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Current Activities

NAEYC Pilot Accreditation Project:  
SPARK DC successfully launched its pilot accreditation project in District of Columbia Public Schools. This new collaborative partnership around national accreditation allows SPARK DC to continue to build upon work done over the last 4 years to create Ready Schools in the nation’s capital.

SPARK DC’s long term goals for Ready Schools include not only improvement in the quality of the environment but also active involvement of their parents in decision making for the schools, and as advocates for their children’s quality education. The mechanism to accomplish this goal is to improve developmentally appropriate practice in early care and education settings both before and after the transition to elementary school; and to foster a positive transition from early childhood care and education into kindergarten through school transition practices. SPARK DC views the NAEYC accreditation process as a support avenue to accomplishing the above goals.

Support for the Pre-K for All DC Campaign: 
SPARK DC continues to partner with her sister initiative at NBCDI, Pre-K for All DC to build public knowledge, public will, and public action around high-quality universal pre-kindergarten together we collaborated to sponsor both grassroots and grasstop events designed to educate key audiences on the importance of early education and communicate improvements to date. 

Parent Empowerment Training: 
SPARK DC’s goal for families is that during their children’s early years, parents and primary caregivers establish a pattern of active and effective involvement in their children’s education; a pattern that is sustained rather than interrupted during the transition to school. The mechanism to accomplishing this goal is to insure that families connected with their early education programs and their local public school, participate in parent education literacy education trainings, and receive the supportive services that they need for their young children.