Language and Literacy
- Early Cognition and STEAM
- Physical Well-being and Motor Development
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Maryland Accreditation Is Now Awarded for Five Years
Child care centers, school-age only programs, and Public Pre-Ks will be awarded a five year accreditation status beginning May 1, 2024.
Programs that were awarded Maryland Accreditation between January 1, 2022 and April 30, 2024 will receive an extension that will equal five years from the date of award.
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Please email the PIEC Team to have any upcoming trainings or events you are hosting featured in the newsletter!
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306 West Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-706-8300
Fax: 410-706-3084
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