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Delano ECFE coordinator outlines participation growth, nontraditional offerings and partnership goals
Summary
Maggie Olson, Delano Public Schools ECFE coordinator, told the school board the district's Early Childhood Family Education program expanded nontraditional offerings, recorded higher attendance at several events and is building community partnerships to reach families with children birth through kindergarten.
Maggie Olson, ECFE coordinator for Delano Public Schools, told the school board on May 19 that the district's Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) program has broadened nontraditional offerings and substantially increased participation at several events.
Olson said ECFE began in St. Cloud, Minnesota, as a research project and emphasized two core ideas: that parents are children's first teachers and that early parental involvement promotes continued engagement in a child's education. She said ECFE is unique to Minnesota and that Delano's program focuses on research-based information, parental attitudes and connecting families to community resources.
Olson described a range of program formats intended to…
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